How To Share Your Faith (3)

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Baptism

Mark 16:15

And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

Vs 16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

Matthew 28:18

And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

Vs 19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

He said to go into to all the world and preach what he has done, not what they have done. They are also not to preach what people are doing.

….He that believes and is baptized shall be saved, he that believes not is condemned.

Notice he did not say condemn people so that they can believe. It is when people do not believe that they are condemned.

The gospel is about what Jesus did in three days and three nights, so the gospel is not someone’s story. The gospel is Jesus’ story told to us by the Holy spirit.

In Matthew 28:18-19 as quoted above, Jesus did not make the statement, “in the name of the father and of the son and the Holy ghost.”

Why?

1. This statement does not exist anywhere else in the bible, that is, it has no corroboration,

2. He said all authority has been given to me. Not the name of the father, son or holy ghost,

How do we know?

Mark 16:17

And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;

Luke 24:47

And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

John 20:31

But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.

There is just one name; the name of Jesus.

Acts 2:21

And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Romans 10:13

For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

They call upon the name of Jesus Christ, he did not say the name of the father and of the son and of the Holy Ghost.

The name of Jesus Christ is the name given for men to be saved.

Philippians 2:9

Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name,

...God has highly exalted him….

Again the word baptism does not mean water. Baptism simply means to be immersed into. To be incorporated into.

1Corinthians 10:1

Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;

Vs 2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;

Moses is not a sea.

Moses here is the law, he doesn’t mention baptize with water in this context.

Acts 1:5

For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.

Baptize with water shows that baptism doesn’t have to do with water. Jesus must have been referring to the baptism of the Holy Ghost.

1st Corinthians 12:13

For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.

Galatians 3:27

For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

Hear Paul also.

Ephesians 4:5

One Lord, one faith, one baptism, That one baptism is baptism into Christ.

That phrase, “in the name of the Father and of the son and of the Holy Ghost” was a later addition into the text of scriptures. That statement is not consistent with the scriptures, we are baptized in the authority of Jesus and that is the baptism of the Holy Ghost.

Confession

– My faith is in the Gospel of Christ, I am a product of what Christ has done, I have been baptized in the authority of Jesus., I am in the name of Jesus.