BAPTISM AND THE KINGDOM
Sunday Morning:
July 9, 2000
Text:
Matthew 3:13-15
"Then cometh
Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John,
to be baptized of him.
14. But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
15. And Jesus answering
said unto him, Suffer it to be so now:
for thus it
becometh us to fulfill
[accomplish, complete] all righteousness. .”
Philippians 3:9
"And be found in him, not having
mine own
righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through
the faith of Christ, the
righteousness which
is of God by faith:"
Hebrews 10:38
"Now the
just
shall
live by
faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no
pleasure in him."
Galatians 2:20
"I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but
Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh
I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave
himself for me."
.Acts
13:24
"When John had first preached before his coming the
baptism
of
repentance to
all the people of Israel."
Matthew 3:8
"Bring forth therefore
fruits
meet (evidence)
for
repentance:"
Luke 3:10-11
"And the people asked him, saying, What shall we
do ( in bearing fruit) then?
11. He answereth and saith
unto them, He that hath
two
coats, let him
impart
to
him
that
hath
none; and he that hath
meat,
let him do
likewise."
Matthew 3:13, 15
"Then cometh
Jesus
from Galilee to Jordan unto John,
to be baptized
of him.
15. And Jesus answering
said unto him, Suffer it to be so now:
for thus it
becometh us to fulfill all righteousness. .”
Luke 3:23
"And Jesus himself began to be
about
thirty
years
of
age,
. . . "
Matthew 3:17
"And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my
beloved
Son,
in whom I am well
pleased."
Luke 2:42
"And when he was
twelve
years
old,
they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast."
Luke 2:43
"And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the
child
[pais, mature man] Jesus tarried behind in
Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it."
Luke 2:48
"And when they saw him, they were
amazed: and his
mother
said unto him,
Son
[teknon, mature man],
why hast thou thus dealt with us?. . . ."
Luke 2:49
"And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that
I must be about my Father's business?"
Luke 2:51
"And
he went down with
them,
and came to Nazareth, and
was subject unto them:
but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart."
John 12:24-26
"Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground
and
die,
it abideth alone: but if it die,
it bringeth forth
much fruit.
25. He that
loveth
his
life
shall lose it; and he that
hateth
his
life
in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. 26. If any man
serve
me,
let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my
servant be: if any man
serve
me, him
will my Father honour."
John 15:8
"Herein is my
Father
glorified, that ye
bear
much
fruit;
so shall ye be my disciples."
Mark 1:4
"John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the
baptism of
repentance
for the
remission (deliverance
from the power of sin) of
sins."
Matthew 3:13, 15
"Then cometh
Jesus
. . .
to be baptized of him. . . .15.
for thus it becometh us to fulfill all righteousness..”
Matthew 5:20 "For I say unto you, That except your
righteousness shall
exceed
the
righteousness of the scribes and
Pharisees, ye shall in no case
enter
into
the
kingdom
of
heaven."
Philippians 3:5-6
"Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin,
an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the
law, a Pharisee;
6. Concerning zeal,
persecuting the church; touching the
righteousness which is in the law, blameless."
Philippians 3:9
"And be found in him, not having
mine own
righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through
the faith of Christ, the
righteousness which
is of God by faith:"
Hebrews 10:38
"Now the
just
shall
live by
faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no
pleasure in him."
Romans 6:1-4
"What shall we say then? Shall we
continue
in
sin,
that grace may abound?
2.
God forbid. How shall we, that are
dead to sin, live any longer therein?
3. Know ye not, that so many of us as were
baptized
into
Jesus
Christ were
baptized into his
death?
4. Therefore we are
buried with him
by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up
from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should
walk in newness of life."
Galatians 2:20
"I am
crucified with Christ: nevertheless
I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and
the life which
I now live in the flesh
I live by the
faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself
for me."
Hebrews 11:6
"But
without
faith it is impossible to
please
him: . . . "
37.
They said unto him, Grant unto us
that we may sit, one
on thy right
hand, and the other
on thy left
hand, in thy glory. (In the kingdom of the heavens)
38. But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye
drink
of
the
cup
that I drink of? and
be
baptized [present passive indicative] with the
baptism that I am
baptized with?
Philippians 1:29
"For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to
believe [present active] on him, but also to suffer [present
active] for his sake;"
1 Peter 4:1-2 "Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for
us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind:
for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased [to leave,
refrain; as one who repents] from sin;
2. That he no longer should live the rest of his time
in the flesh to the lusts (not dead to self) of men, but
to the will of God."
2 Timothy 2:11-13 "It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him,
we shall also live with him:
12. If we suffer [upomenw,
endure], we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he
also will deny us:
13. If we believe not [apistew, present active], yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny
himself."