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Mark 16:15-16
And He said to them, "Go
into all the world and
preach the gospel to every
creature. 16 He who believes
and is baptized will be
saved; but he who does not
believe will be condemned.
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One Baptism
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A goal for 2011 was to read and study good books, especially
those written by faithful Christians. One I mentioned was
Voyage of Faith by
Frank Chesslr. It was published in 2010 and I intended to bring two
lessons from it.
I. Man’s Most
Basic Problem
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Economic crisis – This is very real and very serious. It has
affected countless numbers of people.
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World hunger – Millions face death due to a lack of food.
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Nuclear war – There are stockpiles of nuclear weapons. What
about terrorist groups?
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Overpopulation
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Environmental damage
None of these are man’s most basic problem.
Isaiah, the prophet of God, reveals man’s most serious problem.
Isaiah 59:1-2,
Isaiah 53:5-6
II. Divine
Sovereignty and Law
III. Divine
Sovereignty and Faith
IV. Divine
Sovereignty and Rebellion
V. Divine
Sovereignty and Baptism
Conclusion:
Are you prepared to yield to the sovereign rule of God?
Bobby Stafford
March 20, 2011
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The Ark and
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God, in His infinite wisdom, left information in the Old Testament which
helps us gain a deeper understanding of the teachings in the New
Testament that pertain to us. One method He chose was the use of types
and antitypes. The Word of God reveals that there were people and
things in the Old Testament that symbolized people and things in the New
Testament. The types were in the Old Testament and the antitypes in the
New Testament. For example, Adam was a type and Christ the antitype.
(Romans 6:14) There were similarities. Our text today, I
Peter 3:20-21,
says the water of the flood was the type and baptism is the antitype.
We will also see from this passage that the ark was a type and the
church is the antitype.
Text:
I Peter
3:18-21
Body:
I.
The Waters of the Flood and the Waters of Baptism
II.
The Ark and the Church
Conclusion:
During the entire time Noah was preaching the message of salvation, the
door of the ark was open. But there came a time when God closed the
door of the ark. Likewise, the door of the church has been open for
almost 2,000 years while the gospel message has been preached. But when
Jesus returns, the door of the church will be close. Where do you want
to be found – in the ark of safety or outside?
Bobby Stafford
January 11, 2015
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What is Baptism?
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To begin with, let's look
at the word "Baptize" and all of its derivatives, i.e. baptizing, baptized,
baptism.
The word Baptize is a
transliteration of the word "baptizo". Transliteration was a process whereby
the translators who rendered our first English Bible dealt with words which had
no direct English equivalent. Examples of transliterated words would be the
words Leviathan & Behemoth" found in Job 40 and 41. The word "Baptizo" has
English equivalents, but was transliterated into the word "baptize" to avoid
persecution from local church authorities who routinely practiced "water
sprinkling and/or pouring" as a method of water baptism. They would have
completely rejected a translation that advocated immersion into water in direct
conflict with their form of water baptism.
David Hersey
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New Testament Baptism
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The
New Testament gives a number of illustrations of baptism which show beyond any
doubt that those who had been baptized were fully submerged in water. By
following the pattern as given in scripture and as employed by the early New
Testament church, we are assured of God's acceptance of our baptism.
Throughout the Old Testament, God gave
specific instruction on how He wanted His worship to be patterned.
When Philip baptized the Ethiopian
Eunuch, they "went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he
baptized him, (Acts
8:38),
In Paul's letters to the Romans and
Colossians, he makes two references to Baptism as being a "burial with him
[Christ]", (Romans
6:4, Colossians
2:12), and then in both letters, he refers to being risen with Christ, (Romans
6:5, Colossians
2:12).
Those who have never submitted to
baptism, or have done so by the pouring or sprinkling of water have not been
buried with Christ according to the pattern for baptism we have in the New
Testament and have put themselves in the same situation that Cain and others did
who chose to change the pattern God authorized for the observance of His
commandments.
