What is redemption?Exagorazo [1805] means “ ‘to buy out’ … especially of purchasing a slave with a view to his freedom” (Vine)Lutroo [3084] has a similar meaning: “to release on receipt of ransom” (Vine)Ephesians 1:7,13-14Colossians 1:13-14Hebrews 9:12Steps to redemptionFaith – Acts 2:36-37; John 8:24; Hebrews 11:6; Romans 10:17Repentance – Acts 2:38; 17:30; Luke 24:46-47; II Peter 3:9; II Corinthians 7:9-11; Matthew 12:41; Jonah 3:5-10; Matthew 3:1-2Confession – Acts 8:35-39; Romans 10:9-10Baptism – Romans 3:21What does baptism do?Is saves us. Mark 16:16; I Peter 3:21It is for the forgiveness of sins. Acts 2:38It washes away sins. Acts 22:16It makes us partakers of Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection. Romans 6:3-4; Colossians 2:12It adds us into the “body” (the “church,” Colossians 1:18). I Corinthians 12:13It clothes us with Christ. Galatians 3:27Therefore, without baptismWe aren’t saved.We do not have forgiveness of sins.Our sins are not washed away.We are not partakers of Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection.We are not added to the “body” (the “church”).We are not clothed with Christ.Baptism is urgentActs 2:41; 8:36; 16:33; 22:16Growth and service – II Peter 3:18; Hebrews 12:28; Titus 2:11-14; I Peter 1:14-19
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