The Apostles' Answer — The Foundation — Bible Study
THE QUESTION AND THE ANSWER — BELIEVE, REPENT, BE BAPTIZED, RECEIVE THE HOLY GHOST
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The Apostles' Answer — The Foundation — Bible Study
THE QUESTION AND THE ANSWER — BELIEVE, REPENT, BE BAPTIZED, RECEIVE THE HOLY GHOST
Foundational Biblical Doctrine — the Gospel of Jesus Christ
IN PLAIN WORDS
God made you, and God loves you. Every person has done wrong, and wrong cuts us off from God. God sent His Son, Jesus Christ. Jesus never did wrong, but He died to pay for our wrongs. Then God raised Him from the dead, and He is alive now. Here is what you must do. Believe this good news with all your heart. Turn away from your wrong ways — the Bible calls this repentance. Be baptized — go down under water in the name of Jesus Christ — and God will forgive your sins. God will give you His Holy Spirit to live inside you. Then keep following Jesus every day, together with others who believe, until the end of your life. He will keep you, and He will give you life that never ends.
OPENING WORD
Friend, the most important question anyone can ask was asked on the day the Church was born. People who heard the truth were cut to the heart, and they cried out, what shall we do? They were not told simply to feel something, or to say a prayer and then go on living as before. They were given an answer with a doorway in it, and the doorway had a step to cross. Believe — with all your heart — that Jesus Christ died for your sins and rose from the dead, because faith comes by hearing the word of God. Repent — turn away from your sin with your whole heart. Be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins — buried with Him, and raised to live a new life. Receive the gift of the Holy Spirit — because anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to Him. Then do not stop at the doorway: the apostles also teach the saved to continue with Him, and to endure to the end — because salvation begins in the truth, continues in the truth, and ends in the truth. A prayer is a good beginning, and you can pray it this very hour; but listen to everything the apostles answered, and do it, and you will be saved. This is the way in. Study it for yourself, and walk it.
THREE QUESTIONS THIS STUDY ANSWERS:
1. When the people were cut to the heart and cried out, what shall we do, how did the apostles answer?
2. What does it mean to believe in the heart and confess with the mouth, and what does baptism into the name of Jesus Christ do?
3. What did Christ suffer to wash away our sins, and to whom is the gift of the Holy Ghost promised?
1. THE QUESTION — MEN AND BRETHREN, WHAT SHALL WE DO?
Acts 2:36Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ. (37) Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
THEY WERE PRICKED IN THEIR HEART --> MEN AND BRETHREN, WHAT SHALL WE DO?
2. THE GROUND — CHRIST DIED, AND HIS BLOOD WASHETH FROM SIN
1.Romans 5:8Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
WHILE WE WERE YET SINNERS --> CHRIST DIED FOR US.
2.Revelation 1:5Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
THE FAITHFUL WITNESS + THE FIRST BEGOTTEN OF THE DEAD --> HIM THAT LOVED US --> WASHED US FROM OUR SINS IN HIS OWN BLOOD.
3.Ephesians 1:7Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
IN WHOM WE HAVE REDEMPTION THROUGH HIS BLOOD = THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS.
(My personal thoughts — redemption and the forgiveness of sins are IN HIM. This is why we are baptized INTO Him: the blood that washes us, and the forgiveness it buys, are found in the very One we are baptized into.)
4.Isaiah 52:14Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:
HIS VISAGE WAS SO MARRED MORE THAN ANY MAN --> AND HIS FORM MORE THAN THE SONS OF MEN.
5.Isaiah 50:6Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
I GAVE MY BACK TO THE SMITERS + MY CHEEKS TO THEM THAT PLUCKED OFF THE HAIR --> I HID NOT MY FACE FROM SHAME AND SPITTING.
6.Psalm 22:14Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. ... (16) For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet. (17) I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me. (18) They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
ALL MY BONES ARE OUT OF JOINT --> THEY PIERCED MY HANDS AND MY FEET --> THEY PART MY GARMENTS + CAST LOTS UPON MY VESTURE.
7.Isaiah 53:4Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. (5) But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
HE WAS WOUNDED FOR OUR TRANSGRESSIONS + BRUISED FOR OUR INIQUITIES --> WITH HIS STRIPES WE ARE HEALED.
8.Matthew 27:28Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. (29) And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews! (30) And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.
A CROWN OF THORNS UPON HIS HEAD --> THEY SPIT UPON HIM + SMOTE HIM ON THE HEAD.