Baptism is described as a burial in
scripture, therefore it must be a burial in practice.
David Hersey
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Is Baptism a Work? (Click title to open the full lesson)
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M ost denominational folks have
little difficulty in acknowledging that both faith and repentance are
requirements for the remission of sins, even though they are classified as works
in the Scriptures (Acts 26:20, 1 Thessalonians 1:3, 2 Thessalonians 1:11). The real point of contention is baptism. Some feel that if it
were conceded that baptism is essential to salvation, this would be equivalent
to arguing that forgiveness is earned. Baptism, it is charged, is a work of
human merit. Under this assumption, it is thus (by many sincere people) excluded
as a requirement for salvation.
In the first place, the only passage in the New
Testament that even remotely identifies baptism as a “work” is found in the book
of Colossians. There, Paul says:
“Having been buried with him in baptism,
wherein you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who
raised him from the dead” (Colossians
2:12.
The act of submitting to immersion is not
meritorious; the operation is a “working of God” designed to provide remission
of sin upon
the basis of Jesus’ death.
Second, the Bible specifically excludes baptism
from that type of works that have no relationship to salvation.
The conscientious Bible student needs to
eradicate from his mind the false notion that “works” are wholly alien to God’s
plan of salvation.
David
Hersey
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Baptism in the Holy Spirit
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There are two instances in the Bible of
Holy Spirit baptism. Once for the Jews on the day of Pentecost,
Acts 2.
Once the Holy Spirit fell upon those assembled, Peter started preaching in verse
14. The arrival of the Holy Ghost came before anybody started preaching.
This is significant in that there was no way anybody could have had anything to
believe prior to anything being said. Those in the denominational world
teach that at the moment of our belief in Jesus, we are baptized by the Holy
Spirit. The baptism of the Holy Spirit with the Jews on the day of
Pentecost happened prior to any spoken word whatsoever.
The baptism of the Holy Spirit only
happened twice and in both instances, it occurred before any preaching had been
done.
The Baptism of the Holy Spirit was
something no man had any control over.
Paul teaches in
Ephesians 4:5
that there is one baptism.
David Hersey
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Which Baptism? (Click title to open the full lesson)
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There is more than one baptism mentioned
in scripture. How does the diligent Bible student know for sure which one
applies to us? A careful study of scripture reveals the answer to this
question beyond any doubt whatsoever.
In the great commission, Jesus commanded
us to "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:",
(Matthew
28:19). Jesus specifically commanded that every nation on earth be
baptized, so we know from this scripture that Baptizing is required in order to
be obedient to Jesus Christ.
Mark also recorded the great commission
in his gospel; "And he said unto them, Go ye into all
the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and
is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned",
(Mark
16:15-16). Being baptized is a condition that "shall"
bring salvation. This condition must be met so it must therefore be
possible for one to obey something in order to satisfy the requirement.
There are several types of baptism
mentioned in the Bible. Two of these are baptism in water and baptism of
the Holy
Spirit. Which of these are we commanded to use?
Holy Spirit baptism is described as the
extraordinary outpouring of the Holy Spirit, received by
the apostles on Pentecost (Acts
1:5; 2:4), and later by the first Gentiles to whom the gospel was extended.
(Act 11:15-17)
Peter described water baptism in
1 Peter
3:21 as being "an appeal to God for a good
conscience" (NASB).
In Paul's letter to the Ephesian
Christians he declared that there is only "One Lord,
one faith, one baptism", (Ephesians
4:5).
If Holy Spirit baptism were the "one
baptism" mentioned in scripture, why then did Peter say in
1 Peter
3:21 that "baptism doth also now save us"?
The baptism Peter was speaking of was "in like figure"
to all the water that flooded the earth in the days of
Noah, (1
Peter 3:20).
The "one baptism"
of scripture must therefore be baptism in water.
David Hersey
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