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Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Is the church of Christ a cult?

PREACHING THE CHURCH

 

On December 4 of last year I sent out an edition of “Hugh’s News & Views” titled “Bible Facts About The Church Of Christ.”  Afterwards, one of my readers sent me the following comment. I believe it speaks for itself.  The person wrote: "I grew [up] hearing lessons like this in nearly every gospel meeting, but we have stopped preaching these Biblical truths, by and large. We have one or maybe two generations in the church today that have not heard them. Is it any wonder that we are losing our young people? I wonder how many Bible departments of our Christian schools even have a course on the NT church any more. Thanks for reminding us of these essential fundamental facts."

 

In recent years it has become increasingly popular for preachers to preach about the home, family life, and other contemporary concerns and issues. This is all well and good. Divorce is a great problem in our society, and we need to do everything we can to combat it and to strengthen our homes. Many social and moral issues challenge us that need to be addressed from a biblical perspective. But by failure to preach the distinctive Bible truths about the church we have many members who are, in effect, divorcing Christ and committing spiritual adultery by leaving the beautiful bride of Christ (His church) to be joined to the churches of men. When will we preachers (and elders) become as concerned about spiritual divorce as we are about physical divorce?

 

The church is essential.  Christ established His church (Matthew 16:18). He purchased it with His blood (Acts 20:28).  He is the foundation of the church (I Corinthians 3:11), the head of the church (Colossians 1:18), and the Savior of the church, which is His spiritual body (Ephesians 1:22-23; 5:23).  There is only one body (Ephesians 4:4), hence, only one church.  All of those saved from sin are added to the church (Acts 2:47) which is the same as being translated “into the kingdom of the Son of His love” (Colossians 1:13).  All who are members of the body (church) of Christ are also citizens of the kingdom of Christ (Matthew 16:18-19).

 

The apostles and evangelists of the New Testament era preached the church.  “But when they believed Philip as he preached the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, both men and women were baptized” (Acts 8:12).  When Paul drew his beautiful comparison between the marriage relationship of husband and wife with the relationship of Christ and His church he said, “… but I speak concerning Christ and the church” (Ephesians 5:32). Preachers today need to speak concerning Christ and the church!  One cannot faithfully preach Christ and not preach His church.  Christ is the head, the church is His body.  To separate the two is disastrous.  Separate your head from your body and see what happens!

 

There was a time when we could talk about the church of Christ and understand that in so doing we were speaking of the church of God, the church of the Lord, the body of Christ, the kingdom of Christ, the family of God, that very church set forth on the pages of the New Testament. We could talk about gospel preachers, Christian colleges, and gospel papers.  We could speak of fellow Christians or fellow members of the church.  We did not use “Church of Christ” in a denominational sense as a modifier and leave the impression that the church was a denomination.

 

But for several decades now distinctive preaching about the church and its undenominational nature has been lacking.  We now have elders, deacons, preachers, teachers, members, Bible professors, and editors who do not grasp the point that we are not a denomination.  They say they do, but their speech betrays their lack of understanding.  In fact, some seem to resent the fact that we are not a denomination and are bent on viewing and speaking of the church in denominational terms. They love to speak of it as “our heritage,” “our tradition,” “our tributary,” “our tribe,” “our fellowship,” “our little corner of the kingdom,” and other such denominationally-oriented expressions.   They are ashamed of the undenominational nature of the church and seek to present it as “just another denomination.” They seem to be embarrassed by what the New Testament teaches about the singularity (oneness) of the church.  They are embarrassed about what the word of God says about the eternal destiny of family members and friends who have never obeyed the gospel of Christ, or those who once were faithful members of the Lord’s church, but have left it to join a denomination.  The broadmindedness of some far exceeds what the Scriptures actually allow.  Yet, those of us who insist on a biblical view of the church and a scriptural terminology in referring to the church are the ones who are now criticized for the stand we take on these matters.

 

It is time—past time—to again preach Christ AND the church!  It is time—past time—to set forth the biblical truths concerning the one blood-bought institution of the New Testament, the precious church of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ (Acts 20:28)!  As indicated below, I will be honored to speak five times this coming weekend (D.V.) on the distinctiveness and identify of the church of the New Testament.  I would urge all gospel preachers to make such a regular part of their preaching program.

