{"id":213,"date":"2005-05-20T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2005-05-20T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2005-07-20T15:06:45","modified_gmt":"2005-07-20T19:06:45","slug":"one-baptism-versus-the-many","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/one-baptism-versus-the-many\/","title":{"rendered":"One Baptism Versus the Many?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last time we discussed baptism we offered up brother Rory’s
\ncontention that salvation is impossible without the rite of baptism. One of the
\ntexts he used in support of this baptism being salvific was {{Ephesians 4:4-5}}
\nillustrating this point of One baptism being for the forgiveness of sins. My
\nfirst post<\/a> started to question the usage {{Ephesians 4[NASB]}} as this defense and in
\nthis post I will explore the different baptisms mentioned in Scripture.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Why look at different baptisms?<\/strong>
\nWell, I think it’s important
\nto rightly divide what the Scriptures are saying. Not in the sense that we
\ndecide where the division is by putting numbers down, but God has decided to
\nhave each of these forty something authors write with a purpose and a burden on
\ntheir heart. We study looking at the intent of the writer and we start to
\ngarner and understanding of where God draws lines in Scripture. Be that as it
\nmay, baptism is covered broadly throughout the New Testament and if a person
\ntruly wants a course on the practice, they can study the book of Acts.<\/p>\n

Baptism was not brought by Christians.<\/strong>
\nYep, that’s right,
\nChrist told His disciples to go and baptize but His followers were not the
\noriginators of the concept of baptism. In fact the writer to the Hebrews (chapter 6) would
\nwarn his readers, professing Jews no doubt, were told to move onwards,
\nprogressing from what they knew: the teachings of the Messiah, the teachings of
\nrepentance from dead works and of faith towards God, of instruction about
\nwashings (the word is the one for baptisms) and of the laying on of hands, the
\nresurrection of the dead and the eternal judgment. These are all things that
\nweren’t brought newly by Christians but were long established and taught in Judaism.
\nThe point in Hebrews is that the Christ had come…He was no longer a teaching but
\nwas physically manifested…progress from the shadows and move on to the reality.\n <\/p>\n

Baptism of John<\/strong>
\nJohn was baptizing long before Christ’s disciples
\nwere and this is where I would actually like to start looking at these
\ndifferent baptisms in detail. Matthew 3:5-8 tells us that John was baptizing
\nfolk with water in Judea in the district where the Jordan passed through. This baptism
\nis described as being done with several seemingly disparate purposes. Verse 6
\ntells us that the people did this while confessing their sins. Luke 7:29 would
\ntell us that the people (in this case including tax collectors) were justifying
\nGod—or the NASB would say “acknowledging God’s justice”. One purpose completely
\nMan focused and the other completely God focused? No, for John explains what
\nthe people were doing back in Matthew 3:11. He was baptizing with water for
\nrepentance. There’s the connection then. The confessing of sins wasn’t merely
\nletting loose the conscience but it consisted of saying “God you are completely
\nright about me…I’m a sinner and I am sorry.” A baptism of water for repentance.<\/p>\n

Well that’s the gospel right? Repent and be baptized? Well
\nnot really because in the book of Acts 19:3,4 we have a case of some folk who
\nhave partaken of the baptism of John, this baptism specifically of repentance
\nwhich justified God—but who had as of yet not received the Holy Spirit. Why?
\nWe’ll have to hit on that at a later date, but if anything this should
\nestablish in our thinking that Repenting and Baptism doesn’t make a person a Temple of the Living God.<\/p>\n

Baptism With Fire<\/strong>
\nInteresting that in Matthew 3:11 we hear mention of two
\nother baptisms. He mentions one who is coming after him who would baptize with
\nthe Spirit and with fire. We’ll deal with the later first.<\/p>\n

What is this baptism with fire? I submit to you that it is
\nthe very fiery indignation of God by which He would judge the world. Who was
\ncondemnation given over to? Why the very Son was given that power and He would
\nreturn, as the rightful ruler of this world and would come to trample the
\nwinepress. A point that Peter makes sure to establish in Acts 2 when he
\npreaches on the prophecy of Joel and the Last Days. Thankfully, John kept the
\norder of the baptisms and God has decided to record that for our comfort (and
\nfor the sake of the listeners during Pentecost). Baptism of the Spirit is to
\ncome first. You can also check out Romans 8 and the book of Revelations to see Christ as judge and executor.\n<\/p>\n

Baptism With the Spirit<\/strong>
\nHere I may have some disagreement with (countless) others
\nover the actual baptism. The theologian (who knows much more than me) will say
\nthat the baptism is done by the Holy Spirit by placing believers in Christ and
\nso forth. I say that Christ does the baptizing with the agent of the Holy
\nSpirit. In other words John would baptize folks by dipping them in water,
\nChrist would baptize folks by dipping them in the Holy Spirit which was poured
\nout on Pentecost, specifically. I base my reasoning for this on those
\ncomparative statements by John and Christ (Matt 3:11, Mark 1:8, Luke 3:16, John
\n1:33, Acts 1:5). A nitpicky distinction, I guess.\n<\/p>\n

Be that as it may it still occurred during Pentecost (Acts
\n2) as a prequel to the baptism by fire that would come at a later date. (Read
\nthe book of Joel for more info.) What’s interesting about this baptism with the
\nSpirit is that it seems to have little to do with water. For instance, in Acts
\n2 the believers who were there were surely all baptized in water—but that was
\nsome time ago. When they were baptized earlier it wasn’t with the outpouring of
\nthe Spirit as on this day. In fact, in Acts 10 (v 44 – 48 specifically) we’ll
\nsee Peter preaching to some Gentiles and him and his circumcised crew witness the
\nSpirit being poured out on them as well, hearing them exalt God in tongues.
\nWhen he realized what had just happened he quickly asked for some water to
\nbaptize these people. We’ll see why he was so eager to do this inthe next post, but for now
\nit’s safe to say that the water had nothing to do with the being put into the
\nOne Body and the One Spirit mentioned in Ephesians 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Full Series<\/span>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1. Baptism Necessary for Salvation?<\/a>
\n2. One Baptism Versus the Many?<\/a>
\n3. Baptism and Big Problems<\/a>
\n4. Baptismal Regeneration (Acts 2:28)<\/a>
\n5. Deluge of Baptism Questions (Acts 1-22)<\/a>
\n6. Baptism and Romans (Rom 6:1-11)<\/a>
\n7. Noah and Baptism (2 Peter 3:20,21)<\/a>
\n8. Paul On Baptism (1 Cor 1:14-18)<\/a>
\n
\n9. The Error of Infant Baptism<\/a>
\n
\n10. Remember Your Baptism (Rom 6:1-11)<\/a>
\nRelated
\n
\nRuss On Baptism<\/a>
\nBaptism of Linkage<\/a><\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

This has already gone longer than expected but God willing
\nyou’re already noticing what role water is playing (and not playing) in the
\nprevious examples. In the next post we’ll still be looking at some more Biblical
\nbaptisms and likely the questions that some of us may be asking might start to get bigger question marks. :)<\/p>\n

-r-
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

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