Of Christ as an example:
Then Jesus came to Galilee to John at the Jordan to be
baptized by him - Matthew 3:13; Mark 1:9;
Luke 3:21
Jesus came up immediately from the water and behold the
heavens were opened to Him - Mt 3:11; Mk 1:10; Lu 3:22
Baptism of Believers
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations
baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit
-
Mt 28:19
He who believed and has been baptized shall
be saved -
Mk
16:16
Unless one is born of the water and spirit,
he cannot enter the kingdom of God - John 3:5
Baptism and the receiving of the Holy Spirit go together:
Repent and let each one of you be baptized in the name
of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit - Acts 2:38
Philip preached the things concerning the kingdom of God
and the name of Jesus Christ, both men and women were baptized. - Ac 8:12
Then Peter and John went to them the they might receive
the Holy Spirit. Then they laid hand on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
- Ac 8:14-17
Ananias went his way and entered the house; and laying
his hands on him he said, Brother Saul the Lord Jesus who appeared to you on the road as you came, has sent me that you may
receive your eight and be filled with the Holy Spirit. Immediately there fell
from his eyes something like scales, and he received his sight at once; and he arose and was baptized. - Ac 9:10-19
Can anyone for bid water, that these should not be baptized
who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have? And he commanded them
to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ - Acts 10:47,48
Then I remembered the word of the Lord, how He said, John indeed baptized with the water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit. - Ac 11:6
Ac 19:1-6 Paul
at Ephesus rebaptized, why? Because they were baptized of John the baptizer into
water but not of the Spirit.
arise and be baptized and wash away your sins, calling
on His name - Ac 22:16
The significance of Baptism
Baptized into His death - Romans 6:30
we were all baptized into one body - 1 Corinthians 12:13
For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put
on Christ - Galatians 3:27
There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called
in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all,
and in all.
Ephesians 4:4-5
buried with Him in baptism, in which you were raised with
Him through faith in the working of God, who raised the dead. Colossians
2:12
in the days of Noah,
while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water. - 1 Peter 3:20
There is also an antitype which now saves us baptism (not
the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus
Christ, who has gone into heavenand is at the right hand of God. -
1 Peter 3:21, 22
Examples of baptism
Believers at Pentecost Ac 2:47
Converts in Samaria Ac 8:12
Ethiopian Eunuch Ac 8:38
Saul of Tarsus Ac 9:18
Believers in Corinth Ac 18:8
Ephesian Disciples Ac 19:5