Acts
8:5,12
Then Philip went down to the city of
Samaria, and preached
Christ to them….
But when they believed Philip as he
preached the good news concerning the kingdom
of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and
women.
Faith must always precede baptism. This is why the teaching of
infant baptism is an error.
Because baptism is
when our sins are forgiven and we become saved, baptism was always part
of the message of the kingdom of God!
This section further
reinforces Christ’s declaration to Nicodemus that one cannot enter
the kingdom of God unless one is “born of the water and the Spirit.” (John 3:5)