Baptism Service and Testimonies
Acts 8:12
What Is Baptism?
I. The pattern we see in the NT: the gospel is preached → some believe it → they get baptized
II. Baptism is a visible, outward sign of invisible, inward realities. It tells you & the world that...
A. Your guilt has been washed away.
B. You have been given new life and a new you.
Questions for Reflection & Discussion
1. If you were present for our recent baptism service, do you have any takeaways or
reactions to what you experienced and witnessed?
2. Consider some of the testimonies that were shared during our recent baptism service.
What resonated with you or struck you as particularly interesting or powerful?
3. How can witnessing others’ baptisms strengthen our faith and deepen our joy in Christ?
4. If you have been baptized, how has God used your baptism to encourage your faith or to
remind you of what he has done for you in the gospel?
5. If you are feeling guilty or ashamed, how can remembering your baptism help you?
6. If you feel “stuck” or frustrated with your progress as a follower of Jesus, how can
remembering your baptism serve to encourage or motivate you?
7. If you are a believer who has never been baptized, what do you think is keeping you
from this step?
Scripture Cited
● Acts 8:12 But when they believed Philip as he preached good news about the kingdom
of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
● Matthew 28:19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the
name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit....
● Acts 22:16 And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized and wash away your sins,
calling on his name.’
● Isaiah 1:18 “Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are like
scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become
like wool.
● Romans 6:3–4 Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus
were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in
order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might
walk in newness of life.
● 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has
passed away; behold, the new has come.
● 1 Corinthians 12:13 For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or
Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit.