Questions for week Sept 27th - Oct 3rd

I Have Decided to Follow Jesus
Baptism Sunday

1) Just for fun: What is one food you never want to taste again?

2) Misconceptions about baptism are common in church. Have any of these misconceptions about baptism been a part of your thinking? And was there something in your past that led you to think that way?

• Baptism as a way to wash away sin.
• Baptism administered to infants.
• Baptism as a means of salvation.
• Baptism by some other method than immersion.
• Baptism prior to genuine conversion.
• Baptism for the dead.
• Baptism is not very significant. 

3) Read Matthew 28:18-20. 

• Why do you think baptism is part of our mandate to make disciples and teach them to observe Jesus’ commandments? 
• What would you say to someone who claims to be a follower of Christ yet has no intension of being baptized? 

4) Read Romans 6:3-11. 

• How many times do these verses reference “death”? 
• Who’s death? How is dying symbolic of our conversion to Christ? 
• What dies when we are saved? What do you do with an old man who dies? 
• How does baptism picture this process? 

5) If you have been baptized, share your baptism story. (If someone has never been baptized, encourage them to pray about taking part in our next Baptism Service in September.)

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