Subject: Unbaptized children |
Bible Note: CONT..... -- This view presumes that one receives the Spirit at baptism(see below) - Ac 2:38-39; 1 Co 12:13; Ti 3:5-7 4. So while at first there may be have been two baptisms spoken of by Jesus... a. The baptism of the Great Commission - Mt 28:19; Mk 16:15-16 b. The baptism of the Spirit - Ac 1:5 ...once the Spirit was poured out, only "one baptism" remained, which was that baptism commanded of people in every nation! [Having declared the "baptism of the Holy Spirit" a promise that was fulfilled on the day of Pentecost,let me emphasize concerning the "baptism of the Great Commission"...] III. IT INVOLVES BOTH WATER AND THE SPIRIT A. THAT IT INVOLVES WATER... 1. Is evidenced by conversion of the Ethiopian - Ac 8:35-38 2. Is made clearer by the command of Peter - Ac 10:47-48 3. Is alluded to by Paul and Peter in their epistles - Ep 5:26; 1 Pe 3:20-21 B. THAT IT INVOLVES THE SPIRIT... 1. Is indicated when Jesus declared that one must be "born again"- Jn 3:3-5 a. To be born "of water and the Spirit" b. Not two births, but one birth with two elements (water and Spirit) 2.Is made clearer when Paul wrote to Titus - Ti 3:5-6 a. God saved us "through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit" b. That washing (a clear allusion to baptism) involved a regeneration and renewing of the Spirit! 3. Is seen in Paul's remarks to the Corinthians - 1 Co 12:13 a. By the Spirit were we baptized into the one body b. In baptism, the Spirit not only regenerates, but incorporates us into the body of Christ! [The baptism of the Great Commission is more than just an immersion in water. At the moment the penitent believer is lowered into the water the Spirit is very much at work in renewing, regenerating, and incorporating us into the Body of Christ. In other words...] (see cont.) |