"What Are You Waiting For?” | Pastor Vicki Harrison

What Are You Waiting For?
This week’s message focuses on the meaning and significance of baptism, through the lens of Acts 22:6–16—Paul’s account of his transformation and baptism.

Pastor Vicki begins by asking a personal question: What has been your experience with baptism? In Scripture, baptism is a powerful and public response to the saving work of Jesus—a visible expression of new life and a covenant made with God. Across multiple passages (Acts 2, 8, 16, and 22), we see a consistent pattern: when people meet Jesus, they respond with immediate, wholehearted obedience. Baptism is never delayed. It’s a next step of surrender.

Pastor Vicki reminds us that baptism is both sacrament and symbol—a mystery of God’s grace at work and a declaration that our lives now belong to Jesus. She explores what it means to enter a covenant with God and why it’s so important to make that commitment public. As Paul recalls in Acts 22, he is told, “What are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized and wash your sins away, calling on His name.”

So today, we ask you the same question:
What are you waiting for?

Discussion Questions

1. What has been your experience with baptism?

2. What did you notice about the New Testament baptism passages that were shared in the message? What did they have in common?

3. What is a covenant? What is the relationship between baptism and covenant?

4. Why is a public declaration of faith in Jesus important?

5. What is the relationship between baptism and new life in Jesus?

6. How is baptism a sacrament?

7. Explain the significance of God taking the initiative in baptism.

8. Would you consider being baptized (if you never have been) or remembering your baptism? What are you waiting for?

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