New Life | Baptism Sunday | Pastor Ryan DeFrain

Ryan DeFrain   -   October 6, 2025

Discussion Questions

1. Pastor Ryan compared baptism to a wedding ring — a symbol of a covenant. What does that analogy teach us about the meaning of baptism?

2. What does it mean to be “a new creation” in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17)? How has that looked in your own life?

3. Why is it important that baptism follows faith and not the other way around?

4. How does baptism serve as both a personal declaration and a public testimony?

5. For those who have already been baptized, what does it look like to “walk in the newness of life” daily?
   

Notable Quotes

“Baptism is not what saves you — it’s an outward sign of the inward change Jesus has already made.”

“Obedience, identification, and declaration — that’s what baptism is all about.”

“When you come out of that water, you’re declaring, ‘I’ve died with Christ, and now I live for Him.’”