Baptism

Baptized in the Wilderness During their long years of slavery in Egypt, the Israelites had, to a great extent, lost their knowledge of the One God and His worship; many…

Justification A person, who have been corrupted by sins, can have his sins washed away when he accepts by faith Christ’s death on his behalf. “But as many as received…

The Bible teaches that the new believer is baptized into Christ. Paul wrote, “Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were…

God uses outward signs and marks Outward signs teach spiritual truths. They remind us of God’s grace as well as man’s duty and responsibility. For this reason, the Lord has…

Believers in the early church believed that the reception of the Holy Spirit is dependent upon the act of water baptism. And ordinarily, as in the case of the Samaritans…

Is Water Baptism Important? Even though Jesus had been filled with the Spirit while still in His mother’s womb, He urged John to baptize Him in the river. He said:…

The Biblical requirement for salvation The Bible says, “He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned” (Mark 16:16). The Bible…

The word baptize (Gr. Baptizō) means “to dip” or “to immerse.” The word Baptizō was used of immersing cloth in dye and of submerging a vessel in order to fill…

A big clue when Jesus was baptized can be found in Luke. The apostle Luke writes, “Now Jesus Himself began His ministry at about thirty years of age” (Luke 3:23).…

Jesus commanded, in Matthew 28:19, that the believers should be baptized in “the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.” And the book of…