Baptism

A Traveller’s Letters Home

… Bravely the work goes on, and the baptized lead the way. The leaders are two good fellows, pronounced Baptists, believing firmly that their church is that of the …

Prologue — Introduction by Dinsdale T. Young

… The warmth of the baptism of fire diffused itself throughout his supplications. The prayers at the Tabernacle kindled countless cold hearts. And the English was so delectable. We …

The Double Forget-me-not

1 Corinthians 11:24

… The two pictures are Believers' Baptism and the Lord's Supper. Because I am a child, therefore must I still have emblems and tokens, for these are more …

The Man Of Sorrows

Isaiah 53:3

… From the hour of His Baptism in Jordan, to the time of His Baptism in the pains of death, He always wore the sable robe and was "a …

Prayer 19 — God's Unspeakable Gift

… Flood the world with a baptism of Thy power and "Let the whole earth be filled with a knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea …

Feeding on the Bread of Life

John 6:47

… Do not imagine—I do not suppose that I have a single hearer who thinks so—but do not imagine that there is any magic in Baptism, by …

Special Protracted Prayer

Luke 6:12

… What is Baptism without fellowship with Christ? To be buried in Baptism, but not with Him, what is it? I would say to you young people who are …

Lukewarmness

Revelation 3:15

… The great mass of Baptists appear to be ashamed of their opinions and many of our ministers say so little about Baptism that people forget that there is …

The Blood Shed For Many

Matthew 26:28

… Are we not, "Buried with Him by baptism into death?" Is not Baptism an emblem of His being immersed beneath the waves of sorrow and death? Baptism shows …

Once Dead, Now Alive

Ephesians 2:1

… One Lord, one faith, one baptism. There is only one Lord in the Christian Church! And there is only one faith. There may be many forms of faith …

Good News for the Lost

Luke 19:10

… Do you know what is the very first ceremony of the Christian religion? "Yes," you say, "Baptism." So it is. And what is Baptism? "Buried with Christ in …

The Gladness of the Man of Sorrows

Psalm 45:7

… It was a baptism, and a baptism of blood, but he was straitened until it was accomplished. Of old, in expectation his delights were with the sons of …

A Discourse For A Revival Season

Jeremiah 8:19

… If the King were not in Zion it would not matter whether I practiced Believers' Baptism or unbelievers' Baptism! But if He has commanded Believers' Baptism how dare …

A Witness and a Partaker

1 Peter 5:1

… Lest any should say that I have baptized in my own name. And I baptized also the household of Stephanus: besides, I know not whether I baptized any …

Building “Our Holy and Beautiful House”

… We must have one Lord, one faith, and one baptism. And yet dear to our hearts is that great article of the Apostles' Creed, ' I believe in the …

Stewards

… abide in your steadfastness? Can ye drink of His cup, and be baptized with His baptism? Remember that the flesh is weak. The trials of the present age …

Prayer 20 — The Great Sacrifice

… Our whole body has been buried with Christ in baptism unto death and now the whole body, soul, and spirit, by our willing consecration, belong unto Christ henceforth …

The Call of Abraham

Hebrews 11:8

… Perhaps their views on baptism may have changed, and seeing nothing in Scripture to warrant infant sprinkling, they have come out with a determination to practice believer’s …

Exhortation—"Set Your Heart"

1 Chronicles 22:19

… Baptism is the duty of every Believer, but it is not the duty of anybody except a Believer—I pray you do not put the sign in the …

The Best Donation

2 Corinthians 8:5

… When the Lord tells you to believe and be baptized, if you are baptized, first, and believe afterwards, you have upset the Scriptural order and have practically disobeyed …

Great Joy In the City

Acts 8:8

… But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the Kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. Then Simon …

Christ and His Table-Companions

… For instance, the ordinance of baptism as it was administered by the apostles betokened the burial of the believer with Christ, and his rising with his Lord into …

The Sine Qua Non

John 13:8

… To use a simile which may, perhaps, explain what I mean—the priest of God, when first consecrated, was washed from head to foot, and so baptized into …

How Faith Comes

John 4:39-42

… When, therefore, the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, (though Jesus Himself baptized not, but His disciples), He …

In the Sunny South

… Edward Jenkins, M.P., the author of Ginx's Baby, persistently ridiculed believers' baptism. It was a matter of surprise to many that he did not at once …

Timely Reflections

Romans 13:11

… He does not reckon even from our Baptism, as if he were to say, now is your salvation nearer than when you put on Christ openly in Baptism …

Cambridge Life and Letters, 1850-1851

… Would that, as I have been buried with Him in baptism, I might have the inward spiritual grace, and be dead to the world, but alive unto the …

“A New Departure”

… As much as ever Simon Menno was raised up to preach believers’ baptism in Holland, and keep the lamp burning for God there, and as surely as ever …

A Searching Test

Titus 1:15

… But see how Baptism and the Lord's Supper, both of them (for I cannot now stay long to discriminate), have been misused. Whereas these are, both of …

Making Light of Christ

Matthew 22:5

… It gives respectability to their name to take the sacrament; it makes them esteemed to have been baptized, or to be a member of a Christian church; and …

The Cripple at Lystra

Acts 14:9-10

… No; but “he that believeth and is baptized, shall he saved.” If one man who believes in Christ is cast away, that promise of Christ is not true …

Morning, August 18

Je 51:51

… Heart searching is the duty of all who are baptized or come to the Lord’s table. “Search me, O God, and know my way, try me and …

Lessons From the Malta Fire

Acts 28:2

… Christ's own words are, "He that believes and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believes not shall be damned." To believe is simply to trust …

Morning, August 8

Is 59:5

… Philip baptized Simon Magus, whose guileful declaration of faith was so soon exploded by the stern rebuke of Peter. Custom, reputation, praise, advancement, and other flies, are the …

Evening, December 10

Ac 16:14

… As soon as Lydia had believed in Jesus, she was baptized. It is a sweet sign of a humble and broken heart, when the child of God is …

Morning, March 25

Lu 22:48

… the same accursed sin as Judas, that son of perdition? I have been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus; I am a member of his visible …

Evening, August 25

Ac 8:37

… Perhaps you say, “I should be afraid to be baptized; it is such a solemn thing to avow myself to be dead with Christ, and buried with him …

Harvest Joy

Isaiah 9:3

… The dying thief did not confess Him, did he? He was not baptized." No, but he was a dying thief, remember, and if you are not baptized, I …

Prayer Certified Of Success

Luke 11:9-10

… God says, "He that believes and is baptized shall be saved." Have you believed? Have you been baptized? If so, you are saved. How do I know that …

God-Guided Men

Galatians 1:16

… Nothing is more plainly taught in the New Testament than that it is the duty of every Believer in Christ to be baptized. It is the duty of …