Baptism

Man'S Thoughts And God'S Thoughts

Isaiah 55:8

… You want a long ceremony of baptism, confirmation, confession, communion, penance, matins, vespers, festivals and I know not what! But the Gospel is, "Trust Jesus and live." "Believe …

A Wafer of Honey

2 Corinthians 12:9

… condemn me"? Not yet have you drunk of that cup and been baptized with the baptism of Him who said, "My God, My God, why have You forsaken …

Bad Lodgers and How To Treat Them

Jeremiah 4:14

… They know that the Gospel has two pre-cepts—"He that believes and is baptized shall be saved," or, in other words, "He that with his heart believes …

The Hexapla Of Mystery

1 Timothy 3:16

… The Spirit of God bore witness to Christ and justified all His claims at the time of His Baptism, when out of the excellent Glory there appeared the …

The Common Salvation

… are we." I would not wish to set a fence round about the baptized and say, "These are the Church of Christ, even as many as have been …

Before Daybreak with Christ

Mark 1:35-39

… Be baptized into the spirit of prayer, but do not be deceived by the enemy who can spirit a duty away while we dream that we only spiritualize …

Peter'S Three Calls

John 1:37

… You have joined the Church and you have been baptized into the faith of Christ, and so far it is good. But as yet it has not struck …

Shut In Or Shut Out

Genesis 7:16

… The man is "buried in baptism," to signify that he is dead to the world, wherein, also, he rises, again, to show his fellowship with Christ in resurrection …

The Man With The Measuring Line

Zechariah 2:1-5

… you with this commanding, but most consoling word, "He that believes and is baptized shall be saved." My Hearers, you know what believing means. It is simply trusting …

A Description of Young Men in Christ

1 John 2:13

… If you become an avowed servant of God, do not think the conflict is over—it is then that the battle begins! Straight from the waters of Baptism …

Little Faith and Great Faith

Matthew 14:31

… faith—it is not content to drink of His cup and be baptized with His Baptism—it would share His power and partake in His Throne. Weak faith …

The Ministry Of Gratitude

Luke 4:39

… This child was baptized. This young person was confirmed and afterwards took the sacrament and consequently this individual is regenerated in Baptism and established in Grace, and so …

A Far-reaching Promise

Acts 2:39

… Hence Peter said, "Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and you shall receive the gift …

"The Sure Mercies of David"

Acts 13:34

… Whom John had first preached before His coming, the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think …

Consider Before You Fight

Luke 14:31

… Can you drink His cup and be baptized with His baptism? And yet further, let me say to you, you that are for going to Heaven so zealously …

Our Lord's Prayer for His People's Sanctification

John 17:17

… he finally suffered at the hands of cruel men, he had a baptism to be baptized with, and he was straitened till it was accomplished; before he actually …

A Golden Prayer

John 12:28

… He was always straitened till He had been baptized with the appointed Baptism. Observe the question raised and see how really it was answered in His heart before …

Love at Its Utmost

John 15:9

… disciple, should be made to drink of his cup, and to be baptized with his baptism, and he will not deny you the privilege. You must be made …

The Triumphal Entry Into Jerusalem

… infants ought to be baptized as well as their parents, which seemed to me to be an argument eminently worthy of childish baptism. Thinking the matter over, however …

Meeting in the Unfinished Tabernacle

… The baptistery will be usually uncovered, as we are not ashamed to confess our belief in believers' baptism. " On the occasion of the administration of the Lord's …

Joshua's Vision

Joshua 6:10-27

… We have no right to say, for instance about Believers' baptism, "Well, it is a non-essential." Who told you so? If Jesus commands it, obey it! And …

The Holy Spirit Glorifying Christ

John 16:14

… you will be glad to drink of His cup and to be baptized with His Baptism! Are you in need tonight, without even a place to lay your …

A Lecture for Little-Faith

2 Thessalonians 1:3

… that believeth and is baptized shall be saved.” Do both of these things. Believe on him, and then profess thy faith in baptism; and the Lord bless thee …

The Great Mystery of Godliness

1 Timothy 3:16

… But we have this to tell you, "He that believes and is baptized shall be saved. He that believes not shall be damned." And the things which you …

The Minister in These Times

… Still we hear the words, “Baptism, wherein I was made a member of Christ, a child of God, and an inheritor of the Kingdom of Heaven.” In priestly …

The Power of Christ's Name

Acts 3:16

… In the waters of Baptism, the Holy Spirit descended upon Him, like a dove, and abode upon Him. And afterwards, the Father said once and yet again, "This …

The Shame and Spitting

Isaiah 50:6

… was ready for this dreadful treatment, for He said, “I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how am I straitened until it be accomplished!” He was …

Witnessing at the Cross

Luke 23:39-43

… Lest any should say that I had baptized in my own name. It may have been an accidental circumstance that he did not happen to have baptized them …

A Sermon of Personal Testimony

Deuteronomy 32:47

… If he is baptized with the Baptism of Scripture, itself, and if he is a most diligent man in all his devotions. Yet, if he does not truly …

In Him: Like Him

1 John 2:6

… was clad with zeal as with a cloak.” From the day of his baptism till his death he went about doing good. It is wonderful what was packed …

Sweet Savor

Ezekiel 20:41

… the work that God had given Him to do. "I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how am I straitened until it is accomplished!" He set …

The Best Burden for Young Shoulders

Lamentations 3:27

… turning to every passage which refers to Baptism. The result was that they, both of them, came and were baptized in this place. I wish that all Christians …

The Wedding Garment

Matthew 22:11-14

… you are taken away from the Lord’s table, taken away from the baptism in which you gloried, taken away from the doctrines of the gospel which you …

Work

John 9:4

… He thirsted to be doing good, and His greatest and grandest act, His sacrifice of Himself, was a baptism with which He had to be baptized, and He …

Sin Laid on Jesus

Isaiah 53:6

… it was according to his own expressed desire, for he had a baptism to be baptized with, and he was straitened until it was accomplished; and therefore whatever …

The Beatific Vision

1 John 3:2

… Brethren, we have one heart, one soul—“One Lord, one faith, one baptism.” We may be sundered here below a little while; some may die before us, as …

Mature Faith—Illustrated By Abraham's Offering Up Isaac

Genesis 22:2

… said in the matter of Baptism, for instance, "I am persuaded that it is my duty as a Believer to be baptized, but it has never been laid …

Thanksgiving And Prayer

Psalm 65:11

… I believe many of you are lean and starved because you are not obedient to your Lord's command in Baptism. You know what He bids you do …

The Christ-Given Rest

Matthew 11:28

… It is only as you are one with Christ that Baptism will be to you what He intended, but, "buried with Him in Baptism," you are dead to …

The First and the Second

Hebrews 10:9

… As the Apostle Peter says, "The like figure whereunto even baptism does also now save us"—not that baptism saves us, but it is another figure of how …