One false teacher wrote on baptism.

Before we read his words let us explore the

ones of Jesus. Matthew 7:15-20 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in
sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by
their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every
good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth
good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast
into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. And we all should
remember that every man is a liar and God true. In other words, it is far better
to believe Christ and his words and deeds along with his faithful Apostles, than
any modern day Pharisee no matter what his intent is or was in any matter. Here
now is his seed of doubt and confusion. "The two main errors in the Early Church
were baptismal remission and baptismal regeneration. The former viewed baptism as
the act that would wash away all sins to that point. That is why Constantine
delayed baptism until late in life when he thought himself to be near death. He
wanted his sins to that point to be forgiven, leaving but a few sins to deal with
through other legal means. That he was baptized by a heretic, Eusebius of
Nicomedia, is another matter altogether. The latter view believed baptism was the
act that initiated the regenerative process of God in man. Forgiveness and the
gift of the Spirit are two aspects of the New Covenant promise brought to fruition
at the first Christian Pentecost." Peter declared, "Repent, and be baptized, every
one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you
shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit." (Acts 2:38) Romans 6:3-6 Know ye not,
that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his
death? 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. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of
his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection. Baptism is by
faith (Mark 16:16 "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that
believeth not shall be damned.”) and is the Christian equivalent of circumcision,
or "the circumcision of Christ": "In him you were also circumcised with the
circumcision of Christ, having been buried with him in baptism and raised with him
through your faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead" (Col. 2:11–
12). The difference is that circumcision is powerless to saven you today (Gal.
5:6, 6:15), but "baptism now now saves us" (1 Pet. 3:21). Iraneus said rightly the
following words on baptism. "‘And Naaman dipped himself seven times in the Jordan’
(2 Kings. 5:14). It was not for nothing that Naaman of old, when suffering from
leprosy, was purified upon his being baptized, but (this served) as an indication
to us. For as we are lepers in sin, we are made clean, by means of the sacred
water and the invocation of the Lord, from our old transgressions, being
spiritually regenerated as newborn babes, even as the Lord has declared: ‘Except a
man be born again through water and the Spirit, he shall not enter into the
kingdom of heaven’ [John 3:5]" (Fragment 34 [A.D. 190]). Now the water alone has
no power. If it did every person taking a bath even without faith, would be saved.
Faith in God is what now saves us but it must be according to his word. Christ
commanded baptism (Luke 24:45-48, John 3:5, and Mark 16:15-18) in his name. This
was completed by all the Apostles with the 120 and Paul later on, agreeing to
this. Read the book of the Acts of the Apostles from 2:38 until 22:16 of the same.
Baptism is a act of obedience. Always completed in the name of the Lord Jesus
Christ. As he holds all saving and command power in all matters. See Matthew
28:18, Acts 4:12, and Colossians 3:17 among many others. This is shown as those
who believed were baptized in Acts 2:37-41, 8:12-16, and 10:44-48. The following
words are from the Catholics and then Luther, a Protestant who bagan the counter
Catholic movement. The word Baptism is derived from the Greek word, bapto, or
baptizo, to wash or to immerse. This sacrament is called Baptism, after the
central rite by which it is carried out (Greek baptizein) means to "plunge" or
"immerse"; the "plunge" into water symbolizes the catechumen's burial into
Christ's death, from which he rises up by resurrection with him, as "a new
creature" (Catechism of the Catholic Church. Imprimatur Potest Joseph Cardinal
Ratzinger. Doubleday, NY 1995, p. 342). We see that The Catholic Encyclopedia
admits that immersion was the biblical practice, the practice of the early Church,
though history shows that it was slowly dropped in the Latin/Western Church. Thus
it admits that it is not faithful to the original practice of baptism. Also notice
that the Catechism of the Catholic Church admits that baptism is a
plunging/immersion that shows a burial and resurrection, but this certainly is not
the ceremony that they use of infants (which most likely are the majority of those
baptized by Roman Catholics). Early Protestant leaders such as Martin Luther
endorsed infant baptism. Notice this section from Luther's Small Catechism: Why
are babies to be baptized? A. Babies are to baptized because they are included in
the words ‘all nations’ (Luther’s Small Catechism with Explanation. Concordia
Publishing House, St. Louis, 1986, p.202). Martin Luther not only encouraged
infant baptism, he and his affiliated Protestant leaders specifically condemned
those who opposed infant baptism. Martin Luther got these statements confirmed:
Article IX: Of Baptism. Of Baptism they teach that it is necessary to salvation,
and that through Baptism is offered the grace of God, and that children are to be
baptized who, being offered to God through Baptism are received into God's grace.