 

Hugh Fulford

 

Friday, April 19, 2019

Satan, the Saints and the Saviour: Encouragement from Revelation

 

And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. 2 She was pregnant and was crying out in birth pains and the agony of giving birth. 3 And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven diadems. 4 His tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she bore her child he might devour it. 5 She gave birth to a male child, one who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron, but her child was caught up to God and to his throne, 6 and the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, in which she is to be nourished for 1,260 days.

7 Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back, 8 but he was defeated, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. 9 And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. 10 And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God. 11 And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death. 12 Therefore, rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them! But woe to you, O earth and sea, for the devil has come down to you in great wrath, because he knows that his time is short!”

13 And when the dragon saw that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child. 14 But the woman was given the two wings of the great eagle so that she might fly from the serpent into the wilderness, to the place where she is to be nourished for a time, and times, and half a time. 15 The serpent poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, to sweep her away with a flood. 16 But the earth came to the help of the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river that the dragon had poured from his mouth. 17 Then the dragon became furious with the woman and went off to make war on the rest of her offspring, on those who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. And he stood on the sand of the sea. Revelation 12:1-17

 

Notice the “over-specific” description (as one Bible scholar referred to this) that is given to Satan in verse 9,

And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

 


The great dragon

That ancient serpent

The devil

Satan

The deceiver of the whole world

“The greatest under-cover agent of all time” (bible.ca)


 

In Revelation the dragon is the symbol of the real Satan, and in chapter 12 he first attempts to thwart God’s gift of His Son to the world. But Jesus does his work on earth and goes back to heaven. Satan is not finished trying, and so he goes into heaven and a war arose with the archangel Michael and his angels, and the devil is kicked out - back down to earth. Heaven is from where the victorious Saviour rules untouchable, and so we read:

 

“Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God. And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.

 

“And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.” Jim McGuiggan devoted 5 pages of his commentary on Revelation to this one verse, 12:11!! I encourage you to devour those pages!

Satan has failed with Jesus in heaven, and with his accusations against Christians in heaven (compare Romans 8:31-39) and so he turns his fury against Christians on earth. He persecutes the Christians, but they are protected because of their faithfulness and by their Saviour, and so Satan goes off to find others to persecute – whom he thinks might be easier targets. Protected saints rejoice, but Satan won’t give up:

Therefore, rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them! But woe to you, O earth and sea, for the devil has come down to you in great wrath, because he knows that his time is short!”

 

Who rejoices? “O heavens and you who dwell in them!” And who would they be? The same as those who rejoice over one sinner who repents in Luke 15:7,9-10,22-24,32. Jim McGuiggan rightly says the expression refers to “the home of those who are God’s” - here rejoicing over those protected from the devil.

 

“Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you … James 4:7-8

 

While Revelation is speaking of Satan’s persecution of Saints, through the Roman Empire in the late first century, it is always true that Satan is active in every generation, “like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.” 1 Peter 5:8. He persecutes, deceives, tempts, lies, rages and murders – all to bring a denial of Jesus and finally death. “Satan's greatest temptations are hurled against "good people" - not the drunkards, liars, thieves, adulteresses, and murderers.”  (Interactive Bible, www.bible.ca/su-devil-control.htm)

But it is also true every time that if we submit to God and resist the devil, God will draw near to us. Both God and Satan are competing for the souls of men and women, and you’d have to be mad to let Satan get his clutches on you!! Trust Jesus. Follow Him always. See 2:10,11,13;  3:11-12;  12:11;  13:9-10;  14:9-13  and  17:14

 

Be faithful until death and I will give you the crown of life … The one who conquers will not be hurt by the second death.’… I know where you dwell, where Satan's throne is. Yet you hold fast my name, and you did not deny my faith even in the days of Antipas my faithful witness, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.  2:10,11,13

 

I am coming soon. Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize your crown. 12 The one who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God. Never shall he go out of it, and I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name. 3:11-12

 

And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not

their lives even unto death. 12:11

 

If anyone has an ear, let him hear:10 If anyone is to be taken captive, to captivity he goes; if anyone is to be slain with the sword, with the sword must he be slain. Here is a call for the endurance and faith of the saints. 13:9-10

 

“If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand, 10 he also will drink the wine of God's wrath, poured full strength into the cup of his anger, and he will be tormented with fire and sulphur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. 11 And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever, and they have no rest, day or night, these worshipers of the beast and its image …” 12 Here is a call for the endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus. 13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.”

