Although Jesus commands believers to be baptized and scripture assumes that all

believers will have been baptized many churches place little importance on

baptism it's no surprise then that many Christians which is place little importance on baptism.

It's no surprise then that many Christians are left with questions.

Why should I be baptized?

What is the meaning of baptism?

Who should be baptized and when? Welcome to the Radical with David Platt podcast,

the latest sermons from teacher, author, and pastor David Platt delivered weekly.

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Well these and many more are the kinds of questions that Pastor David answers in today's

message from Acts chapter 2 verses 36 through 41.

Every follower of Christ should see not only the necessity of baptism but also the beauty and the

privilege of identifying with Christ and his church.

So here's Pastor David with a

sermon titled baptism more than just a symbol from acts chapter 2.

If you have a Bible and I hope you do

let me invite you to open with me to Acts chapter 2.

I'm going to pull out those notes and you received your worship guide when you came in.

Tonight we're going to dive into the first of two pictures that scripture gives us represent the new covenant.

The whole picture of covenant community we've been talking about over the last few weeks,

but in Hebrew 10 and Ephesians 1 and we've seen through foundational truths.

We're recipients of a new covenant, how Christ has inaugurated a covenant that changes everything about our relationship to God,

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