Why Should I Be Baptized? (Church Questions)

by Bobby Jamieson

Publisher:

Crossway

, 2020

Overview

Many new believers have questions about what it means to live as a Christian in the context of a local church, and pastors are looking for resources to pass along to their congregations to help them think biblically about the Christian life. Church Questions is a series by 9Marks that seeks to provide Christians with sound and accessible biblical teaching by answering common questions about church life. Each booklet offers biblical answers and practical applications with the goal of nurturing healthy church practice and commitment. This booklet unpacks Scripture’s teaching on the importance of baptism in the local church by responding to 7 reasons that baptism is often neglected as well as answering 3 common questions about baptism.

Contents

Top Highlights

“Is Paul referring to baptism in water or baptism by the Spirit? I would suggest that Paul has both in mind. Christians are reborn and united with Christ and his body by the work of the Spirit, and our baptism in water signifies that baptism by the Spirit.” (Pages 22–23)

“Third, all the New Testament’s commands about how we should live together as believers presuppose this commitment to a body of believers. For instance, in Ephesians 4:15–16, we are told to speak the truth in love to each other, so that we grow up into Christ, which happens ‘when each part is working properly.’ How can we know whether each part of the body is working properly if we don’t know who the parts are? How can the parts of the body help each other grow if they aren’t joined together in a vital, organic, mutually dependent relationship?” (Pages 40–41)

“First, there are no clear instances of infant baptism in the New Testament. Second, every facet of baptism’s meaning presupposes the faith of the one being baptized.” (Page 27)

“disappear under the water and reappear up out of the water. That’s why Paul singles out baptism as a sign of conversion.” (Page 19)

“first is that, throughout the New Testament, the church has a clearly defined ‘inside’ and ‘outside.’” (Page 38)

Product Details

• Title: Why Should I Be Baptized?
• Author: Bobby Jamieson
• Series: 9Marks: Church Questions
• Publisher: Crossway
• Print Publication Date: 2020
• Logos Release Date: 2020
• Pages: 50
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Baptism › Biblical teaching; Salvation › Baptists
• ISBNs: 9781433570308, 9781433570339, 9781433570322, 1433570300, 1433570335, 1433570327
• Resource ID: LLS:WHYSHLDBBPTZD
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-26T17:05:24Z

About Bobby Jamieson

Bobby Jamieson is a Ph.D. student in New Testament at the University of Cambridge. He previously served as assistant editor for 9Marks and is the author, most recently, of Going Public: Why Baptism Is Required for Church Membership (B&H, 2015). 

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