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Matthew 28:19 \u2013 \u201cTherefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.\u201d\n\n\u0392\u03b1\u03c0\u03c4\u03af\u03b6\u03c9 \u2013 transliterated to baptize.\n\nLiterally means to wash, plunge, soak or dip.\n\nMark 7:4 \u2013 When they came from the marketplace they do not eat unless they wash. And they observe many other traditions, such as the washing of cups, pitchers and kettles.\n\nLuke 11:38 \u2013 But the Pharisee was surprised when he noticed that Jesus did not wash before the meal.\n\n \n\nFive Requirements\n\n\t\t- Circumcision\n\n\t\t- A Covenant Meal\n\n\t\t- Acknowledgment of the Law\n\n\t\t- A Sacrifice\n\n\t\t- A Ceremonial Washing\n\nMatthew 3:1-2, 5-6 \u2013 In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea and saying, \u201cRepent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.\u201d People went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole region of the Jordan. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.\n\nSermon Point #1 \u2013 Baptism is a public declaration of a new association.\n\nActs 2:41 \u2013 Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day.\n\nActs 8:13 \u2013 Simon himself believed and was baptized. And he followed Philip everywhere, astonished by the great signs and miracles he saw.\n\nActs 16:32-33 \u2013 Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all the others in his house. At that hour of the night the jailer took them and washed their wounds; then immediately he and all his household were baptized.\n\nSermon Point #2 \u2013 Baptism is not a condition for salvation, it is evidence of salvation.