It is written: Ephesians 2:8-9-For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast. Many believe that Paul’s statement that salvation is “not of works” excludes baptism (since it is claimed that baptism is a work). What shall... Continue Reading →
Carefully Studying The Baptism Texts Of The New Testament (Conclusion)
It is written: but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen. (2 Peter 3:18) We come to the conclusion of our studies on baptism in the New Testament. To be sure, our studies could have included other texts (i.e.,... Continue Reading →
Carefully Studying The Baptism Texts Of The New Testament (Twenty-Four)
It is written: …who formerly were disobedient, when once the Divine longsuffering waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water. 21 There is also an antitype which now saves us—baptism (not the removal of the filth of the... Continue Reading →
Carefully Studying The Baptism Texts Of The New Testament (Twenty-Three)
It is written: In Him you were also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, 12 buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from... Continue Reading →
Carefully Studying The Baptism Texts Of The New Testament (Twenty-Two)
It is written: Ephesians 5:26-that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, One of the most important (and perhaps most unappreciated) texts about baptism is the one found here in Ephesians 5:26. One second century Christian named Marius Victorinus said of this passage: “Here we take “the church”... Continue Reading →
Carefully Studying The Baptism Texts Of The New Testament (Twenty)
It is written: For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.... Continue Reading →
Carefully Studying The Baptism Texts Of The New Testament (Nineteen)
It is written: Otherwise, what will they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead do not rise at all? Why then are they baptized for the dead? (1 Corinthians 15:29) Of all of the New Testament passages which discuss baptism, this is perhaps the most difficult to interpret. Let’s start by studying... Continue Reading →
Carefully Studying The Baptism Texts Of The New Testament (Eighteen)
It is written: For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and have all been made to drink into one Spirit. (1 Corinthians 12:13) When the Apostle Paul wrote this statement to the church of God at Corinth (1 Corinthians 1:1-3), they needed a desperate and... Continue Reading →
Carefully Studying The Baptism Texts Of The New Testament (Seventeen)
It is written: Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? 4 Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk... Continue Reading →
Carefully Studying The Baptism Texts Of The New Testament (Sixteen)
It is written: Now an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, "Arise and go toward the south along the road which goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza." This is desert. 27 So he arose and went. And behold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace the queen of the Ethiopians,... Continue Reading →