9.Luke 22:44Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
HIS SWEAT WAS AS IT WERE GREAT DROPS OF BLOOD FALLING DOWN TO THE GROUND.
10.John 19:34Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.
A SPEAR PIERCED HIS SIDE --> FORTHWITH CAME THERE OUT BLOOD AND WATER.
(My personal thoughts — read it slowly, and know that it was for YOU. The face that made the stars was disfigured beyond recognition. The back that holds up all things was laid open by the whip. The hands that healed the leper were driven through with iron. His bones stood out to be counted. The sweat fell like blood before a single nail was set. He was not overpowered: He gave His back willingly; He did not hide His face. Every stripe was your sin laid on Him, every wound your wrongdoing, every drop your debt. And when it was finished, blood and water ran out of His side — the blood to wash you, and the water to bury you into Him. So when you are told to repent and be baptized, you are not being asked to do something hard. You are being asked to receive, on your knees, what cost Him all of that.)
3. BELIEVE ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST — AND CONFESS HIM WITH THY MOUTH
1.Genesis 15:6Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
HE BELIEVED IN THE LORD --> HE COUNTED IT TO HIM FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
2.Romans 4:3Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD --> IT WAS COUNTED UNTO HIM FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
3.Numbers 21:8Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. (9) And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.
EVERY ONE THAT IS BITTEN, WHEN HE LOOKETH UPON IT --> SHALL LIVE.
4.John 3:14Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: (15) That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. (16) For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
AS MOSES LIFTED UP THE SERPENT --> EVEN SO MUST THE SON OF MAN BE LIFTED UP --> WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH, BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE.
(My personal thoughts — set these two side by side and let them teach. In the wilderness, dying people were not told to earn a cure. They were told to look, in faith, at what God lifted up on a pole — and they lived. Jesus says that pole was a picture of His own cross. Believing is the look. Before a person repents of anything, or obeys anything, he must first look with his whole heart at the One lifted up, and trust Him. And notice Abraham: he believed, and God counted it to him for righteousness — before the law, before any ceremony. Faith is where it all begins. But watch how quickly faith moves to obedience in the next verses — the same night, the same hour.)
5.Romans 10:8Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; (9) That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. (10) For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
CONFESS WITH THY MOUTH THE LORD JESUS + BELIEVE IN THINE HEART THAT GOD HATH RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD --> THOU SHALT BE SAVED.
FAITH COMETH BY HEARING --> AND HEARING BY THE WORD OF GOD.
8.Acts 16:29Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas, (30) And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? (31) And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. (32) And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house. (33) And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.
SIRS, WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED? --> BELIEVE ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST --> AND WAS BAPTIZED, HE AND ALL HIS, STRAIGHTWAY.
(My personal thoughts — only twice in the whole Bible is this exact question asked out loud: here in the jail at Philippi, and at Pentecost in Acts 2. Set the two answers side by side. The crowd at Pentecost had already heard and already believed — that is why they were cut to the heart — so Peter began at the next step: repent, and be baptized. The jailer knew nothing yet, so Paul began at the first step: believe — and then spoke the word of the Lord to him, and the same hour of the night the man was baptized. Two beginnings, one road. Believing is not a rival to baptism, and baptism is not a rival to believing; faith is the heart that obeys, and the same hour is soon enough.)
9.Hebrews 11:6Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
WITHOUT FAITH IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE HIM --> HE THAT COMETH TO GOD MUST BELIEVE THAT HE IS.
4. THE ANSWER — REPENT, BE BAPTIZED, RECEIVE THE HOLY GHOST
Acts 2:38Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. (39) For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
REPENT + BE BAPTIZED IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST FOR THE REMISSION OF SINS --> YE SHALL RECEIVE THE GIFT OF THE HOLY GHOST.
5. REPENT
1.Acts 3:19Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
REPENT + BE CONVERTED --> THAT YOUR SINS MAY BE BLOTTED OUT.
EXCEPT YE REPENT --> YE SHALL ALL LIKEWISE PERISH.
3.2 Corinthians 7:10Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
GODLY SORROW WORKETH REPENTANCE TO SALVATION --> THE SORROW OF THE WORLD WORKETH DEATH.
(My personal thoughts — do not think this is a small word, said once and finished with. Repent, and words like it, sound through the whole Bible one hundred and twelve times — forty-six in the Old Testament, and sixty-six in the New. From the prophets crying turn, turn, to John crying repent, to the Lord Himself, to the apostles, to the risen Christ writing to the churches — one call runs from Genesis to Revelation: TURN. God has never once stopped calling people to it. And no one may stop doing it.)