“Blessed indeed,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labours, for their deeds follow them!” 14:9-13

 

They will make war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and

those with him are called and chosen and faithful.” 17:14  

 

David Carr

 

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Friday, April 12, 2019

Saved in Baptism: Asking God in faith for a good conscience through the Resurrection of Christ

 

It's better to suffer for doing good, if that's what God wants, than to be punished for doing bad. That's what Christ did definitively: suffered because of others' sins, the Righteous One for the unrighteous ones. He went through it all—was put to death and then made alive—to bring us to God.

He went and proclaimed God's salvation to earlier generations who ended up in the prison of judgment because they wouldn't listen. You know, even though God waited patiently all the days that Noah built his ship, only a few were saved then, eight to be exact—saved from the water by the water. The waters of baptism do that for you, not by washing away dirt from your skin but by presenting you through Jesus' resurrection before God with a clear conscience. Jesus has the last word on everything and everyone, from angels to armies. He's standing right alongside God, and what he says goes. 1 Peter 3:17-22, The Message   

 

In his paraphrase of 1 Peter 3, Eugene Peterson says that the waters of baptism save us by presenting us before God – through Jesus' resurrection – with a clear conscience. Not the waters only, of course, but the water is still necessary. That baptism (immersion in water) saves believers is not open to question. Mark 16:15-16; Galatians 3:26-27. Exactly how baptism saves us is not quite as clear. This is seen in the various ways different translations render 1 Peter 3:21. More on this later.

 

Romans 6 teaches us that: 

"We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his." Romans 6:4-5

 

This shows the connection between baptism, death to sin, and the resurrection of Christ.

 

Romans 6:7-11 puts it even more clearly:

For one who has died has been set free from sin. 8 Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9 We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. 10 For the death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God. 11 So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.

 

Christ took the world's sins in his body and condemned them when he died on the cross – in anticipation of sinners believing in what Christ did and being baptized to unite with Him in His saving death and resurrection.

When we are immersed in the water of baptism we spiritually die with Christ and are buried with Christ, and thus set free from our sin. This means that when we are raised with Christ from the water in the likeness of Christ's resurrection, having been freed from our sin in our death and burial, we can now walk a new sinless life in and with Christ. Once raised as Christ was, we are presented to God without the sin that was left in the burial tomb. Note also Romans 4:25. "Set free" in Romans 6:7, Greek dedikaiōtai,  contains the very same root – dikaiō - as does "justified" in Romans 5:1, Greek dikaiōthentes! You don't need to know Greek; just look at the two words containing dikaiō. Faith and baptism work together in our justification: our acquittal from sin.

 

In 1 Peter 2:24, He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. After dying for the sins of the world, the sins are left in the grave as God resurrects Christ to life. In our baptism our sins are left in the watery grave as we are resurrected with Christ to new life.

 

Notice how other Scriptures on baptism are closely connected with the resurrection. Mark 16:1-16; Acts 2:29-38;

22:6-16.

 

It is obvious that for one to be baptized and saved, one must believe in the death and resurrection of Christ. This is the point of Romans 10:9-10. Yet believing in Christ's death and resurrection, and confessing that faith, doesn't in itself bring salvation. Such faith means you are eligible to be baptized so as to be saved. It's the same in the conversion of the jailer and his household in Acts 16:30-34. The candidate for baptism must answer questions

regarding what he or she believes about the death and resurrection of the Son of God.

 

This is probably the significance of "baptism does also now save you – not as a removal of dirt from the body but as a request to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ." 1 Peter 3:21. This is why both the ESV and the ERV versions cross-reference Romans 10:10 with 1 Peter 3:21. Each Scripture helps you understand the other one. It's called 'harmonizing.' Bible students who latch on to one of these two Scriptures – Romans 10:9-10 and 1 Peter 3:20-22 - but ignore the other, have failed to "rightly handle" the word of God. 2 Timothy 2:15.

