Man, it’s great to be in the thick of the fight, to draw the old Devil’s heaviest guns, to have him at you with depression and discouragement, slander, disease! He doesn’t waste time. He hits good and hard when a fellow is hitting him. You can always measure the weight of your blow by the one you get back. When you’re on your back with fever and at your last ounce of strength, when some of your converts backslide, when you learn that your most promising inquirers are only fooling, when your mail gets held up and some don’t bother to answer your letters, is that the time to put on your mourning suit? No Sir! That's the time to pull out the stops and shout hallelujah! The old fellow’s getting it in the neck and he’s giving it back. And all of heaven is watching over the battlements: “Will he stick it out?” And as they see who is with us, as they see around us the unlimited reserves, the boundless resources, as they see the impossibility of failure with God, how disgusted and sad they must be when we run away. Glory to God! We're not going to run away. We're going to stand.
Unknown Author

BAPTISM

BAPTISM

BAPTISM

  1. As administered by John # Mt 3:5-12 Joh 3:23 Ac 13:24 19:4
  2. Sanctioned by Christ’s submission to it # Mt 3:13-15 Lu 3:21
  3. Adopted by Christ # Joh 3:22 4:1,2
  4. Appointed an ordinance of the Christian church # Mt 28:19,20 Mr 16:15,16
  5. To be administered in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit # Mt 28:19
  6. Water, the outward and visible sign in # Ac 8:36 10:47
  7. Regeneration, the inward and spiritual grace of # Joh 3:3,5,6 Ro 6:3,4,11
  8. Remission of sins, signified by # Ac 2:38 22:16
  9. Unity of the Church effected by # 1Co 12:13 Ga 3:27,28
  10. Confession of sin necessary to # Mt 3:6
  11. Repentance necessary to # Ac 2:38
  12. Faith necessary to # Ac 8:37 18:8
  13. There is but one # Eph 4:5
  14. ADMINISTERED TO 14a) Individuals

    # Ac 8:38 9:18

14b) Households # Ac 16:15 1Co 1:16 14c) Only to professing believers # Ac 2:38 Mt 3:6 Mr 16:16 Ac 8:12,37 10:47,48 14d) Scriptures supporting infant baptism # Pr 30:6 15) Administered by immersing the whole body of the person in water # Mt 3:16 Ac 8:38,39 16) Emblematic of the influences of the Holy Spirit # Mt 3:11 Tit 3:5 17) Typified # 1Co 10:2 1Pe 3:20,21