6. BE BAPTIZED INTO CHRIST FOR THE REMISSION OF SINS
1.Acts 22:16Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
ARISE, AND BE BAPTIZED, AND WASH AWAY THY SINS --> CALLING ON THE NAME OF THE LORD.
2.Romans 6:4Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
BURIED WITH HIM BY BAPTISM INTO DEATH --> EVEN SO WE ALSO SHOULD WALK IN NEWNESS OF LIFE.
3.Colossians 2:12Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
BURIED WITH HIM IN BAPTISM --> RISEN WITH HIM THROUGH THE FAITH OF THE OPERATION OF GOD.
4.1 Peter 3:21Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
BAPTISM DOTH ALSO NOW SAVE US = THE ANSWER OF A GOOD CONSCIENCE TOWARD GOD.
(My personal thoughts — it is not the water that saves. It is the answer of a good conscience toward God: the blood applied to the conscience through the obedience of baptism, and the person raised to a new life.)
2 Kings 5:10Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.
GO AND WASH IN JORDAN SEVEN TIMES --> THY FLESH SHALL COME AGAIN, AND THOU SHALT BE CLEAN.
2 Kings 5:13Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?
IF THE PROPHET HAD BID THEE DO SOME GREAT THING, WOULDEST THOU NOT HAVE DONE IT? --> HOW MUCH RATHER, WHEN HE SAITH, WASH, AND BE CLEAN?
2 Kings 5:14Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
HE DIPPED HIMSELF SEVEN TIMES IN JORDAN --> HIS FLESH CAME AGAIN LIKE UNTO THE FLESH OF A LITTLE CHILD, AND HE WAS CLEAN.
(My personal thoughts — here is the same truth pictured long ago. Naaman was a great man, and a leper, and he was told to do a small thing: go wash in the Jordan seven times, and be clean. He was angry, and expected some grand gesture, and thought the rivers of his own country were better than the waters of Israel — just as people still stumble over such a simple command. But it was never the water of the Jordan that healed him; it was obeying the word of God in the water God named. He went down and dipped seven times, and his skin came back like the skin of a LITTLE CHILD. That is how a person is born again: not by some great effort of their own, but by going down in obedience, and coming up a new child, and clean.)
5.Mark 16:16Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
HE THAT BELIEVETH AND IS BAPTIZED --> SHALL BE SAVED.
6.John 3:5Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
EXCEPT A MAN BE BORN OF WATER AND OF THE SPIRIT --> HE CANNOT ENTER INTO THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
7.Galatians 3:27Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
AS MANY AS HAVE BEEN BAPTIZED INTO CHRIST --> HAVE PUT ON CHRIST.
8.Titus 3:4Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, (5) Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
THE KINDNESS AND LOVE OF GOD OUR SAVIOUR APPEARED --> NOT BY WORKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS --> ACCORDING TO HIS MERCY HE SAVED US, BY THE WASHING OF REGENERATION.
9.Ephesians 2:8Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: (9) Not of works, lest any man should boast. (10) For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
BY GRACE ARE YE SAVED THROUGH FAITH = THE GIFT OF GOD --> NOT OF WORKS, LEST ANY MAN SHOULD BOAST --> WE ARE HIS WORKMANSHIP, CREATED IN CHRIST JESUS UNTO GOOD WORKS.
(My personal thoughts — hold these two truths together, and there is no fight between them. Grace is the gift; faith receives it; and baptism is not a work that earns anything, any more than Naaman earned his healing by dipping in a river, or the dying earned their lives by looking at the brass serpent. God provided everything; the person only obeys and receives. The man coming up out of the water has nothing to boast of — he was buried, and God raised him. It was said above of 1 Peter 3:21, and it is true here too: it is not the water, and it is not the works of our own hands. It is grace, received through the obedience of faith. And the very next verse says what the works are for: not the ground of salvation, but its fruit — we are God's own workmanship, made new in Christ Jesus so that we would walk in the good works He already prepared for us. No one who obeys the command has earned the gift, and no one who calls it earning has understood the command.)
10.1 Timothy 1:13Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
A BLASPHEMER + A PERSECUTOR + INJURIOUS --> BUT I OBTAINED MERCY.