 

For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. Romans 10:10

 

With the heart one believes and is justified, Romans 10:10, but dying in baptism sets free from sin = justifies. Romans 6:4-7. So, one believes in the heart, confesses with the mouth, and is baptized to save as God's answer  to our request for a good conscience - through the resurrection of Christ from the dead.

 

Let's look at how the resurrection of Christ saves us in baptism:

 

There's a Greek noun, eperōtēma, found only once in the New Testament at 1 Peter 3:21. The related verb eperōtaō is a common word for "ask" in the New Testament. You'd therefore expect the noun form of  asking to be something like "question" or "interrogation." But what has baptism saving a person got to do with a question or an interrogation or an asking God of or for a good conscience? The Message paraphrase, at the beginning of this study, avoids the idea of asking altogether. But the idea would seem to be that when one is being baptized, one is asking God, in good conscience, for salvation, or asking God for a good conscience which would be tantamount to asking to be saved from our sins and evil conscience.

And "through the resurrection"? Well, probably this: "Lord, can you please raise me from my sins to life with Christ, just as you raised Jesus from death to life?"

 

Remember Paul's conversion? "And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized and wash away your sins, calling on his name.' Acts 22:16. "Calling on His name"?? Sounds a lot like, "Lord, can you please take away my sins, seeing I have just encountered the resurrected Jesus?"

 

Additionally, to eperōtēma is also found in the Greek Septuagint of Daniel 4:17,

 

The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, the decision by the word of the holy ones, to the end that the living may know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will and sets over it the lowliest of men.' (ESV)

 

The word translated "decision" in Daniel 4:17 ("demand" in my own Septuagint interlinear) is 'to eperōtēma' – the identical noun (but no definite article) found in 1 Peter 3:21, and which has caused much confusion regarding how best to render the word in English. Even the two renderings just noted in Daniel 4:17 (decision and demand) show how confusing this is.

 

Albert Barnes said "the original Chaldee word means a question, a petition; then a subject of inquiry, a matter of business. … this matter, this business was in accordance with the direction of the holy ones." The Chaldees or Babylonians spoke Aramaic, which is the sense of 'Chaldee' as mentioned by Barnes.

 

The idea seems to be that "the watcher" of Daniel 4:13 had been watching Nebuchadnezzar, and an inquiry about Nebuchadnezzar and the dream has been put to God, then a decision made which is God's answer to the inquiry – God's judgment against Nebuchadnezzar.

 

Could this be a similar idea for eperōtēma in 1 Peter 3:21, in that in being baptised, the candidate is appealing to God for a good conscience, and God answers by granting salvation! In cricket, the bowler appeals for a decision in his favour, and the umpire grants a decision in his favour. There is no benefit without the inquiry. There is no salvation without the appeal to God. Since no charge can be brought against the sinner because he is trusting in Christ's atoning sacrifice, Romans 8:32-34, God's decision in baptism is "Not guilty. Acquitted."

 

Now for another relevant Scripture:

 

In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, 12 having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead. 13 And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, 14 by cancelling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross. Colossians 2:11-14

 

That Scripture says that in our baptism, God forgave our sins and made us alive with Christ – because of our "faith in the powerful working of God, who raised Jesus from the dead"!!  In our baptism we are trusting in the God, who raised Jesus from the dead, to also raise us from our "trespasses and the uncircumcision of our flesh"!! Thus "God made [us] alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses"!! It's one thing to "confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Jesus from the dead", Romans 10:9-10, it's something else again to make that resurrection from the dead your own resurrection from the dead by being baptised into Christ and raised to new life in Christ! See Romans 6:3-11. That is our response to Christ's resurrection – our asking God from a good conscience for a good conscience.

 

And observe:

 

how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God,

purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God. Hebrews 9:14

 

Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, 20 by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. Hebrews 10:19-23

 

Ah yes! The cleansing of the conscience, by Christ's blood sacrifice, in baptism!

 

The denominational idea that God forgives our sins by faith before baptism is clearly repudiated by Colossians 2:11-14, and other Scriptures in the New Testament.  In Christ, our sinful flesh is stripped away when we are buried with Christ in baptism, in which we are also raised with Him through faith in the powerful working of God who raised Jesus from the dead. The resurrection of Christ saves us in our baptism through our faith in God's power to resurrect from death. You can only deny this by denying the validity of Colossians 2:11-14.

