STUDY QUESTIONS FOR “OBJECTIONS TO BAPTISM”

  1. What did Jesus Himself teach in Mark 16:16 regarding the essentiality of baptism in the plan of salvation?

  2. When the Jews cried out in Acts 2, “Men and brethren, what shall we do?” (vs. 37), what was Peter’s answer to their question?

  3. According to 1 Peter 3:21, what “does also now save us”?

  4. In the account recorded Acts 22:16, what did Ananias tell Saul to do to be saved?

  5. What important question is asked in Jeremiah 37:17 that we today should always ask when it comes to matters regarding the Bible and religion?

  6. What, according to Ephesians 2:8, saves us?

  7. What, according to John 3:16, saves us?

  8. What else, according to Matthew 10:32-33 and Romans 10:10 is essential for salvation?

  9. What does Luke 13:3 teach as being essential for salvation?

10. What, according to James 2:24, does not save us?

11. When, according to Colossians 2:14 and Ephesians 2:14-15, was the Old Law replaced with the New Law?

12. Why is the thief on the cross not a good example of salvation for us to follow today?

13. What are “meritorious” works?

14. What are “conditional” works?

15. What does Luke 17:10 have to say about either of those types of works saving us?

16. By what will we one day be judged, according to John 12:48?

17. According to Ephesians 1:7 and Revelation 1:5, what takes away our sins?

18. According to Romans 6:1-4, at what point do we contact the blood of Christ?

19.  Acts 2:21 teaches that we are saved when we “call on the name of the Lord.” How, according to Acts 22:16, does a person call on the name of the Lord?

20. In Matthew 7:21, Jesus pointed out something that is wrong with just “calling on His name.” What did He have to say about that?

21. Where in the Bible is “the sinner’s prayer” found?

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