How soon did people in the Bible get baptized after they
heard the Gospel?
On the day of Pentecost when the church first began, Peter
preached the gospel – the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. When
he got to the end of his message, the Bible says they were pricked in their
heart and asked, What shall we do?
Acts 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized
every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye
shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
When were they baptized?
Those that received his word were baptized the same day!
Acts 2:41 Then they that gladly received his word were
baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand
souls.
When God opened the prison doors for Paul and Silas, the
keeper of the prison was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners
had escaped. But Paul cried, Do not harm yourself - we are all here! Trembling,
the prison keeper said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
Acts 16:31-32 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus
Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. And they spake unto him the
word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house.
When they heard the word of the Lord, they wanted to be
baptized. When did Paul baptize the prison keeper and his household? The same
hour of the night!
Acts 16:33 And he took them the same hour of the night, and
washed their stripes [wounds]; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.
After Phillip preached Jesus to the Ethiopian eunuch, he asked
Phillip if he could be baptized. They were by water. Philip did not postpone –
he baptized him then and there!
Acts 8:37-38 And Philip said, If thou believest with all
thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ
is the Son of God. And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went
down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
When God sent Ananias to pray for Saul to receive his sight,
Ananias did not delay to baptize Paul! He prayed for him and then told Paul,
Acts 9:18 And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had
been scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized.
When Peter saw that the Gentiles received the Holy Ghost, he
commanded them, then and there, to be baptized!
Acts 10:47-48a Can any man forbid water, that these should
not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we? And he
commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord…
When Paul came to Ephesus, he asked John the Baptist’s
disciples how they were baptized. As soon as Paul preached to them Jesus, they had
him baptize them in Jesus name!
Acts 19:5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the
name of the Lord Jesus.
The Bible reveals that there was never any delay when it came
to water baptizing people in Jesus name.
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