StoneBridge Community Church
Senior Pastor Jon Saur
Mark 1:4
During Advent, we will be looking at how John the Baptist prepared people for Jesus' arrival. John proclaims a "baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins." What is baptism? What does repentance look like in today's world? What exactly is sin and how is it forgiven? And how does all of this prepare us for Jesus? We will be asking those questions and more as we prepare for Jesus' birth on Christmas.
Mark 1:4 NRSV
SERMON OUTLINE:
I. Who is John the Baptist?
II. How did he prepare people for Jesus?
III. What is baptism?
IV. How does baptism prepare us for Jesus?
V. Who should be baptized?
NEXT STEPS:
1) If you haven't been baptized, pray and discern if its time for you to be baptized.
2) If you have been baptized, reflect on your baptism. When was it? How old were you?
3) Make a list of the ways God has been faithful to you through your baptism since you were baptized.
4) Think of someone you know who isn't baptized. Pray that God would work in his or her life.
GROWTH GROUP / PERSONAL REFLECTION QUESTIONS
1) Have you been baptized? If so, what were the circumstances?
2) Why do you think John the Baptist urged people to be baptized?
3) How does baptism prepare us for Jesus?
4) What is the point of baptism?
5) How has God been faithful to your baptism?
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