Got Questions --- Got Wrong

Got Questions --- Got Wrong

1) The “one baptism” of

Ephesians 4.5

Ephesians 4

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

Acts 1.8

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

Acts 11

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

Acts 18

Acts 19.1-7

Acts 19

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

Backdoor Baptist

Ephesians 1.21-22

Ephesians 1

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

1 Corinthians 10.32

1 Corinthians 10

The “family of God,” therefore, is not separate from the church {of God}

Kingdom of God

The “Baptist Bride” churches,

Bride of Christ

with their emphasis on the ordinance of baptism,

are surely missing the point of

1 Corinthians 1.10-17

1 Corinthians 1

There, Paul rebukes the church for the schisms

arising over who had baptized whom.

A man does not have authority to baptize

Baptism is by the authority

of a New Testament church

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

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