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?”
"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." - Acts 2:38 KJV
Those that received his word were baptized the same day!
"Then they that gladly received his word were baptized:
and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls." -
Acts 2:41 KJV
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?
"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." - Acts 16:31-32 KJV
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!
"And he took them the same hour of the night, and
washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway." -
Acts 16:33 KJV
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!
"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." -
Acts 8:37-38 KJV
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,
"And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and
wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord." - Acts 22:16 KJV
"And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had
been scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was
baptized." - Acts 9:18 KJV
When Peter saw that the Gentiles received the Holy Ghost, he
commanded them, then and there, to be baptized!
"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..." - Acts 10:47-48 KJV
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 the name of Jesus!
"When they heard this, they were baptized in the name
of the Lord Jesus." - Acts 19:5 KJV
The Bible reveals that there was never any delay when it
came to water baptizing people in the name of Jesus after they heard the
gospel.
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