Notice John the Baptist said God is able to raise children from stones if people refuse to repent and submit to water baptism. This reveals God raises children through the NT water baptism.
"Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire." Luke 3:7-9
“Notice John the Baptist said God is able to raise children from stones if people refuse to repent and submit to water baptism. “
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John did baptize in the wilderness, and
preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.”
Mark 1:4 KJV
“and said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:
and that
repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.”
Luke 24:46-47 KJV
“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 2:38
“And as they went on their way,
they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See,
here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? And Philip said,
If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and
said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and
they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.”
Acts 8:36-38 KJV
“There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
one Lord, one faith, one baptism,”
Ephesians 4:4-5 KJV
one thing about John and israel v gentiles is pertaining to the end of the prophets
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Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in:
behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.”
Malachi 3:1
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Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: and
he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.”
Malachi 4:5-6 KJV
“And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes
concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind? But what went ye out for to see?
A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet. For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, Which shall prepare thy way before thee. ( Malachi 3:1)
And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
For
all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. And
if ye will receive it, this is Elijah, which was for to come. ( the last two verses of the prophets in the Bible )
He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.”
Matthew 11:7, 9-10, 12-15 KJV
