Study Desk

As they went on their way, they came to some water. The man from Ethiopia said, "See! Here is water. What is to stop me from being baptized?"

He stopped the wagon. Then both Philip and the man from Ethiopia went down into the water and Philip baptized him.

At once something like a covering fell from the eyes of Saul and he could see. He got up and was baptized.

You know the story yourselves. It was told in all the country of Judea. It began in the country of Galilee after the preaching of John the Baptist.

"Will anyone say that these people may not be baptized? They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have."

He gave the word that they should be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then they asked Peter to stay with them for some days.

Then I remembered the Lord had said, ‘John baptized with water but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.'

Before Jesus came, John had preached to all the Jews that they should be baptized because they were sorry for their sins and turned from them.

When she and her family had been baptized, she said to us, "If you think I am faithful to the Lord, come and stay at my house." She kept on asking. Then we went with her.

It was late at night, but the man who watched the prison took Paul and Silas in and washed the places on their bodies where they were hurt. Right then he and his family were baptized.

Crispus was the leader of the Jewish place of worship. He and his family believed in the Lord. Many of the people of Corinth who heard Paul became Christians and were baptized.

He had been taught in the way of the Lord. And with a strong desire in his heart, he taught about Jesus. What he said was true, but he knew only about the baptism of John.

He asked them, "How were you baptized?" They answered, "The way John baptized."

Paul said, "John baptized those who were sorry for their sins and turned from them. He told the people to put their trust in Jesus Who was coming later."

The people there were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus when they heard this.

What are you waiting for? Get up! Be baptized. Have your sins washed away by calling on His name.'

All of us were baptized to show we belong to Christ. We were baptized first of all to show His death.

We were buried in baptism as Christ was buried in death. As Christ was raised from the dead by the great power of God, so we will have new life also.

Has Christ been divided? Was Paul put on a cross to die for your sins? Were you baptized in the name of Paul?

I am thankful to God that I baptized Crispus and Gaius only.