Got Questions --- Got Wrong
Got Questions --- Got Wrong
1) The “one baptism” of
is not a water baptism, but a spiritual one.
2) The church did not begin with John the Baptist
but with the Spirit’s baptism on the Day of Pentecost ---WRONG
- the Church was empowered
- 8 But ye shall receive power,
- after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you:
- and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem,
- and in all Judaea, and in Samaria,
- and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
- This is talking to the Church
- not individuals
- Those baptized believers already had the Holy Spirit
- on the Day of Pentecost
- The Church was started
- when Jesus was baptized
- He was a member and head of His Church
Acts 11.15-16
3) The baptism of John is not sufficient for the New Testament church
- Baptism is by the authority
- of a New Testament church
- A man does not have authority to baptize
- Only baptized believers are members of the Church
Acts 18.24-28
4) The church is not just a local body
- churches are local visible bodies
but a worldwide entity comprised of all believers, WRONG
with Christ as their Head
5) Scripture lists three categories of people:
unsaved Jews, unsaved Gentiles, and the church
- It does not say unsaved
- There are saved Jews
- Paul was a Jew
- There are saved Gentiles
- I am a Gentile
The “family of God,” therefore, is not separate from the church {of God}
The “Baptist Bride” churches,
with their emphasis on the ordinance of baptism,
are surely missing the point of
There, Paul rebukes the church for the schisms
arising over who had baptized whom.
- A man does not have authority to baptize
Paul goes so far as to say, “Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel.”
Strange words, indeed,
if water baptism is what makes one part of the Bride of Christ
- Water baptism by the authority of a New Testament church
- makes a man a member of the Bride of Christ
