1. Deuteronomy 18:18-19 “I will raise up a prophet from among their countrymen like you, and I will put My words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him. It shall come about that whoever will not listen to My words which he shall speak in My name, I Myself will require it of him.”
Seven Reasons Baptism is Immersion
On Baptism, Part 2
The following happened to me, and I think it makes for a good example.
I went to Target one day, and when I parked my car, I pulled into the first spot after the handicap spots. When I was done shopping, I came out, and discovered that in fact I had parked in the last handicap spot – the sign was missing, but the paint was there on the ground – both blue lines, and the wheelchair emblem (the blue line on the driver’s side had the yellow line for the next space alongside it.) When I had parked, not seeing a sign (as there was one in all the other handicap spots), I hadn’t really looked at the ground too close – I saw a yellow line and turned in. Now, this was an honest mistake, and I was glad I didn’t get a ticket. But I have a question...
Discipline
Discipline is not enjoyable, from either side. When we as parents are forced to discipline our children, it is not something we relish doing. How much we would rather have everything be good and pleasant, but this just isn't the case. Children must be disciplined; they must be trained in the way they should go.
Baptism - Pentecost and Baptism
Does Acts 2:38 teach that baptism is to be done because a person’s sins are already forgiven? This is a question that will continue to face the church, as long as the vast majority of the Protestant world teaches this to be the case. But if we keep this passage in it’s context, the question is easily put to rest.
Is the Bible Understandable?
Is the Bible understandable?
“Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, ‘If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.’”[1] Jesus says that we shall know the truth. This certainly means that the Scriptures are understandable.
Food
While having lunch with my son the other day, we got into a discussion about what could be known about God from the food before us. We thought of these:
- He’s good, and he cares about us. He has created us with a need, to eat, and he has amply provided for that need. There is plenty of food on the earth to feed his creation, both man and beast.
On Baptism
Most of the denominational world does not believe that baptism is essential for salvation. This arose from Martin Luther's attempt to reform the Catholic Church; he considered they had become a system of works, neglecting faith, and so he threw out baptism as essential, considering it to be a work (though considering that Jesus called belief a work, John 6:28-29, why didn’t he also throw out belief as essential?).
On 1 Corinthians 11:2-16
This passage of Scripture is near-universally regarded as obsolete, the general view being: women in Greece wore veils in their daily life, and not to wear one was scandalous; therefore, Paul commanded the Christians at Corinth to wear the veil in order not to bring reproach upon Christ and the church, even though Christ does not command Christian women to wear the veil. Therefore, as today women of the world do not wear veils (excepting Islam), it is held that this passage no longer applies specifically (that is, women are not required to be veiled), but only in whatever general principles may be gleaned from it.
There are several immediate problems with this view, however: