09/28/25 – Harrisonburg campus: Baptism Sunday – Pastor Kevin Griffin

• WELCOME- NEW TODAY WELCOME 

• 4 CAMPUSES TODAY OUR ONE CAMPUS GATHERS 

• WE HAVE BAPTISMS IN TWO DIFFERENT SERVICES 

• WANTED THIS ENTIRE CAMPUS TO GATHER  

• LIVES TRANSFORMED- 

• FAMILY SERVICE- DISCIPLESHIP 

• KIDS HAVE NOISEMAKERS- CELELBRATE 

WHAT 

   BAPTISM- WORD MEANS BAPTIZO 

   DIP-IMMERSE-SUBMERGE. 

   ANCIENT CHURCH DOCUMENT CALLED DIDACHE’ 

   ALLOWED FOR SPRINKLING/POURING-  

WHY 

   MATTHEW 3:13-14 

   13. THEN JESUS CAME FROM GALILEE TO THE JORDAN TO BAPTIZED BY JOHN. 14. BUT JOHN TRIED TO DETER HIM SAYING, “I NEED TO BE BAPTIZED BY YOU, AND DO YOU COME TO ME?”  

• JESUS CAME A LONG WAY- 70 MILES 

• FIRST ACT TO START HIS MINISTRY 

  MATTHEW 3:15 

   15. JESUS REPLIED“LET IT BE SO NOW; IT IS PROPER FOR US TO DO THIS TO FULFILL ALL THE RIGHTEOUSNESS.” THEN JOHN CONSENTED.  

• FIRST WORDS SPOKEN IN MATTHEW (12 YEARS OLD) 

• LUKE SAYS “AS HE WAS PRAYING” HEAVENS OPEN 

OUR TRADITION WE RECOGNIZE 2 SACRAMENTS 

• COMMUNION-       BAPTISM 

MATTHEW 28:16 

  16 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go.  

MATTHEW 28:17 

  17 When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted.  

 MATTHEW:18 

  18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.  

MATTHEW 28:19 

  19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name  

MATTHEW 28:19 

  of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” 

WHO 

• ANYONE WHO IS SAVED- NO NEED TO WAIT 

• CAN YOU GOT TO HEAVEN WITHOUT BEING BAPTIZED? YES BUT WHY WOUILD YOU WANT TO? 

• WE ARE NOT SAVED BY BAPTISM 

• WATER DOESN’T WASH US CLEAN-NOT MAGIC 

ROMANS 6:3 

   3. OR DON’T YOU KNOW THAT ALL OF US WHO WERE BAPTIZED INTO CHRIST JESUS WERE BAPTIZED INTO HIS DEATH.  

ROMANS 6:4 

   WE WERE THEREFORE BURIED WITH HIM THROUGH BAPTISM INTO DEATH IN ORDER THAT, 

ROMANS 6:4 

   4. JUST AS CHRIST WAS RAISED FROM THE DEAD THROUGH THE GLORY OF THE FATHER, WE TOO MAY LOVE A NEW LIFE.  

ROMANS 6:5 

   5. FOR IF WE HAVE BEEN UNITED WITH HIM IN A DEATH LIKE HIS, WE WILL CERTAINLY ALSO BE UNITED WITH HIM IN A RESURRECTION LIKE HIS.  

WHEN 

• AFTER A CLASS/MEMBERSHIP/SEMINARY 

• RIGHT AFTER YOU GET SAVED 

BAPTISM IMPORTANCE IN COMMUNITY 

KID FALLING ASLEEP PICTURE 

• MANY CAME TODAY TO SPECTATE 

• IT COULD EVEN SEEM LIKE THIS 

• THIS ISN’T A SPECTATOR EVEN TODAY 

TENNIS PLAYER CELEBRATING 

• THE PLAYER IS CELELBRATING 

• SOME ARE TAKING PICTURES  

• MANY ARE CELEBRATING WITH HIM 

 TO GET YOU READY TO CELEBRATE IN COMMUNITY  

• BAPTISM ISN’T A SPORTING EVENT  

RADIO GUY LOSES IT 

PLAYERS LOSE IT- BAND LOSES IT- FANS LOSE IT 

• BAPTISM ISN’T A GAME WINNING SCORE 

• BUT IT IS A GREAT EVENT FOR EVERYONE TO JOIN IN SUPPORT AND CELEBRATE AND ENCOURAGE 

• KIDS IN THE ROOM HAVE BELLS? PARTICIPANTS 

WHY COMMUNITY MATTERS 

• CANDIDATE ENTER TANK 

• TESTIMONY READ- WHY DO THIS? 

• CELEBRATE LOUDLY WHEN THEY COME UP