They condemn the Anabaptists, who reject the baptism of children. The Confession
of Faith: Which Was Submitted to His Imperial Majesty Charles V. At the Diet of
Augsburg in the Year 1530. by Philip Melanchthon, 1497-1560. Translated by F.
Bente and W. H. T. Dau. Published in: Triglot Concordia: The Symbolical Books of
the Ev. Lutheran Church. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1921, p. 37. There
is no doubt that the New Testament supports baptism by immersion. Also, the New
Testament does not have any clear recording of the baptism of infants or small
children. The Catholic Encyclopedia noted: Infant baptism has, however, been the
subject of much dispute. The Waldenses and Cathari and later the Anabaptists, (A
name for anyone who rebaptized people, escpecially by faith and in the name of
Jesus Christ. Luther himself new of these people and rejected their council which
was of God.) rejected the doctrine that infants are capable of receiving valid
baptism, and some sectarians at the present day hold the same opinion (Fanning,
William H.W. Transcribed by Charles Sweeney, S.J. Baptism. The Catholic
Encyclopedia, Volume II. Published 1907. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Nihil
Obstat, 1907. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., Censor. Imprimatur. John M. Farley, Archbishop
of New York). Baptism was once only by immersion and in the name of Jesus, that is
until the time of Justin Martyr 90-165 A.D. Justin on baptism. For, in the name of
God, the Father and Lord of the universe, and of our Saviour Jesus Christ, and of
the Holy Spirit, they then receive the washing with water. And this washing is
called illumination, because they who learn these things are illuminated in their
understandings (First Apology 61). Tertullian (Who coined the word trinity from
the twisting of Plato's work of Timaeus in 200 A.D.) later further changed it to
simply the titles. The Didache ( Approximately 140 A.D.) has it both ways. In the
name of the Lord (Jesus is Lord of all, Acts 10:36) and in the titles, probably a
later insertion. We must remember what the Apostle Paul taught: And many of the
Corinthians, hearing, believed and were baptized in Jesus name by Paul himself in
Acts 18:8. Read 1 Corinthians 1:1-24 for further proof. The original practice in
the New Testament was immersion after belief and repentance. It was essentially
considered as the process to wash new Christians of the sins/faults of their past.
Read: Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be
not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate,
nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards,
nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. And such were
some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the
name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God (1 Corinthians 6:9-11, KJV).
Baptism was mostly done out of doors, but sometimes inside, but always by
immersion. And clothed. Do you want to be found clothed with the Righteousness of
God or the ideas of corrupt men? James 1:22-25 But be ye doers of the word, and
not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. For if any be a hearer of the word,
and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: For
he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of
man he was. But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth
therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall
be blessed in his deed. Also James 2:18-20 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith,
and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my
faith by my works. Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the
devils also believe, and tremble. But wilt
thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? 1 John 3:16-18 Hereby
perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to
lay down our lives for the brethren. But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth
his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how
dwelleth the love of God in him? My little children, let us not love in word,
neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. In the mouth of two or three
witnesses is every word established. By your words of faith in the name of Jesus
you will be justified, or by the lack of it in the man made trinity condemned.
Take the words of Jesus for this. Matthew 7:21-23 Not every one that saith unto
me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will
of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have
we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy
name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew
you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. Notice that the Lord Jesus states
these ones did all deeds except baptism in his name. And that they still were in
their sin. A direct violation of Colossians 3:17, John 10:9, and John 14:6. And
whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving
thanks to God and the Father by him. I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he
shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. Jesus saith unto him, I
am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Please take this message to heart. Ezekiel 33:32 And, lo, thou art unto them as a
very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an
instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not. Here is a lovely
message given to me for you, by the Holy Spirit. Yet, the word must enter into
your heart and life to be effective. Only about one in ten baptized in the name of
Jesus remain true to the finish line. And that is the same number of those who
returned back to thank Christ for their healing. Luke 17:16-17 And fell down on
his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan. And Jesus
answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine? We must
endure unto the end to be saved. May the Lord Jesus shine upon and bless your
paths.