AN ARTICLE FROM BAPTISM

 Not long ago the Ten Commandments asked if he could put an article on my blog.  Well, I couldn’t very well say no after all it’s the Ten Commandments.  You just don’t turn a request like that down.  You can read what the Ten Commandments had to say in his article from the menu.  Well wouldn’t you know after the Ten Commandments was published I heard from Baptism and he too wants to put an article on the blog because he says that he has a similar problem being misunderstood as the Ten Commandments does.  Again, I couldn’t say no, so below is an article from Baptism.

Hi there, I am Baptism and just like my friend the Ten Commandments I have some things that I need to address.  There are those who say that I am no longer required, some others say I am just a sprinkling on the head, then some say you must be totally immersed in water and lastly there are those who use me on infants. 

Well, you will find no evidence in scripture that says I am no longer required, it’s just the opposite. Jesus commanded me for believers.  Mark 16:16  Matthew 28:19   1 Peter 3:21  John 3:5  I hope these scriptures will convince you.

It didn’t matter what the circumstances were, I was always practiced by the Apostles and by the way, I am in the name of Jesus only.  That verse, Matthew 28:19 was altered by pagans.  Did the FATHER die for you, are you baptized into the FATHERS death ?  Don’t you know the Holy Spirit IS the FATHER ?  Think about it …..would the Apostle Matthew, who knew GOD is the Holy Spirit write, “in the name of the FATHER, and of the Son and of the FATHER” ?   Besides this the Apostles never used the formula when doing me.

For those of you that think I am just a sprinkle on the head scripture confirms that I am by total immersion in water.  Acts 8:39  Come on, even John the Baptist was called the immerser. Those of you that say I am done by total immersion in water are correct, nuff said.   Now, using me on infants is a no no.  An infant cannot make the conscious decision to accept Jesus and this custom is wrong. It’s done to prevent babies from going to hell in case they die which is another big lie.  You see no example of infant me in the scriptures.  

Look, I am to be performed when GOD calls and chooses you and this was the way the Apostles preached.  Today, in the true church of GOD, there is no formal human leadership, GOD removed them because they all became Satans tools for deception.  The true church of GOD is scattered to the four winds and extremely few in number.  Let me be clear, there is no human ministry today and hasn’t been one since the Apostle John died.  What this means is that GOD must now give you His Holy Spirit first to come to realize that you were in an organization that only imitates me, it’s not the real me.  These false churches see how I was used in the salvation process and try to copy me but everything they teach and believe is false and is evidence that their copy of me is not me, the real and true Baptism.  These people with a fake me are wet sinners because they never had the one true me. Ephesians 4:4. When a person is brought into a false church they submit to their false copy of me as a commitment to the belief system of that false church.  Well, their copy is not me because it is a commitment based on lies like the trinity, Binitarianism,  glorified flesh, that Jesus was capable of sin, immortal soul, that Jesus was the angel Michael, that some saints can’t partake of the bread and wine or keeping the Ten Commandments as explained in the article by the Ten Commandments. Lies are not used to lead you to me, the truth only leads you to me.   Just as you have messed up the real and true reason why GOD gave you the Ten Commandments you have messed me up, Baptism.   Today, if GOD wants you in HIS true church HE will give you a portion of HIS spirit so that you can see that   you made a commitment by a false me, a false baptism, into a false church . Then you come out of that false church and then you do me and afterwards you will grow in the spirit just as any babe in Christ would. This is not being re-baptized , it’s the real me for the very first time.  You can’t think that the fake me that you did in the fake church you were in is the real me. It is being obedient to Jesus to have me done to you regardless of the fact that you were given the Holy Spirit before me.  

Actually I read Lees article about the Cornelius Christian and that is what led me to want to write this article.  Before Cornelius the rule was get baptized then receive the Holy Spirit. This thing with Cornelius was an exception to the rule in order to prove to the Apostles that GOD was now offering salvation to the Gentiles.  Today this exception is now the rule and everyone is a Cornelius Christian.  This by no means does away with me, I still must be done.   Peter said, “can anyone forbid water that these should not be baptized who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have ?” Acts 10:47   

If Jesus commanded you to climb up a tree and then jump you must obey him.  Well, Jesus did command you to be baptized regardless if you have the Holy Spirit before or after.  

I do hope that you will see the tremendous value of me and in obedience to Jesus submit to me. You will not regret it.   Thanks to Lee and to all you readers for taking the time to hear me out.