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PRINCIPLES OF THE DOCTRINE OF
CHRIST
1.
The Flood 3. The Jordan River (Joshua) Joshua 3:7 - 5:9 Through the water the wilderness was left behind, Israel entered into ( a type of ) the rest, or promised land, and, being circumcised at Gilgal, their reproach was rolled away (Joshua 5:9).
4. The Baptism Of John Isaiah 40:3, Malachi 4:5,6, Matthew 3:1-12 In the same (Jordan) river, God's circumcised, covenant people were baptized unto repentance for the remission of sins (Mark 1:4), so they could know their Messiah. (Luke 7:29,30, John 1:31)
5. The Baptism Of Jesus In The Jordan River Matthew 3:13-17, Mark 1:9-11, Luke 3:21,22, John 1:29-34
In the same (Jordan) river, Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of
God, was baptized; not unto
repentance, for he did no sin (1 Peter 2:22), and there was no sin
in him (1 John 3:5); but rather "to fulfill all
righteousness" (Matthew 3:15). Being the last Adam (1 Corinthians
15:45-49), and the only righteous man who ever
lived since the first Adam (Romans 3:10-18, Isaiah 63:5), he became the forerunner (Hebrews 6:20) of all the
Israel of God, and the first (and only) to be born of water and Spirit based on his own righteousness;
thereby
beginning his ministry, being a man and being "in the Father" (John 14:11), and, at the
same time God himself in the flesh, "...and the Father in
me"
(John
14:11);
"God was in Christ" (2 Corinthians
5:19).
It was through this baptism (of water and Spirit-John 3:5) that God's righteous servant
(Isaiah 53:11), the man Christ
Jesus (1 Timothy 2:5) came to be "in the Father", thereby
making it possible for "whosoever believeth in him"(John 3:16), and "them that believe
on his name"(John 1:12), to be in the
Father as well by coming to be in him through the New
Testament way of salvation(Acts 2:38). 6. The Baptism Of The Cross Luke 12:50, Matthew 20:22, Mark 10:38
As surely as the Lord Jesus was baptized in Jordan and
became the first man since Adam to be "in the Father", he also,
"being found in fashion as a man"(Philippians 2:8), of necessity
to fulfill the scripture, had "to suffer, and to
rise from the dead the third day" (Luke 24:46) in order to "...destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; and to deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage." (Hebrews 2:14).
By this baptism, the Son of God was literally plunged, or
immersed, into every facet of death caused by sin and
brought into existence by the disobedience of the first
Adam (Romans 5:12, James 1:15). "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.". 7. New Testament Baptism In Jesus' Name Matthew 28:19, Acts 2:38, 8:16, 19:5, Romans 6:3
This is the final baptism given by God in the realm of
time and literal history. It is a baptism
of water and Spirit, typed out and foreshadowed by
all the previous baptisms beginning with the flood in Genesis 7-9, and it is, in
the realm of time and literal history, the culmination of
the plan of God for his chosen people to come into
personal covenant relationship and fellowship with him in
a way equal to, and even surpassing, that which he had
with Adam in the beginning. remission of sins, the power of his resurrection, and full adoption into the household of God with all the rights and priveleges thereof, through
his name by obeying the New Testament gospel he gave to his
holy apostles (Hebrews 2:3,4, John 17:20, Ephesians 2:20), which was
first preached by Simon Peter in Jerusalem at the feast
of Pentecost in the year of our Lord 33 A.D. (Acts 2:14-42). By the power
of the name of Jesus Christ (Acts 4:12, John
20:31,
etc...), the actual death, burial, and resurrection he
accomplished for all mankind is literally imputed to, and
made effectual in, the life of whosoever will obey this
New Testament gospel command by: believing on the name of the only begotten Son of God, repentance from sin, and water baptism by immersion in the name of Jesus Christ, "At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you."
"I AM IN MY FATHER"
As we saw earlier, Jesus, the Son of God, came to be
"in the Father" by his baptism in the
Jordan river, when by his own righteousness he went down
into the water, came up, was anointed with the Holy Ghost
(Acts
10:38),
and received public confirmation of his Sonship by a
voice from heaven. He became the first to be literally
"born of water and of the Spirit", and from
this point forward (not from his physical birth), he was
called the Son of God (Romans 1:4, Matthew 3:17, Luke
1:32, 3:22, Mark 5:7, etc...). "AND YE IN ME"
And, as the scripture declares, the only way to be "in" Jesus
Christ the Lord is by baptism in his name. (Romans 6:3,
Galatians 3:27, Colossians 2:11,12) "AND I IN YOU"
Finally, as the scripture declares, the hope of eternal life is, "Christ in you, the hope of glory" (Colossians 1:27). This is the gift of the Holy Ghost (Acts 2:38), the Spirit of Jesus Christ (Philippians 1:19). This gift is paid for in full (John 19:30), received by faith in the name of Jesus Christ (Galatians 3:14), and is a necessary element of the baptism, although it may be received and manifested before(Acts 10:44-48) or after (Acts 19:5,6) water baptism. It is the resurrection imputed to the believer (Romans 8:11), and the Spirit of adoption (Romans 8:15), and is always manifestly evidenced by the believer speaking in other tongues (real languages he has never learned) (Mark 16:17, Acts 2:4, 10:45,46, 19:6, etc...). It is Jesus Christ himself in us (John 14:21-23), the Father and the Son, the fullness of the Godhead indwelling the obedient believer.
This is the gospel of Christ, which is the power of God unto salvation... (Romans 1:16)
-AMEN-
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