Baptism

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What are the seven sacraments?

What does Sacramentum mean?

1. a city in California
2. a sign of Jesus
3. a sign of the sacred
4. a sign of the holy spirit

How many sacraments do Catholics recognize?

1. 9
2. 6
3. 8
4. 7

What time are we in now?

1. Ordinary Time
2. Lent
3. Advent
4. Easter

What color represents Ordinary Time?

1. black
2. green
3. white
4. purple

What 2 sacraments do non-Catholic people accept as sacraments?

1. holy orders and marriage
2. baptism and communion (eucharist)
3. baptism and confession
4. confirmation and communion (eucahrist)

Explain the meaning of grace in your own words.

Sacraments of Initiation

• Lay foundation of every Christian  -  Receive new life through Baptism
• Strengthing in Confirmation
• Nourishment through Eucharist (Communion)

Jesus' example of baptism

• Before starting his public ministry, Jesus submitted himself to the baptism given by John the Baptist. 
•  Jesus did not need to be baptized because he was totally faithful to the will of his Father and free from sin. However, he wanted to show his solidarity with human beings in order to reconcile them to the Father. 
• By commanding his disciples to baptize all nations, he established the means by which people would die to sin –

Baptism

Who performs the baptism? Priest, Bishop, or Deacon

Anyone can perform the baptism (seen in the Bible)

^{Who can get baptized? Convert to Christianity or infant (baby)}

^{How are people baptized?  sprinkling, immersion (submersion), pouring}

Why should you and I get baptized?

Why should I get baptized? 

1. New life - “For you were buried with Christ when you were baptized. And with him you were raised to new life because you trusted the mighty power of God, who raised Christ from the dead” (Colossians 2:12, NLT).
2.  God-ordained and commanded by Jesus- “Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age” (Matthew 28:19–20). Baptism is an integral part of Christian discipleship and is meant to be an ongoing practice of the church.

3.  Act of obedience - The word Christian means “Christ-follower.” Since Christ called us to baptism and set the example by being baptized Himself (Matthew 3:16), neglecting to be baptized is disobedience to the command of Christ.

4. Baptism unites us with Christ (by identifying us with His death, burial, and resurrection )- “Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life”  

5. Baptism represents our death to the old life of sin and our new birth into resurrection life and freedom from bondage to sin - Since we have been united with him in his death, we will also be raised to life as he was. We know that our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might lose its power in our lives. We are no longer slaves to sin. For when we died with Christ we were set free from the power of sin” (Romans 6:5–7, NLT).

6. Public Testimony - and that water is a picture of baptism, which now saves you, not by removing dirt from your body, but as a response to God from a clean conscience. It is effective because of the resurrection of Jesus Christ” (1 Peter 3:21, NLT; see also Acts 22:16; 1 Corinthians 6:11).