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III.
The Way to Christ
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Chapter
21
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Baptism
1. WHAT ordinance is closely
associated with believing the gospel?
"And He said unto them, Go ye into all the
world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that
believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he
that believeth not shall be damned." Mark 16:15,16.
2. What did the apostle Peter
associate with baptism in his instruction on the day of
Pentecost?
"Then Peter said unto them, Repent,
and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus
Christ for the remission of sins." Acts 2:38.
3. In reply to his inquiry
concerning salvation, what was the Philippian jailer
told to do?
"And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus
Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house."
Acts 16:31.
4. What followed immediately after
the jailer and his family had accepted Christ as their
Saviour?
"And he took them [Paul and Silas] the same
hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was
baptized, he and all his, straightway." Verse 33.
5. In connection with Christian
baptism, what is washed away?
"And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be
baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the
name of the Lord." Acts 22:16. See Titus 3:5; 1 Peter
3:21.
6. By what means are sins washed
away?
"Unto Him that loved us, and washed us from
our sins in His own blood." Rev. 1:5.
7. Into whose name are believers
to be baptized?
"Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all
the nations, baptizing them into the name of the
Father and of the Son and of the Holy
Ghost." Matt. 28:19, R. V.
8. When believers are baptized
into Christ, whom do they put on?
"For as many of you as have been baptized
into Christ have put on Christ." Gal. 3:27.
9. Into what experience are those
baptized who are baptized into Christ?
"Know ye not, that so many of us as were
baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into His
death?" Rom. 6:3.
NOTE.-
Baptism is a gospel ordinance commemorating the
death, burial, and resurrection of
Christ. In baptism public testimony is given to the
effect that the one baptized has been crucified with
Christ, buried with Him, and is raised with Him to
walk in newness of life. Only one mode of baptism
can rightly represent these facts of experience, and
that is immersion, - the mode followed by Christ and
the primitive church.
10. How is such a baptism
described?
"Therefore we are buried with him by
baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up
from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we
also should walk in newness of life." Verse 4.
11. How fully are we thus united
with Christ in His experience of death and resurrection?
"For if we have been planted together
in the likeness of His death, we shall be also in
the likeness of His resurrection." Verse 5.
12. What will follow this union
with Christ in His death and resurrection?
"Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe
that we shall also live with Him." Verse 8.
13. In what working of God is
faith to be exercised in connection with baptism?
"Buried with Him in baptism, wherein also ye
are risen with Him through the faith of the operation
of God, who hath raised Him from the dead." Col.
2:12.
14. At the beginning of His
ministry, what example did Jesus set for the benefit of
His followers?
"Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan
unto John, to be baptized of him." Matt. 3:13.
15. What remarkable experience
attended the baptism of Jesus?
"And Jesus, when He was baptized, went up
straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were
opened unto Him, and He saw the Spirit of God
descending like a dove, and lighting upon Him: and
lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is My beloved
Son, in whom I am well pleased." Verses 16,17.
16. What promise is made to those
who repent and are baptized?
"Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be
baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ
for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the
gift of the Holy Ghost." Acts 2:38.
17. What question did the eunuch
ask after Philip had preached Jesus unto him?
"And as they went on their way, they came unto a
certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water;
what doth hinder
me to be
baptized?"
Acts 8:36.
18. In order to baptize the
eunuch, where did Philip take him?
"And he commanded the chariot to stand still:
and they went down both into the water, both
Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him." Verse 38.
19. How did the people of Samaria
publicly testify to their faith in the preaching of
Philip?
"But when they believed Philip preaching the
things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of
Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and
women." Verse 12.
20. What instruction did the apostle Peter give
concerning the Gentiles who had believed?
"Can any man forbid water, that these should not be
baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as
we? And he commanded them to be baptized in the name
of the Lord." Acts 10:47,48.
21. How perfect is the unity into
which believers are brought by being baptized into
Christ?
"For as the body is one, and hath many members, and
all the members of that one body, being many, are one
body: so also is Christ. For by one Spirit are we all
baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or
Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all
made to drink into one Spirit." 1 Cor. 12:12,13.
22. After being united with Christ
in the likeness of His death and resurrection, what
should the believer do?
"If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things
which are
above,
where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God." Col.
3:1.
Lord, in
humble, sweet submission,
Here we meet to follow Thee,
Trusting in Thy great salvation,
Which alone can make us free.
Naught have
we to claim as merit;
All the duties we can do
Can no crown of life inherit;
All the praise to Thee is due.
Yet we come
in Christian duty,
Down beneath the wave to go;
O the bliss! the heavenly beauty!
Christ the Lord was buried so.
ROBERT T. DANIEL
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