Baptism

The Priceless Prize

Philippians 3:8

… Alas, alas, what can our poor sermons do? Our prayers, our hymns—what are they? Ah, and what will your Baptism be—and what will the Lord's …

The “Down-grade” Controversy, from Mr. Spurgeon’s Standpoint

… I read it, could not declare its doctrinal views otherwise than by practising baptism and the Lord's supper, closes the door finally against me. Neither do I …

On Conversion as Our Aim

… As for those who are not so far advanced as to warrant any thought of baptism, you may be of the utmost benefit to them by personal intercourse …

The Light of the World

John 8:12

… His Baptism throws a wonderful light upon consecration to God—and the dire temptations that quickly followed, in all of which He foiled the tempter—have thrown a …

The Blood of the Everlasting Covenant

Hebrews 13:20

… We set our seal to that covenant when in baptism we are united with his church; and day by day, so often as we come around the table …

All of Grace

Ephesians 2:8

… Or you are baptized, join the church, sit at the Lord's Table. Does this bring you salvation? I ask you, "Have you salvation?" You dare not say …

Memorable Services away from Waterbeach

… In my early ministerial days, I was invited to preach at Isleham, Cambridge- shire, where I was baptized. I was to conduct the morning service ; my Brother Aldis …

Healing for the Wounded

Psalm 147:3

… Some of you seek mercy through baptism, or the Lord’s Supper, or regular attendance at the house of prayer. Some of you, again, have certain forms and …

A Personal Application

Hebrews 9:26

… of confidence are utterly worthless! If you could have been saved by your Baptism, do you think Christ would have died? If your good works could have opened …

The Centurion—Or An Exhortation To The Virtuous

Luke 7:4-9

… As for my Baptism, or my confirmation, or my taking the sacrament, I know that all this has nothing whatever in it which can save my soul. And …

The Faithful Olive Tree

Judges 9:8

… the commencement of His ministry, for He came up from the waters of Baptism to be tempted of the devil, and at the close of that ministry, "His …

Man Humbled, God Exalted

Isaiah 2:17

… to kill it and let it be buried when dead! The ordinance of Baptism is intended to set forth this very Truth of God—that you must be …

The Smoke Of Their Torments

Genesis 19:27

… worshipped and which is crowned with everlasting splendor—bowed himself in the great Baptism of almighty wrath that the waves of swelling grief might roll over it. Yes …

The Family Likeness

Romans 8:14

… see what it says! And so with every ordinance, whatever it may be—Baptism, confirmation, confession to a priest—what you will, if the Spirit of God has …

Our Lord's Preaching

Isaiah 61:1

… elevate the "host?" Did He instruct one of them to regenerate children by baptism? Did He bring them up to chant in surplices and march in processions? No …

Justification by Grace

… you will lay the foundation of the structure with infant baptism, build confirmation on it, and the Lord’s supper. “I shall go to heaven,” you say; “Do …

A Holiday Drive to the New Forest

… A portly female was moved to speak, and also to admonish us against water-baptism. She was one of the old school, and evidently relieved her soul by …

A Song at the Wellhead

Numbers 21:16-18

… For instance, Baptism can be of no service to the Believer unless he devoutly perceives the meaning of it. He must know what it is to be dead …

Wrecked, But Not reckless

Acts 27:20

… under the lee of some Church and get ceremonies to help us out—Baptism, Confirmation, the Lord's Supper—we will just get into a snug place there …

The Security of the Church

Psalm 125:2

… of slander like a sheep from the washing, the fairer for thy black baptism, the more admired, the more lovely for all the scorn and ignominy that men …

Early Religious Impressions

… good man gave to the bereaved parents, — “What a mercy the child was baptized! What a consolation it must be!” This was in an Independent family, and the …

Christ's Prayer and Plea

Psalm 16:1

… At His Baptism, it was while He was praying that "the Heaven was opened and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily shape, like a dove upon Him …

The Peculiar Sleep of the Beloved

Psalm 127:2

… I am not afraid to submit my Calvinism, or my doctrine of believer’s baptism, to the searching of the Bible. A learned lord, an infidel, once said …

The Broad Wall

Nehemiah 3:8

… A person does not become a member of Christ's Church by Baptism, nor by birthright, nor by profession, nor by morality. Christ is the Door into the …

The Enemies of the Cross of Christ

Philippians 3:18

… He who quarrels with that Doctrine is an enemy of the Cross of Christ! Whether he makes Baptism to be the modus of salvation, or sets up any …

Vanity Deprecated

Psalm 119:37

… it? I should like, for instance, to hear a man who swears that Baptism regenerates when he knows it does not, rebuke a countess for saying that she …

The Honored Guest

Luke 19:6

… upon their own works, merits and professions—or they are relying upon their baptism, their confirmation, or their identification with some ecclesiastical system by means of some outward …

The Holy Spirit in Connection with Our Ministry

… whom I allude, but as Paul said of them, “I thank God I baptized none of you,” so also do I thank the Lord that few of that …

The Dejected Lover

Solomon 3:1-4

… Supper—or you may go down Water Street, where in the ordinance of Baptism, the Lord often reveals His death and burial unto His people, but after having …

The Believer A New Creature

2 Corinthians 5:17

… That regeneration which is said to be wrought in baptism, is a figment without the shadow of foundation. The sprinkling of an infant makes no change in that …

Two Wilderness Incidents

Numbers 21:1-6

… I do not think that Baptism is referred to here at all. 6. That which is born of the flesh is flesh.Parents may be the most devout …

Titles of Honor

… In Baptism you have a most significant symbol of what is to be done with the flesh—you are to treat it as a dead thing and, therefore …

'The Old Testament 'Prodigal'

2 Chronicles 33:12

… Manasseh, passed their children between those burning arms, so that they received "a baptism of fire." Nor is this all. Manasseh went to extremes in personal, deliberate sin …

Soul-satisfying Bread

John 6:35

… They never say, "I am resting upon Christ, but still I should like to be able to depend a little on my Baptism." I never heard a Christian …

The Victory of Faith

1 John 5:4

… Some say a new birth takes place in an infant baptism, but I remember that venerable patriarch saying,” Popery is a lie, Puseyism is a lie, baptismal regeneration …

On Spiritualizing

… to the host, are the Old and New Testament, or the ordinances of Baptism and the Lord’s Supper. Despite this caution, you may allow much latitude in …

The Eye—a Similitude

Psalm 17:8

… Grant unto us, Lord, that the ordinances of Your House—Baptism and the Lord's Supper—yes, and whatever else You have enjoined to us by precept, or …

The Solar Eclipse

Isaiah 45:7

… He sends us into the deep waters, that they may be like a sacred baptism to us, and may help in sanctifying us, by delivering us from our …

Christ's One Sacrifice for Sin

Hebrews 9:26

… Christ, anointed at Jordan, appeared to inaugurate His public ministry and, by His Baptism, to begin working a robe of righteousness which is forever to adorn us, poor …

Peace—How Gained, How Broken

Psalm 85:8

… The ordinances of God's House, whether they are Baptism, or the Lord's Supper, or prayer, or preaching—none of these can bring peace to a heart …