Truth About Baptism (Part 1)

Can one be saved without being Baptized? NO

Can one be saved by water immersion by another person (preacher, etc..)? NO!!!!!

Let me explain by sharing a story. Once there was young lady, she felt the need for the Lord in her life, she was so ready to give up on life itself, ready to take her very life cause there was nothing to live for. One day she sat down with with a friend, who was a pastors wife, and they talked about what Christ had done for her on the cross. The bible was opened, and they read together out of God's Holy Word. The lady felt the touch of the Lord with in her heart. That day a true conversion within was made, she knew with all her heart Jesus had saved her. A new life within her was born, she had never felt anything like it. The church she had begin attending was different from the pastors wife had attended. The lady made a public confession of her new faith, the pastor then told her, she now would become a candidate for baptism and that he would baptize her to following Sunday. She was very excited but at the same time she was left confused. She spoke to the pastor and he went over a few scriptures with her. That of John 3:1-7; Mark 16:16; Acts 2:38-41; Acts 22:12-16, and a few others. Still she was left confused, This man here was telling her unless she is baptized by this water he is speaking of she can not be saved. She went home and prayed, and prayed and prayed some more. She knew with all he heart and mind and soul she was saved already, Jesus saved her, and what this pastor was telling her did not make any since and being so new to God's Word she wasn't sure. So after much praying she decided it was time she understood what was written within God's Word better, so she took her bible and she opened it and begin reading and this was what she read, “For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.” Jer.2:13. She fell to her knees and Thanked the Lord with everything in her it was as if the Word itself spoke directly to her. She knew right then and there she had been saved that day and she now knew she had been baptized already, Cause the Lord Himself Baptized her through the fountain of Living Waters from within Him. For He himself was the fountain of living waters. She then prayed, “Oh Lord, my Lord, teach me thy Word for thy Word is living within me, help me understand what I know not.” The whole following week she read and read, and studied and studied, she begin by looking up the word baptize in the back of her bible in the bible dictionary, It took her to many verses in the Bible. One's such as, Matt.3:11 where John says, “I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire”

After much much studying on the subject she realized that so many even that of Paul had received the same baptism she had. Cause it is Jesus that is able to wash away her sins, no preacher or teacher can wash away her sins, but Jesus and Jesus only is able to do that. About that time she had been listening to a Christian station on the radio and a song came on and the song that was playing was

What can wash away our sins? What can make us whole again? Nothing but the blood. Nothing but the blood of Jesus. What can wash us pure as snow? Nothing but the Blood, Nothing but you blood King Jesus! Again that overwhelming feeling came over her as she fail into some joyful tears, for she knew the Lord was leading her into His Truth.

At that point she decided to learn more on the blood, she begin to see what God's Word had to say about the Blood. About that time she heard a knock at the door and it was her friend, the pastors wife which helped her understand what Jesus had done for her on the cross. She sat and told her friend all the stuff that had taken place, the other Sunday and then how she has been learning all she can of the Holy Word of God, and how God was touching deep within her with His Word. Her friend sat there in tears crying with joy because sitting here was one who was truly being converted. God was working her heavily transforming her very life into something worth living for. They cried together in joy, and the lady's friend said let me share something with you. She went to Hebrews 10:22 and read, “Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.” She held this new believers hand and said Only Jesus can wash us with pure water, no man or woman can wash you with a water more pure this this. Then she took her to Revelation 1:5 and it said, “Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood.” The in which we are baptized by is the fountain of living waters that can only come by Jesus. Even King David in the old testament come to understand this, by acknowledging the Lord by saying, “For with thee is the fountain of life...” also, John acknowledge to every one, “I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire” As you see man can not save you by immersing you by water. Only Christ can and the water He offers is only found within Him for He is the Fountain of Living Waters. For out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. (John 7:38). Jesus says, “I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.”

She asked her friend, “were you ever baptized by a preacher”, The pastors wife replied, “Yes, and knew when I was it was such a breathe taking experience, knew it didn't save me, cause Jesus had already saved me through His living water He offered, for He washed me clean of my sins. But I wanted it to be my testimony of Christ in my life to others, I belong to Christ, and I am alive with Christ forever more.”

The following day was Sunday, she went to church where her good friend went and there her husband the took the lady and baptized her in the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. When she came out of the water she looked up and said unto the Lord, “May this be my testimony of You Dear Lord for every one here to see, that You have Risen me back to life and I am yours forever more.”

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True Baptism comes from within Christ Jesus our Saviour. For out of His belly shall flow rivers of living water. Man can not save no one, Jesus does the saving, not man. Remember when Jesus was on the cross and just before He died He gave up the ghost, what happened next? The soldier came and speared Jesus in the side, and their flowed out of Jesus water and blood.

See the water in which one is truly Baptized, is within Christ. Jesus said unto Nicodemus, “Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.”

There is nothing wrong in being baptized by water by a preacher, but one needs to understand IT DOES NOT SAVE YOU! This is taught by them who have been taught themselves to believe it this way. Then they so badly misunderstand whats truly being said. John truly understood this for he himself said, “I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance...” But he so wanted them whom he was speaking to understand, I can baptize you with water unto repentance, but he could not save them, yet here is John trying to tell them, “...BUT he that cometh after me is MIGHTIER than I! whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: HE SHALL BAPTIZE YOU with the Holy Ghost, and with fire”

It is HE, JESUS that baptizes you, not man. There is only ONE WAY unto the Father and that is Jesus Christ.

I was baptized by a preacher and i'm so glad I was, not that it saved me cause it didn't, knew Jesus had already saved me, when He drew me to Himself I was athirst and came to Him and out of His belly did I find the fountain of living water flowing freely. But I tell you what being baptized by water by a preacher did do, it gave me something to stand upon, went through this symbolic act an awesome public statement, I belong to the Lord, and in Him i'm able to over come the World Just as He did, and in Him, i'm resurrected unto life forever more. Nothing can hold me down. For He is my Resurrection, He is my every thing, no other death holds this kind of Power. Me being baptized out in the public as this was such a statement I made of Christ being in me and I didn't mind showing people I belong to the Lord. I'm not ashamed to call Jesus my Lord and Saviour. 

God Bless you all!