2016.03.06_We are Baptists

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  • Senior Overseer Ki-Dong Kim

[Matthew 3:13-17]

God

is the only true Father.
We have to be baptized (Ac 1:4-)
in order to become His children.
Baptism is not a ritual but an actual experience.
It did not originate from man;
it is the will of God, and His command (Mt 3:13-15).
Though the Man from Nazareth
was born through the Holy Spirit, He was from David’s roots;
He fulfilled righteousness when He was baptized,
and was declared the Son of God (Rm 1:3-4).
As Jesus Christ commanded us(Ac 1:4-)
to be baptized with water and the Holy Spirit,
whoever is baptized
is finally called a child of God,
and the Holy Spirit seals and guarantees this (2 Co 1:21-22).
Our faith is a reality which we experience (Ac 19:1-5),
and it must be guaranteed by the Holy Spirit.
We ought to bury our old self in water
and be born again into a new person by the Holy Spirit.
That is a true Baptist.
○Through baptism, though our flesh remains unchanged,
our status is changed;
we are sanctified.
○Baptism without repentance is nothing more than a ritual,
by which we cannot draw God’s attention
nor receive the forgiveness of sins.
○The person who is baptized
belongs to Jesus Christ
and calls God as his Father.

※The ordinances of the Christian Church are experiences,
not ceremonial rituals.
Let us have God-given faith.