(My personal thoughts — notice WHOSE sins were washed away by this obedience. Saul of Tarsus persecuted the way of Christ to the death. He arrested men and women and dragged them to prison, a blasphemer and a persecutor of God's people. The Lord Himself met him on the road, struck him to the ground, and spoke to him from heaven. And STILL, three days later, Ananias was sent to say: get up, and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord. If the light on the road to Damascus did not wash Saul's sins away, but the water of obedience did, then let no one imagine his own sins are removed some easier way than God gave to the worst of sinners.)
7. RECEIVE THE GIFT OF THE HOLY GHOST
1.Acts 19:5Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. (6) And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
BAPTIZED IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS --> THE HOLY GHOST CAME ON THEM.
2.Romans 8:9Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
IF ANY MAN HAVE NOT THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST --> HE IS NONE OF HIS.
3.Acts 2:39Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
THE PROMISE IS UNTO YOU + TO YOUR CHILDREN + TO ALL THAT ARE AFAR OFF.
4.Ephesians 1:13Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, (14) Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
YE WERE SEALED WITH THAT HOLY SPIRIT OF PROMISE --> WHICH IS THE EARNEST OF OUR INHERITANCE.
5.2 Corinthians 1:22Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
HATH SEALED US + GIVEN THE EARNEST OF THE SPIRIT IN OUR HEARTS.
CLOSING
Ephesians 4:30Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
GRIEVE NOT THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD --> WHEREBY YE ARE SEALED UNTO THE DAY OF REDEMPTION.
(My personal thoughts — the Holy Spirit is not a reward for a select few. He is the SEAL of the King on those who are His own, and the DOWN PAYMENT — the first part of the inheritance paid in advance — that you belong to Him until the day of redemption. So the question stands plainly, and it must be asked: have you received the Holy Spirit? Because the word says it clearly: anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to Him. A letter without the seal is not the King's letter. A person without the Spirit is not yet Christ's. Seek Him until you have Him.)
PRACTICE QUIZ
1. Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said —
a) Why tarriest thou?
b) Men and brethren, what shall we do?
c) Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
2. Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for —
a) the remission of sins
b) the answer of a good conscience
c) the redemption of the purchased possession
3. He came trembling, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. And the same hour of the night he —
a) was sealed unto the day of redemption
b) dipped himself seven times in Jordan
c) was baptized, he and all his, straightway
4. Naaman dipped himself seven times in Jordan, and his flesh came again —
a) when the times of refreshing shall come
b) like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean
c) by the washing of regeneration
5. Repent ye therefore, and be converted —
a) that your sins may be blotted out
b) ye shall all likewise perish
c) the sorrow of the world worketh death
6. If any man have not the Spirit of Christ —
a) he is sealed unto the day of redemption
b) he cannot enter into the kingdom of God
c) he is none of his
7. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins —
RABBIT-TRAIL — Galatians 3:27 ("baptized into Christ") opens onto the seed of Abraham: "And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise" (Galatians 3:29).
RABBIT-TRAIL — Ephesians 1:14 ("the earnest of the Spirit") opens onto the redemption of the purchased possession — the inheritance itself, and the day the down payment is paid in full.
GREEK KEYWORDS
These are the keywords for this study. Tap any dotted word in the verses above to see its meaning here.
“believe” — G4100 pisteuo — to have faith; to trust; to commit unto
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved — faith in the heart, before any step is taken.
“confess” — G3670 homologeo — to say the same thing; to acknowledge openly
With the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
“repent” — G3340 metanoeo — to turn the mind; to repent
The turning that begins it — not sorrow only, but a mind made new toward God.
“be baptized” — G907 baptizo — to wash; to be buried in the water and raised again
The first act of obedience: buried with Him, and raised to walk in newness of life.
“washed” — G3068 louo — to bathe; to wash the whole person
Washed us from our sins in his own blood.
“remission” — G859 aphesis — a sending away; a letting go; forgiveness
Baptized in the name of Jesus Christ FOR the remission of sins — the sins that are past sent away.
“born” — G1080 gennao — to beget; to be born
Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
“grace” — G5485 charis — favour; a free gift
By grace are ye saved through faith — it is the gift of God.
HEBREW KEYWORDS
“believed” — H539 aman — to trust; to be firm; to be faithful — the root of the word "amen"
Abraham believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
“clean” — H2891 taher — to be clean; to be pure
Wash, and be clean — Naaman's flesh came again like the flesh of a little child.
