Baptism

"In the Garden With Him"

John 18:26

… Some of us have had our names enrolled among baptized Believers for many years, and we are right glad to have them there. May they never be erased …

Sacred Memories

Jeremiah 51:50

… to the Church I am glad that I was, while only a lad, baptized into the name of the Sacred Trinity. Well do I remember that May morning …

Though He Were Dead

John 11:24-26

… It is written, ‘He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned,’ and that makes it clear that I, whoever …

Looking for One Thing and Finding Another

1 Samuel 9:3

… to make short work of the story, he believes in Jesus! He is baptized with all his believing household. He invites the Apostles to his table, entertains them …

Why Some Seekers Are Not Saved

Isaiah 59:1

… Thirty-seven years ago I was baptized into the sacred name, and I adored the Grace of God, then, but not as much as I do now. What …

Self-Delusion

Luke 13:24

… For he that believes and is baptized shall be saved. He that believes not shall be damned."

Watch-Night Service

Psalm 90:1-22

… Though but a child, I descended into the pool of baptism, there to be buried with my Saviour. Oh! I wish I could say that all those fourteen …

Sincerity And Duplicity

1 John 2:3

… It is not written, "He that says he believes shall be saved." But "he that believes and is baptized shall be saved." It is not said that he …

The Story of God’s Mighty Acts

Psalm 44:1

… They were converted at once and baptized that very day; they were that hour turned to God, and become as truly disciples of Christ as they could have …

Loving Persuasion

Acts 28:23

… The Lord puts it thus—"He that believes and is baptized shall be saved." Be baptized, therefore, in obedience to His command! Come out boldly and say, "I …

Letters concerning Settlement in London

… It was as follows: — To the Ministers and Messengers composing the London Baptist Association, the baptized Church of Christ assembling in New Park Street, Southwark, sendeth Christian salutation …

Farm Laborers

1 Corinthians 3:6-9

… Brethren, such things ought not to be! I conceive that if there were no Christians in England but the members of our baptized Churches, these would suffice for …

Number 1500, Or Lifting Up the Bronze Serpent

Numbers 21:9

… At the Last Great Day I must bear witness against you that I have told you this straight out and plainly—"He that believes and is baptized shall …

The Reason Why Many Cannot Find Peace

James 4:7-10

… Doubt, and do not be baptized, and you shall be saved." Shame on them! Our Gospel is, "He that believes and is baptized, shall be saved!" And we …

Greater Things Yet Who Shall See Them?

John 1:50

… Whether he was going to be baptized by John the Baptist and sat down there to think of what he was doing. Or whether, having been baptized, being …

When Should We Pray?

Luke 18:1

… No, no, young man, if you seek to join a Church, to be baptized, to come to the Communion Table and, all the while, you do not pray …

Manoah's Wife and Her Excellent Argument

Judges 13:22

… the marks of the Lord Jesus," delighting to remember the time of your Baptism into Him, whereby your body washed with His pure body, was declared to be …

Jacob and Doubting Souls a Parallel

Genesis 45:28

… But at last he said to himself, "I must join the Church." I fancy that he was 88 when he was baptized and he was so happy with …

The Need and Nature of Conversion

Isaiah 55:7

… to those who were awakened on the day of Pentecost, "Repent, and be baptized, everyone of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins …

Honey From A Lion

Romans 5:15

… He that believes and is baptized shall be saved. Do you say, "I believe he shall be saved if he_"? Do you dare to add an, "if," where …

The Ethiopian

Jeremiah 13:23

… Without the Spirit of God there will be no result whatever produced! The man may be christened, or he may be baptized, but what is there in water …

The Shrill Trumpet of Admonition

Jeremiah 48:11

… They have been baptized. So often as the table of communion is spread they sit with God's people and partake of the emblems of the Savior's …

Springtime in Nature and Grace

Isaiah 55:10-13

… I was thinking, today, that next Tuesday (May 3rd, 1887,) it will be just 37 years since I was baptized into the name of the Father, and of …

A New Song For New Hearts

Isaiah 12:1

… I read again, "He that believes and is baptized shall be saved." I know that I have believed, that is to say, trusted—I trust my salvation with …

The Minister’s Fainting Fits

… 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 …

Light at Evening Time

Zechariah 14:6-7

… upon God for more of the tongue of fire, for more of the baptism of the Eternal Spirit, for more vital quickening power. When the whole Church shall …

A Typical Week’s Work (Continued)

… visitor, to make the necessary enquiries before the applicant could be admitted to baptism and membership. In the course of three or four hours, twenty, thirty, or even …

Love

1 John 4:19

… Now, he that loves Christ, if he be a Baptist, he loves the doctrine of baptism, because he knows it to be Scriptural; but, at the same time …

What the Farm Laborers Can Do and What They Cannot Do

Mark 4:26-29

… For our work, Beloved, is but half done when men are made disciples and baptized. We have, then, to encourage, to instruct, to strengthen, to console and succor …

Heaven and Hell

Matthew 8:11-12

… I have nothing but the old gospel. “He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved.” There is nothing here of works. It does not say, “He who …

A Solemn Warning for All Churches

Revelation 3:4

… the churches around, and see how they have defiled their garments by giving baptism to those who whom it was never intended, and degrading a holy church ordinance …

The Immutability of Christ

Hebrews 13:8

… He was his Father’s well-beloved Son before all worlds; he was his well-beloved in the stream of baptism; he was his well-beloved on the …

'Do I Love the Lord or Not?'

John 21:17

… You know His commandment concerning your profession of your faith by Baptism. You know His commandment, "This do you in remembrance of Me," as often as you break …

False Professors Solemnly Warned

Philippians 3:18-19

… We have some united with our churches who has passed through baptism and sit at our sacramental tables, who, while they have a name to live, are dead …

Beginning to Serve the Lord

… harden plaster which is newly spread upon the wall; and unless I am baptized anew with the Spirit of God, and constantly stand at the foot of the …

Faith

Hebrews 11:6

… once set in the stocks at Aylesbury, for writing a book against infant baptism. If even the mildest form of persecution were revived, how would the people be …

Canaan on Earth

Deuteronomy 11:10-12

… How often has the sacred pool of baptism been opened this year! How sweetly have we assembled round the Lord’s table! What precious moments we have had …

The Angelic Life

Matthew 22:30

… With undaunted courage, and a conscience that cannot be violated, let us stand fast for the one Lord, the one faith, and the one Baptism until He shall …

Notable Lectures and Addresses, 1857-1878

… Here martyrs for baptism were burned. This is the stronghold of religious liberty, and the very centre of our denomination. There are ten Baptist churches within the liberties …

Jerusalem the Guilty

Luke 13:33

… got to Jerusalem, He was in imminent peril from conspirators—that there a baptism of blood awaited Him, when His life would be sacrificed and He would become …