It is written: Luke 23:43-And Jesus said to him, "Assuredly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise." One of the most heard objections to the New Testament teaching about baptism comes from the thief on the cross. Our denominational friends claim that the thief on the cross was not baptized,... Continue Reading →
Quick Answers To Baptism Objections (Two)
It is written: Mark 16:16-He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. Critics of Jesus’ teaching on baptism claim that the second part of this verse negates the first part of the verse by not including a lack of“baptism” as part of what leads to... Continue Reading →
Quick Answers To Baptism Objections (One)
It is written: Mark 16:16-He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. Some people are offended by Jesus’ teaching that baptism is part of the plan of salvation. As a result, they have tried every which way imaginable to try and undermine His teaching that... Continue Reading →
Does Ephesians 2:8-9 Exclude Baptism?
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 →