Solid Foundation 105: Follow Me – Be Baptized — Sermon Video

KEY IDEA: (Matt 7:24-27)

Matthew 7:24-27 New International Version (NIV)

The Wise and Foolish Builders

24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. 26 But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”

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A solid foundation makes a strong house

Disciple: a person who is a pupil or an adherent of the doctrines of another; follower.

Baptizo: to immerse, submerge, to overwhelm, to make clean with water.

1) It is an act of identiy
a) Jesus  identifies with humanity and God (Matt 3:14-17)
b) We identify with Jesus (Romans 6:3-4)

2) We are then to baptize others (Matt 28:19-20)

3) It is a step in a deeper relationship
a) Baptism, as a response to relationship, is a Biblical pattern. (Acts 2:38-39)