SEE ISAIH CHAPTER 59; HEBREWS CHAPTER 6, and 7; MATTHEW 21:21-46; EXODUS 19:6 AND REVELATION.
JESUS CHRIST ESTABLISHED HIS ONE CHURCH IN THE BIBLE! AMEN!
"IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD, AND THE WORD
WAS WITH GOD, AND THE WORD WAS GOD." (JOHN 1:1)
THE KING JAMES VERSION OF THE HOLY BIBLE THAT OUR CHURCH WILL USE IN SALEM, OR (USA)) IS
THE MOST PRECISE BIBLE IN ENGLISH. IT WAS TRANSLITERATED FROM THE ANCIENT GREEK RELIGIOUS WRITINGS OF THE ANCIENTS FROM
96 AD. BAPTISIM IS A TRANSLITERATED WORD. RATHER THAN TRANSLATING THE WORD BAPTISM, THE BIBLE TRANSLATORS
BROUGHT THE GREEK ALPHABET CHARACTERS INTO ENGLISH LETTERS. BY SO DOING THE GREEK WORD BAPTO WAS BROUGHT INTO THE ENGLISH
WITHOUT DEFINING ITS GREEK MEANING.
1.
BAPTO - MEANS TO DIP, IMMERSE, BURY.
2. RANTIZO - GREEK VERB - SPRINKLE; THIS
WORD IS NEVER USED IN CONNECTION
WITH BAPTISM.
3.
EKXEO - GREEK VERB - POUR OUT; THIS WORD IS NEVER USED IN CONNECTION WITH
BAPTISM.
A. GOD INSTITUTED BAPTISM, AND THE SCRIPTURES REVEAL
A CHAIN OF AUTHORITY
FOR IT'S ADMINISTRATION.
1. JOHN THE BAPTIST IS THE FIRST LINK IN THE CHAIN OF AUTHORITY, JOHN 1:6; MARK
1:4.
2. JESUS CHRIST WALKED ABOUT 60 MILES TO RECEIVE JOHN'S BAPTISM
BECAUSE HE
WAS THE ONLY ONE WITH AUTHORITY. THIS AUTHORITY WAS CONFIRMED BY THE
FATHER, THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT, MATTHEW 3:14-17.
B. JESUS HAD ALL AUTHORITY, MATTHEW 28:18.
1. JESUS GAVE THE AUTHORITY TO BAPTIZE TO HIS CHURCH, JOHN 3:22; 4:1,2.
2. CHRIST GAVE THE "GREAT COMMISSION" TO HIS CHURCH, MATTHEW 28:19,20.
A. THERE IS ONLY ONE BAPTISM, EPHESIANS 4:5.
B. GOD RECOGNIZES NO OTHER BAPTISM, ACTS 19:1-5.
1. IF JOHN HAD BAPTIZED THESE MEN, THEY WOULD HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THE HOLY
SPIRIT, MATTHEW 3:11.
2. IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR JOHN TO HAVE BAPTIZED THESE PEOPLE.
a. JOHN HAD BEEN DEAD FOR 23 YEARS. HE WAS PUT IN PRISON AND KILLED JUST A
FEW MONTHS AFTER CHRIST WAS BAPTIZED, MATTHEW 4:12; 14:10,12.
b. JOHN NEVER LEFT THE HOLY LAND, BUT
THESE PEOPLE WERE IN ASIA MINOR
(TURKEY), HUNDREDS OF MILES AWAY.
3. APOLLOS PROBABLY BAPTIZED THESE PEOPLE, ACTS 18:24.
a. THE REASON GOD DID NOT RECOGNIZE THIS BAPTISM IS BECAUSE APOLLOS DID
NOT
HAVE CHURCH AUTHORITY, ACTS 18:25.
b. APOLLOS HAD BEEN
BAPTIZED BY JOHN AND WAS ONE OF HIS DISCIPLES.
c. JOHN'S
DISCIPLES DID NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO BAPTIZE.
d. PAUL
HAD CHURCH AUTHORITY, SO GOD RECOGNIZED HIS BAPTISM, ACTS 13:1-3.
e.
THE ANTIOCH CHURCH SENT PAUL AND BARNABAS WITH THE AUTHORITY TO BAPTIZE.
WHY BE BAPTIZED?
A. WE CANNOT RECEIVE ETERNAL REWARDS WITHOUT SCRIPTURAL BAPTISM, II
TIMOTHY
2:5.
B. IF OUR LIFE IS GOING TO TESTIFY FOR JESUS, IT MUST BE DONE IN HIS
BODY (THE
CHURCH), EPHESIANS 3:21.
C. WE ARE NEW
CREATIONS, II CORINTHIANS 5:17.
WHAT WILL BAPTISM DO FOR US?
A. BAPTISM PUTS US IN A POSITION TO SERVE GOD AND ROBES US WITH CHRIST,
GALATIANS 3:27.
B. IT IS AN ACT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, MATTHEW 3:14; REVELATION 19:7,8.
C. BAPTISM IS THE ANSWER OF A GOOD CONSCIENCE TOWARD GOD, I PETER 3:21.
D.
IT SEPARATES OUR LIFE FOR SERVICE, ACTS 2:40-42.
WHO CAN BE BAPTIZED?
A. BELIEVERS ONLY CAN BE BAPTIZED.
B. JOHN DEMANDED REPENTANCE
AND FAITH BEFORE BAPTISM, MATTHEW 3:7, 8.
C. THE FIRST CHURCH PREACHED REPENTANCE
AND FAITH BEFORE BAPTISM, ACTS
8:12.
D. THE THIEF ON
THE CROSS WAS SAVED WITHOUT BAPTISM, LUKE 23:33, 39-43.
E. THE PHILIPPIAN
JAILOR WAS SAVED WITHOUT BAPTISM, ACTS 16:30, 31.
F. BAPTISM IS A WORK OF RIGHTEOUSNESS,
BUT SALVATION IS NOT BY WORKS,
EPHESIANS 2:8, 9.