Baptism

The Lambs And Their Shepherd

Isaiah 40:11

… What more melting sight than a child baptized into Jesus upon profession of its faith? May many such lambs be found among us! Picture another. There are many …

The Obedience of Faith

Hebrews 11:8

… I remember a person coming to be baptized, who said that he had been a Believer in the Lord Jesus for 40 years and that he had always …

A Test for True Seekers

Jeremiah 50:5

… Take all things in the right order—begin and go on as God would have you do. "He that believes and is baptized shall be saved." Let that …

To Those Who Are "Almost Persuaded"

Acts 26:28

… Why should he not take the name if he had received the essential Grace? He would have rejoiced to have baptized him! Why should he not, if he …

Without Money and Without Price

Isaiah 55:1

… Why, the thief must have died unblest! Suppose that He had said to all men, it is absolutely essential that you join a Church and be baptized, or …

A Blessed Gospel Chain

John 14:23

… you believed on Him? Believing on Him, have you been baptized according to His command? Being baptized, do you come to His Table according to His bidding, "This …

The Spirit's Work in the New Creation

Genesis 1:2

… He may have been baptized and joined the Church and partaken of the Lord's Supper—but, for all that, his heart is still without any sort of …

A Welcome Discovery

Genesis 21:19

… He that believes and is baptized shall be saved." Are you a "creature"? If so, if you believe and are baptized you shall be saved. That is God …

The Reception of Sinners

Luke 15:22

… They were pricked in the heart at Pentecost and the same day baptized and added to the Church because they had found peace with God through Jesus Christ …

The Long Pastorate Commenced, 1854

… Immersion in suffering has preceded the baptism of the Holy Ghost. Fasting gives an appetite for the banquet. The Lord is revealed in the backside of the desert …

The Entreaty of the Holy Spirit

Hebrews 3:7

… He that believes and is baptized shall be saved; he that believes not shall be damned." The Lord puts the solemn sanction of a threat of condemnation upon …

The Model Soul-winner

John 4:7

… 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 …

When Can We Find Comforters?

Nahum 3:7

… that believes and is baptized"—which is the Christian method, the Biblical method of confessing your faith—"He that believes and is baptized shall be saved; but he …

The Perpetuity of the Gospel

Luke 21:33

… And He has said, "He that believes and is baptized shall be saved." Come along with you, then! Obey both His commands—first, believe, and then be baptized …

The Student's Prayer

Psalm 119:27

… I pray the Lord that some may be baptized for the dead, to stand in his place and fill up the gap which his removal has made in …

"Better Than Wine"

Solomon 1:2

… shall flow right over the masthead of his ship! He wanted to be baptized into the love of Christ, to be flung into the ocean of his Savior …

The Touch

Mark 5:28

… Those who believe ought to be baptized on confession of their faith. He, who in His heart believes, should with His mouth make confession of Him. So Christ …

Rest As a Test

Jeremiah 6:16

… is baptized shall be saved." When I have complied with the conditions God lays down, that is, when I have believed in Jesus and have been baptized, I …

Saying Versus Doing

Matthew 21:28-30

… Some of them were baptized, for they said that they were dead to the world, but it was a very lively kind of death. They came to the …

The King in Pilate's Hall

John 18:37

… Ah, but they cannot crown Him unless they "crown Him Lord of all." Our blessed Savior is honestly intolerant! He says, "He that believes and is baptized shall …

Suffering And Reigning With Jesus

2 Timothy 2:12

… Jesus bids each Believer to be baptized. They neglect His ordinance. Neglecting that, they also despise the weightier matters of the Law. They will go up to the …

A Lost Christ Found

Luke 2:44-46

… to you! "He that believes and is baptized shall be saved." Oh, that you would believe in Christ and be baptized! Oh, that God would help all of …

The Desire of the Soul in Spiritual Darkness

Isaiah 26:9

… When I had repeated the words, “He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved,” echo said, “Saved!” and when I proceeded, “He that believeth not shall be …

The Watchword For Today—"Stand Fast"

Philippians 3:20

… After that he desired to see them baptized. Then he desired to see them exhibiting all the Graces of Christians. When he saw holiness in them, he desired …

'Cases of Conscience'

Psalm 38:4

… Faith and repentance, the essentials to salvation, are commanded—"Repent and be baptized, every one of you." "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you shall be saved …

Bonds Which Could Not Hold

Acts 2:24

… Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls. And they continued steadfastly in the …

The Final Perseverance of the Saints

Job 17:9

… It is written, "He that believes and is baptized shall be saved," and this he cannot be if he were left to go back and delight in sin …

True and Not True

John 9:31

… For John truly baptized with water; but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days hence. When they therefore were come together, they asked of …

Too Good to Be Saved!

Luke 18:14

… There are other things to be thought of besides going to a meeting on Sunday. "Oh, but we have been baptized and we take the communion." Yes, I …

One Antidote for Many Ills

Psalm 80:10

… There are many who have been baptized, who have been baptized into the waters of deception: there are some who put the sacramental wine between their lips, who …

The Duty of the Present Hour

Hosea 10:12

… not, "It is time to be confirmed," or, "It is time to be baptized," or, "It is time to come to holy communion." No, it says, "It is …

Jesus Sitting on the Well

John 4:6

… 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 …

Joy, a Duty

Philippians 4:4

… Make Him your joy, the whole of your joy, and then let this joy absorb your every thought! Be baptized into this joy! Plunge into the deeps of …

Heedlessness In Religion

2 Kings 10:31

… You may be baptized and re-baptized. You may come to the communion as often as you will. You may sit in your pew and you may hear …

A Monument for the Dead, and a Voice to the Living

Romans 10:5-9

… He has put the two things together,—"He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved." The believing and the confession of that believing in God's own …

Cheering Words

John 15:9

… Oh, to be baptized into that same river of love in which Christ was baptized, and to come out of it to continue in the same sort of …

An Objection and an Answer

Galatians 5:6

… that salvation is by faith in Jesus Christ. "He that believes and is baptized shall be saved: he that believes not shall be damned." Now it is no …

Longing To Find God

Job 23:3

… For with the heart man believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." "He that believes and is baptized shall be saved." So runs …

Self Low, But Christ High

Matthew 8:8

… He that believes and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believes not shall be damned." We are not sent to every worthy creature, but to "every …

"There Is No Difference"

Romans 3:22

… A rough Philippian jailor believes and that night he is baptized, rejoicing in God with all his house. Never sinner yet did try this blessed remedy and find …