Category: Book 1 Chapter 16

It is odd that so much of the Church has got baptism so very wrong?  If there were to be errors you would ordinarily expect them to be randomly spread out, so that in some ways we might operate biblically and in other ways not.  …

In the majority of churches baptism in water is handled in the opposite way from what God intended.  Let us examine the various ingredients in turn and compare what the Bible says with what we generally see happening: Biblical Baptism How most churches actually do baptism: Full …

A person might ask whether baptism in water is an essential part of believing in Jesus Christ in order to become a Christian. Can we be saved (justified) without water baptism?  Strictly speaking, we have an example from the Bible of a person who was …

Moreover, if we look at what actually happened in the first century, from the early years of the Church, through to the end of the book of Acts, we can see that baptism was solely for believers who could decide for themselves.  It was not …

So, let us begin by looking at what baptism in water is.  The word ‘baptise’ simply means to completely dip something under water, in the same way that you would with a sheep dip.  Thus a farmer when dipping his sheep is, in the literal …

15And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. 16“He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved; but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned. Mark 16:15-16 (NASB) 18And Jesus came up and spoke to …