Also note the words Paul writes about Timothy: Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. 1 Timothy 6:12.

We can imagine the scene in which witnesses have gathered to see a disciple baptized and saved:

 

1.  God has called you to eternal life through the gospel we have taught you.

2.  Do you believe Jesus is the Son of God?

3.  Do you believe Jesus died for your sins and was resurrected three days later?

4.  Will you confess Jesus as Lord and submit to His Lordship?

5.  When you, in good conscience, from the heart, confess your faith, I will baptize you into union with Jesus Christ where you can ask God to save you and forgive you of your sins – thus receiving the gift of eternal life and the Holy Spirit.

6.  In your baptism, trust in God to raise you from being dead in your sins as He raised Jesus from the tomb of

 death.

7.  "For The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 6:23

 

Eternal life is in Christ, and one gets into Christ through the baptism that accompanies faith. This is the gift of God.

       for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. Galatians 3:26-27

 

"What are you waiting for? Get up and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on His name." Acts 22:16

 

To be eligible for baptism, we express our belief in Jesus as Son of God and Lord. We confess His name.

While being immersed and raised in baptism, we trust in His name – asking God to cleanse our conscience.

In baptism we appeal to God for cleansing, and God answers by saving us through the forgiveness of our sins.

God's decision in answer to our appeal is rendered in the affirmative in baptism.

Baptism is more about Him than us, but we must obey in baptism, full of faith, if we want salvation!!

It's tragic how many denominations say that baptism is a human work and therefore cannot save!!

Missing the boat on baptism is like missing the ark in the days of Noah!! It means missing salvation!

Read again the Scriptures, for it is in the Scriptures where the answers are found:


2 Timothy 2:15

Romans 4:25

Romans 5:1-2

Romans 6:3-23

1 Timothy 6:12

Mark 16:15-16

Galatians 3:26-27

Acts 2:29-38

Acts 22:6-16

Romans 10:9-10

1 Peter 3:18-22

Colossians 2:11-14

Romans 8:32-34

Hebrews 9:14

Hebrews 10:19-23



Christ suffered for our sins once for all time. He never sinned, but he died for sinners to bring you safely home to God. He suffered physical death, but he was raised to life in the Spirit. 19 So he went and preached to the spirits in prison— 20 those who disobeyed God long ago when God waited patiently while Noah was building his boat. Only eight people were saved from drowning in that terrible flood. 21 And that water is a picture of baptism, which now saves you, not by removing dirt from your body, but as an appeal to God for a clean conscience. It is effective because of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

22 Now Christ has gone to heaven. He is seated in the place of honour next to God, and all the angels and

authorities and powers accept his authority. 1 Peter 3:18-22

·     Christ died in the flesh once for our sins – the righteous for the unrighteous – to bring us to God.

·     He went and proclaimed to those in hades who had disobeyed in the days of Noah.

·     The ark floating on the water was the way in which the obedient Noah and his family were saved when the rest of humanity was destroyed.

·     Faith and obedience have always brought God's saving intervention, while disobedience brings judgment.

·     This prefigured the Christian age where water also plays a part in saving obedient souls in baptism.

·     Baptism saves because those of faith and good conscience have trusted in God's power to raise the dead in sin to life in Christ as He powerfully demonstrated in raising Jesus from death to life. Appealing to God for salvation happens in baptism, not the sinner's prayer!!

·     Believe in my power to raise Jesus from death, and believe in my power to raise sinners from death in baptism.

Just ask me in good conscience and I will save you! "God be merciful to me, a sinner" is answered positively in baptism.

·     In their obedience, sinners have submitted to the Lordship of Christ and been saved.

·     Salvation means being presented to God as righteous.

·     Those who disobey share the same fate as those who disobeyed in the days of Noah.

·     How's your conscience?

¾ Why is it that no believer rejects Scriptures that connect faith with salvation, but many believers reject  Scriptures   that connect baptism with salvation?

¾  There's an illogical and fatal bias in the denominational world against the truth that baptism saves!

¾  Satan has worked overtime on this, blinding eyes to the clear truth of the word of God.

¾  Oh for truth-seekers!

 

David Hunter

 

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