ONE
BAPTISM — WATER OR SPIRIT?
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By Robert E. Hanna
Scripture Reading: 1 Corinthians 12:13
Having
been accepted in the Beloved One, and knowing that we are members of
the Body of Christ, we are assured by our apostle (Paul) that we are "of
His flesh, and of His bones" (Eph. 5:30). "For by ONE Spirit are we all
BAPTIZED into ONE body." Can this be water baptism? "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" (Rom. 6:4). Can this be water baptism? "One Lord,
one faith, ONE BAPTISM" (Eph. 4:5). Can the ONE baptism by the ONE
Spirit into ONE body — can this be water baptism? Surely this was not
accomplished by a humanly-ordained human minister of the gospel in the
sanctuary of a human church organization!
Paul
besought the Galatians to "Stand fast therefore in the liberty
where-with Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the
yoke of bondage" (Gal. 5:1). Every shackle has been struck from our
limbs. Every fetter has been loosened and cast aside. We cannot work to
obtain salvation. We cannot work to retain salvation. "Not by works of
righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved
us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
which He shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; that
being justified by His grace, we should be made heirs according to the
hope of eternal life" (Titus 3:5-7). Can this washing be that of
physical baptism in water?
Transformed By Grace -
Kevin Sadler
Transformed By Grace
#1 - Unity in Christ
Transformed By Grace #2 - One Body in
Christ
Transformed By Grace #3 - The Apostle of
Grace
Transformed By Grace #4 - The Gifts of
Christ
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