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Questions Concerning Baptism
What is the meaning of baptism? Before Jesus ascended to Heaven, He issued the following command to His disciples, “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age”…
Baptism & The Lord’s Supper: Why has God given them to the Church?
A couple of months ago, Pastor Martin administered the ordinance of baptism on a member of the Hills Bible Church Congregation. Baptism is one of the instituted ordinances of the Christian faith. The Lord’s Supper is the other. In Reformed theology, ordinances are described as ‘means of…
Baptism and the Great Commission
Recently I read D. Broughton Knox’s fascinating teaching on baptism.[1] I wish to quote some of what he says here. Due to the brief nature of blogs I can’t give the overall teaching contained in those pages, but will focus on the Great Commission. By way of introduction Knox states: “There is no other doctrine or practice in which differences of opinion are so diverse…
When is it right to be baptized?
If you have accepted Christ as your Lord and Saviour and have not been baptised, what is your conscious telling you through reading the Scriptures? How are you going to respond? Are you going to obey the scriptures and profess your faith through baptism?