Big Idea: Baptism is our crossing over from the wilderness to a land flowing with milk and honey.
Genesis 7:16
1 Peter 3:20
Exodus 14:15-16,21-22
Joshua 3:17
Matthew 3:5-6
- People were baptized when they felt convicted.
V. 7-10
- People were baptized to avoid God’s wrath.
V. 11-12
- People were baptized who wanted transformation.
V. 13-15
- Jesus was baptized to fulfill righteousness.
V. 16-17
- Jesus’ baptism validated his claim.
Baptism is for those who know they need saving and that only ONE is capable of saving them.