SOME THINGS BAPTISM CAN NEVER DO BAPTISM CAN

SOME THINGS BAPTISM CAN NEVER DO

BAPTISM CAN NEVER • REMOVE THE CONSEQUENCES OF SIN • MAN GETS DRUNK KILLS SOMEONE IN CAR WRECK

BAPTISM CAN NEVER…. • ERASE OTHER PEOPLE’S MEMORY OF OUR PAST LIFE. • YOU NAME YOUR SIN……… • (PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER)

BAPTISM CAN NEVER…. . • GIVE ANYONE THE RIGHT TO GO BACK INTO SIN. • ROMANS 6: 1 “What shall we say then, shall we continue in sin that grace may abound”?

REMOVE PHYSICAL AILMENTS • • CANCER CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE DIABETES ………………………. ANYTHING!!

CHANGE AN ADULTEROUS RELATIONSHIP TO A GODLY ONE • MATTHEW 19: 9 “Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is p ut away doth commit adultery”

AUTOMATICALLY CHANGES A PERSON’S HEART • BAPTISM MUST BE PRECEDED BY REPENTANCE: • “REPENT AND BE BAPTIZED” • (ACTS 2: 38)

BAPTISM CAN NEVER…. . • REMOVE HATRED OR ANIMOSITY FROM SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT LIKE YOU. WE SHOULD LIVE PEACEFULLY WITH ALL WHENEVER POSSIBLE. (ROMANS 12: 18)

BAPTISM CAN NEVER…. . • MAKE ONE A BIBLE CLASS TEACHER; • OR SOMEONE READY TO PREACH TO OTHERS. (ROMANS 10: 1 -3) • “FOR I BEAR THEM RECORD THAT THEY HAVE A ZEAL FOR GOD”

SOME THINGS BAPTISM JUST CAN NOT DO • BUT… WE CAN NEVER BE SAVED WITHOUT IT AND IT SHOULD NEVER BE DEMEANED IN ANY WAY.