"hssss.. Yea, hath God said, be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins..."
Amen !He did actually Peter was speaking by the spirit of God .
“And
they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues,
as the Spirit gave them utterance. …..
….( peters conclusion after his first sermon speaking filled with the spirit ) ….
Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins,
and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.”
Acts 2:4, 38
his witnesses speak for him after he ascends to heaven look what happened at Jesus baptism
“The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God; And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan. And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him: and there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
Mark 1:1, 9-11 KJV
look what paul says it means for those who are baptized
into Christ …
“And
the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham,
saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.
So
then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham…..
…. For
ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. …( the son ) ….And
if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.”
Galatians 3:8-9, 26-27, 29
see what he’s saying ? God told Abraham “ all the families of the earth will be blessed tbrough you “from the start .
“and I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and
in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. So
Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.”
Genesis 12:3-4 KJV
“And
he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him,
So shall thy seed be.
And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.”
Genesis 15:5-6 KJV
“As for me,
behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but
thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. And
I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and
kings shall come out of thee.
And
I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.”
Genesis 17:4-7 KJV
remember …
For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.….And
if ye be Christ's, then
are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.”
Galatians 3:8-9, 26-27, 29
thats to the church
“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.”( gods children in Christ )
Romans 6:3-4 KJV
to the church.
“in whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.”
Colossians 2:11-12 KJV
To the church ….
Paul taught
the most about baptisms meaning for a believer in Christ …..he just wasn’t called to do the baptizing. Others had been.
