Day 27 • Question 73
73
Why
then
does
the
Holy
Spirit
call
baptism
the
washing
of
regeneration
and
the
washing
away
of
sins?
God
speaks
in
this
way
for
a
good
reason.
He
wants
to
teach
us
that
the
blood
and
Spirit
of
Christ
remove
our
sins
just
as
water
takes
away
dirt
from
the
body.
1
But,
even
more
important,
he
wants
to
assure
us
by
this
divine
pledge
and
sign
that
we
are
as
truly
cleansed
from
our
sins
spiritually
as
we
are
bodily
washed
with
water.
2
Footnote 1
1 Corinthians 6:11
And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
Revelation 1:5
and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood
Revelation 7:14
I said to him, "Sir, you know." And he said to me, "These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Footnote 2
Mark 16:16
Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
Acts 2:38
And Peter said to them, "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Romans 6:3-4
Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
Galatians 3:27
For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.