1. You ___________ it for your life.

Matthew 28:18-20, ”Then Jesus came to them and said, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. ¹⁹ Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name 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.’”

2. You go _____________ for God.

Matthew 10:32-33, “Whoever acknowledges Me before others, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven. ³³ But whoever disowns Me before others, I will disown him before My Father in heaven.”

3. You experience in, and participate with, what some churches call a  ________________________.          

See 1 Corinthians 11:27-31.

John 3:3-5, “Jesus answered him, ‘Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.’ ⁴ Nicodemus said to Him, ‘How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?’ ⁵ Jesus answered, ‘Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, He cannot enter the kingdom of God.’”

2 Kings 5:13-14, ”But his servants came near and said to him, ‘My father, it is a great word the prophet has spoken to you; will you not do it? Has he actually said to you, “Wash, and be clean”?’ ¹⁴ So he went down and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.”

4. You ________, you get baptized for the sake of ________________. 

1. The word “baptize” means to ____________, or __________ ,  or _____________ someone in water.

Psalm 51:7, “Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean;
wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.”

2. John the Baptist’s baptism was not about ritual purity, but                        ________________ purity.

Matthew 3:11, “I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.”

Matthew 3:13-15, ”Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John. ¹⁴ But John tried to deter Him, saying, ‘I need to be baptized by You, and do You come to me?’ ¹⁵ Jesus replied, ‘Let it be so now; it is proper for us to do this to fulfill all righteousness.’ Then John consented.”

Matthew 28:19-20, ”Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name 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.”

3. Baptism is a reflection of the life you are ________________              _____________, not the one you have lived, or are living now.
4. All examples of baptism in the New Testament followed an   individual’s  _____________to trust Christ alone for their salvation.

1. This life is __________________________; or,   
2. You are _________________________; or,   
3. The Christian faith is right; it contends that when we die, we remain ___________ and, in a non-physical sense, _________.

See Ecclesiastes 12:7

1 Peter 3:18-20, “For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit. ¹⁹ After being made alive, He went and made proclamation to the imprisoned spirits— ²⁰ to those who were disobedient long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water…”

4. Who were the spirits? The consensus is Peter was not talking about _____________________, but ___________________.

2 Peter 2:4, ”For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment.”

Jude 1:6, ”And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their proper dwelling—these He has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day.” 

5. “Tartarus”: a Greek term used to describe the place where the ______________________________ were sent to be punished.
6. What did Jesus “preach to them?” The Greek word used simply means that Jesus made an ______________________.

So, What Happens When We Die?   

1. To betray a friend _____________ eating with them, was — and still is in the Middle East — regarded as the worst kind of treachery.

Luke 22:19-20 “And He took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, ‘This is My body given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.’²⁰ In the same way, after the supper He took the cup, saying, ‘This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is poured out for you.’”   

                         See Exodus 6:2-8

2. Each cup represented a different aspect of the Passover: 
3.   a) 1st cup –  _____________________     
4.   b) 2nd cup – _____________________      
5. c) 3rd cup –  _____________________       
6.   d) 4th cup – ________________________
7.    e) 5th cup – ___________________  

1. Jesus knew that if it came out too soon, or at the wrong time, there would be a rush among the people to try and make Him a    __________________________________________.

Mark 1:43-44, ”Jesus sent him away at once with a strong warning: ⁴⁴ ’See that you don’t tell this to anyone.’”

Mark 5:43, “He gave strict orders not to let anyone know about this…”

See Mk. 8:27-30 and Mt. 21:23-25

Matthew 3:11, “I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

2. The religious leaders were really asking Jesus by whose     authority did He _________________________ the day before.

See Mt. 21:25-27 and Mt. 21:33-42

Matthew 21:46, “They looked for a way to arrest Him, but they were afraid of the crowd because the people held that He was a prophet.”

                     See Mt. 22:15-17 and Lk. 20:23-25

3. Jesus made it clear that the claims on the coin were Caesar’s not God’s — almost belittling its __________. And second, Jesus makes it clear that His mission was not a __________________

1. The outer court was for everyone interested in what the Temple represented — which was finding __________________,                connecting with ___________.

Luke 5:32 (Msg), “Who needs a doctor, the healthy or the sick? I’m here inviting outsiders, not insiders—an invitation to a changed life, changed inside and out.”

2. The essence of Jesus’ moral outrage: They had made it a            _____________________________________.
3. The outer court is the ______________ of those who are in the inner court.

1. Here’s the heart of the big idea: “If there is a God, then all               ________________ is God’s _________________.
2. “Reductive” naturalism is the value which states that all that                _____________________ within nature is that which can be             empirically verified.
3. f it cannot be examined in a tangible, scientific manner, it is not simply unknowable; it is _________________________,

Psalm 19:1-2, “The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands.² Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge.”

Psalm 19:7-8, “The law of the Lord is perfect, refreshing the soul. The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy, making wise the simple. ⁸ The precepts of the Lord are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the Lord are radiant, giving light to the eyes.”

Deuteronomy 6:4-5, “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. ⁵ Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.”

Mark 12:28-30, “One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked Him, ‘Of all the commandments, which is the most important?’ ²⁹ ’The most important one,’ answered Jesus, ‘is this: “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. ³⁰ Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.”’”

4. If there is a God and you would admit to the possibility of a God — then ________________________ aren’t an issue