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So they would practice mikveh again and again, as a way to “wash away” the sins that had “built up” since their last mikveh, to make them clean once more. They would do mikveh before they went into the temple, before they prayed, or before they copied down scripture, so that they were “clean” before God in those sacred moments. The water was meant to symbolically wash away their sins, and make them pure, make them clean. Mikvah is a form of ritual cleansing, where a person would submerge themselves underwater, or splash water on themselves from a big bowl, as a form of repentance. Their practice was called “Mikveh,” and it is still practiced by observant Jewish people today. The practice of baptism did not just come out of nowhere, Jewish people had been practicing something similar to baptism for a while before Jesus came around. That is what we are going to talk about today. Through wars, famines, technological revolutions, societal changes, and pandemics (remember the pictures of priests with water guns? That’s got to be one of the most innovative and hilarious ways to baptize in history), baptism has been present throughout them all.īut what does it mean? Why is it so significant that it has remained steadfast amid the constant change of the world we live in? Wherever there have been Christians, there has been baptism. One of these anchoring practices is baptism.īaptism has been practiced by followers of Jesus from the very beginning. These beliefs and practices remind us that we are part of an ancient and global movement of reconciliation and redemption that is so much bigger than us but still includes us nonetheless…which is pretty cool. People have been following Jesus for thousands of years now, through all sorts of crazy changes, and yet there are certain practices and beliefs that tie us all together.Įven though the world of the first Christians might as well be an alien planet to us now because it was so different, there are commonalities that unite us to our first brothers and sisters in Christ across all of those years. We need moments and practices that remind us of what is important, that remind us of who we are and why we are here.Ĭhristianity is filled with these anchors. We need anchors to keep us steady in all of the turmoil and excitement. To get swept away in all of it, and forget who we are, and why we are here. It is easy to get lost in all this change. How insane is that? The world has changed so much!Īs a great poet once said, “the years start coming, and they don’t stop coming.” Or how about these: at that time, only 14% of homes had a bathtub, over 95% of births happened at home, and only 6% of Americans had graduated high school. Let’s just think about all the changes that have happened in the last 110 years.ĭid you know that in 1915 the maximum speed limit in most towns was 10 mph? Most of us can run faster than that. You don’t have to hang out with your grandparents for very long before you start to hear about how different things were “back in their day.”īut can you really blame them? Have you ever stopped to think about how quickly the world changes?

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YOUTH GROUP LESSON ON BAPTISM DOWNLOAD PDF OF THIS LESSONīible Verses: Matthew 3:13-17, Acts 9:1-8 Galatians 2:20 Philippians 3:8 Romans 6:2-4 Matthew 28:19-20īottom Line: Baptism is an outward declaration of an inward reality Looking for youth ministry teaching series, Bible studies, games and more? SHOP our youth ministry resources… The big idea: Baptism is an outward declaration of an inward reality.

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Here’s a free youth group lesson on Baptism.

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