It's About More Than Baptism (Mk. 1:4-5) -- Ten Tweets

Yesterday morning's sermon in ten tweets.

1. #WaterBaptism is not the means by which someone joins the church.
2. #WaterBaptism is not the means by which someone becomes saved (born-again).
3. The person who baptizes can't guarantee the veracity of a candidate's spiritual transformation.
4. #Baptism was done by submersion.  You can't make a word mean what it didn't.  "Baptize" = submerge, immerse, plunge beneath.
5. #WaterBaptism candidates declare 3 things: (1) born-again experience, (2) repentance of sin, (3) commitment to pursue a life that pleases Jesus.
6. There is little difference between a dry sinner with no CONfession and a wet sinner with no PROfession.  May the evidence follow the claim!
7. #Repentance means a change of mind, change of direction and change of pleasure.
8. #WaterBaptism is not the means by which someone's sins are forgiven.  Only the blood of Jesus can do that.
9. #Confession is telling God what He knows that you know He knows is true about what you've done.
10. #Repentance might not be an exciting word but a dry, genuine repentance is better than a fraudulent, wet baptism any day.