Spirit Baptism What are believers baptized into? Rom. 6:3-4 _______________________________ " __________ with Him in baptism, in which you also were _____________ with Him through faith in the working of God." Col. 2:12 "For John truly baptized with __________, but you shall be baptized with the _________ ___________ not many days from now." Acts 1:5 "For as many of you as were baptized __________ ______________ have put on _______________ ." Gal. 3:27 "For by _______ ____________ we were all baptized into _______ ___________." I Cor. 12:13 What body are we baptized into? I Cor. 12:27 _______________________________ What happens if we do not have the Spirit of Christ? Rom. 8:9 ______________ ____________________________________________________________________________ Spirit baptism is the work of the Holy Spirit that places us in the body of Christ (I Cor. 12:12-13), identifies us with Christ’s death, burial and resurrection (Rom. 6:3-5) and spiritually brings death and burial to our old man (Rom. 6:6) and makes us alive to God in Christ (Rom. 6:7-11). Water Baptism Who is to be baptized? Matt. 28:19 _________________________________________ Whose name are the disciples to be baptized in? Matt. 28:19 ________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ What did Peter command in addition to baptism? Acts 2:38 ___________________ What took place before baptism in Acts 8:12; 16:31-33; 18:8? _______________ ____________________________________________________________________________ What words in Acts 8:38-39 indicate baptism is by immersion? _______________ ____________________________________________________________________________ What did the people do after they were baptized? Acts 2:41-42 ______________ ____________________________________________________________________________ Water baptism is the outward picture of what happens inwardly in spirit baptism. Going under the water pictures our death and burial with Christ and coming up out of the water pictures our resurrection with Christ.By Pastor Todd R. Cook (toddrcook@biblestudies4u.info)