The Nature Subjects And Design Of Christian Baptism

Author : John W. Etter
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333879143
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (791 download)

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Download or read book The Doctrine of Christian Baptism written by John W. Etter and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-07 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Doctrine of Christian Baptism: An Exposition of Its Nature, Subjects, Mode, and Duty The nature, design, obligation, and efficacy of Christian baptism should be carefully studied by all Christians, and especially by Christian ministers. This ordinance comes to us by Divine authority. When our Lord commissioned his disciples to go out and preach the gospel to all nations, he also commissioned them to baptize. The command to preach is no more authoritative than the command to baptize. They are joined together in the great commis sion. Here we date the divine origin of baptism as a standing, obligatory, and perpetual ordinance of the Christian Church. Here is the great charter from which the Christian ministry in all ages drew their Divine au thority for the administration of this ordinance. If it were not possible for us to know anything about the nature, design, and efficacy of this ordinance, this would not free us from the obligation, because the Lord commands it to be done. Abraham did not understand' the' design of the Allwise Father when he commanded him* to offer up Isaac as a sacrifice, but that did not prevent him from going forward. Obedience was his rule of action. Our Divine Lord says, If ye love me keep myf commandments. Every step the Christian takes along' the line of obedience will give him new strength and{ figor. The faultless Christ was careful to fulfill every, l righteous ordinance of the law, thereby teaching us the necessity and importance of obedience. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.