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What Does Baptism Represent?

If you were to ask me, “Is baptism necessary for the Christian?” I would say, “Absolutely.” It is not necessary for salvation, but it is necessary for obedience, because Christ, with no ambiguity, commanded that all of those who belong to Him, who are part of the new covenant family, and who receive the benefits of His salvation are to be baptized. —R.C. Sproul

Big Question: What does baptism represent?
Main Scripture: Colossians 1:19-23

For God in all his fullness was pleased to live in Christ, ²⁰ and through him God reconciled everything to himself. He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth by means of Christ’s blood on the cross. ²¹ This includes you who were once far away from God. You were his enemies, separated from him by your evil thoughts and actions. ²² Yet now he has reconciled you to himself through the death of Christ in his physical body. —Colossians 1:19-22a

What does baptism represent?
1.) It represents our reconciliation

As a result, he has brought you into his own presence, and you are holy and blameless as you stand before him without a single fault. —Colossians 1:22b

What does baptism represent?
1.) It represents our reconciliation
2.) It represents our restoration

For you were buried with Christ when you were baptized. And with him you were raised to new life because you trusted the mighty power of God, who raised Christ from the dead. —Colossians 2:12

But you must continue to believe this truth and stand firmly in it. Don’t drift away from the assurance you received when you heard the Good News. The Good News has been preached all over the world, and I, Paul, have been appointed as God’s servant to proclaim it. —Colossians 1:23

What does baptism represent?
1.) It represents our reconciliation
2.) It represents our restoration
3.) It represents our renunciation

Baptism is a public renouncement of one’s former enslavement to satan and the other spiritual rulers of this present darkness, and a vow of loyalty and allegiance to the enthroned King, Jesus. —Dominic Tennant