[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles-1 page.] Much of the religious division among those who claim to follow Christ centers on baptism. The New Testament teaches baptism, both as to form and purpose. It is ordained of God, so…
[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] In Hebrews 4:12, the inspired writer tells us that God’s Word is not only living but “active” (powerful—KJV). Energes is the Greek word here used. It is rendered “effectual” in…
[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] The entire Gospel message is one great invitation to men to return to God through Christ. However, the classic summary of this Heavenly invitation is in Jesus’ Words of Matthew…
[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our New Uploads page.] Careless human opinions have greatly clouded the purpose for which Jesus came to earth. It has been urged that He came to establish a new theocracy on earth over which He…
[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 3 page.] Scriptural evidence has established the following truths concerning baptism: It is immersion (Rom. 6:4). It is in water (Acts 8:36; 10:47; 1 Pet. 3:20–21). It is a condition of salvation,…
[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 3 page.] Abundant evidence has been presented in previous articles on this site to establish the following facts concerning baptism: Baptism is an act of immersion (Acts 8:38–39) or burial of the…
[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 3 page.] Is immersion in water an act done by a Christian (one who is already saved) or is it an act done in order to become a Christian (be saved)? We…
[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 3 page.] In previous articles in this series, we have seen that by actual definition, the Greek word baptidzo means to overwhelm, dip, plunge, submerge or immerse, both in its literal and…
[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 3 page.] There is no single teaching of the New Testament over which more controversy has raged than the subject of baptism. There is only one reason why any controversy at all…
[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] In the New Testament, the “grace of God” refers to the unearned and unearnable favor God has extended to mankind. In the classical Greek literature, such grace was extended only to friends….
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