{"id":7733,"date":"2020-07-27T16:41:15","date_gmt":"2020-07-27T16:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/?p=7733"},"modified":"2022-02-15T22:25:29","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T22:25:29","slug":"bible-baptisms-digest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/?p=7733","title":{"rendered":"Bible Baptisms Digest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Views: 1<\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">[<strong>Note:\u00a0 <\/strong>This MS is available in larger font on our <strong>Brief Articles 1<\/strong>\u00a0 page.]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The New Testament mentions several baptisms. Failure to understand and distinguish between them leads to confusion and error. Note that <em>baptism <\/em><strong>always <\/strong>connotes immersion, dipping, an overwhelming, or submersion. Here is a digest of Bible baptisms:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Israel\u2019s \u201cbaptism\u201d: <\/strong>Paul described Israel\u2019s passage through the Red Sea (Exo. 13\u201314) as a baptism \u201cin the cloud and in the sea\u201d (1 Cor. 10:1\u2013 2). Walls of water on either side and the cloud above fully immersed them. As that \u201cbaptism\u201d freed them from Egyptian slavery, so our baptism frees us from sin\u2019s dominion.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Pre-Pentecost baptism: <\/strong>John \u201cthe baptizer\u201d first administered this baptism in water (as the apostles also did later [John 4:1\u20132]). It involved repentance and confession of sins (Mat. 3:6\u20139) and was \u201cunto remission of sins\u201d (Mark 1:4). It was preparatory for Jesus\u2019 kingdom\/church (Mat. 3:2)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Suffering baptism: <\/strong>Jesus referred to his agony on the cross as a \u201cbaptism\u201d he must undergo (Mark 10:35\u201338; Luke 12: 50). His suffering at Calvary was not a mere sprinkling or pouring, but an immersion in it.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Holy Spirit baptism: <\/strong>John stated that Jesus would baptize \u201cin the Holy Spirit\u201d (Mat. 3:11). Jesus later specifically applied this promise to His <strong>apostles <\/strong>(John 14:26; 15:26; 16: 13). Just before He ascended to the Father, He told them to wait in Jerusalem for its fulfilment (Acts 1: 1\u20135, 8), which came <strong>only upon them <\/strong>on Pentecost (26\u20132:1\u20134, 14). Implication demands that Paul was also baptized in the Holy Spirit (2 Cor. 11: 5; 12: 11\u201312). Later, the Lord caused \u201cthe like gift\u201d to come upon Cornelius and his guests (Acts 10:44\u201346; 11:15\u201317). This overwhelming in power was very exclusive, was administered only by Christ, was not a condition of salvation, and is not known apart from these manifestations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Fire baptism: <\/strong>John also stated that Jesus would baptize \u201cin fire\u201d (Mat. 3:11). He went on to describe this fire as destructive and \u201cunquenchable\u201d (v. 12). Fire baptism refers to the fire of Hell, the eternal abode of sinners after The Judgment (Mark 9:48; 2 The. 1:7\u20139; Rev. 20:14\u201315).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>The \u201cone baptism\u201d: Only one <\/strong>remains in effect from Pentecost (when first preached) \u201cunto the end of the world\u201d (Mat. 28:19\u201320; Acts 2:38\u201347). It is a burial in water (8:36\u2013 38; Rom. 6:4), it is preceded by a confessed faith in Christ (Acts 2:37; 8:37) and repentance (Acts 2:38). It is the act in which one is cleansed of sin by the blood of Christ (Acts 22: 16; Rom. 6:3; Rev. 1:5) and is saved (Mark 16:16; 1 Pet. 3:21). It clearly is an essential condition to one\u2019s salvation.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 10pt;\">[<strong>Note:<\/strong> I wrote this article for and it appeared in the <em>Denton Record-Chronicle, <\/em>Denton, TX, August 21, 2009].<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Attribution<\/strong>: From <em>thescripturecache.com<\/em>; Dub McClish, owner and administrator.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Views: 1[Note:\u00a0 This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1\u00a0 page.] The New Testament mentions several baptisms. Failure to understand and distinguish between them leads to confusion and error. Note that baptism always connotes immersion, dipping, an overwhelming, or submersion. 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