BAPTISM AND THE KINGDOM
Sunday Morning:
July 16, 2000
Text: Matthew 3:2
"And saying,
Repent
ye: for the
kingdom
of
heaven
is at hand."
Mark 1:15
"And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand:
repent ye, and
believe [present active imperative] the
gospel (of the kingdom of heaven)."
Acts 16:31
"And they said,
Believe
[aorist active imperative] on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou
shalt be
saved, and thy house."
John 3:3
"Jesus answered and said unto him,
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be
born again,
he cannot
see the
kingdom of
God."
Matthew 7:21
"Not every (saved child of God) one that saith unto me, Lord,
Lord, shall enter into the
kingdom of heaven; but he that
doeth
the
will
of my
Father which is in heaven."
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 ". . a Pharisee; 6. . .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:"
LIVE BY FAITH
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."
LIVE, PLEASING GOD
Hebrews 10:38
"Now the just
(righteousness of the Pharisees) shall
live
by
faith:
but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him."
DEATH TO SELF
Philippians
3:10 "That I
may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his
sufferings,
being made
conformable unto his death;"
Matthew 3:15
"And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it
becometh us to
fulfill all righteousness (found here and in Acts 13:8-10). Then
he suffered him."
Matthew 3:16
"And Jesus, when he was
baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the
heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a
dove, and lighting upon him:"
Matthew 3:17
"And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well
pleased."
WITHOUT FAITH
Hebrews 11:6
“But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God
must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently
seek him."
Acts 13:8-10
"But Elymas the sorcerer . . .,
seeking to
turn away
the deputy
from the faith.
9. Then Saul, . . 10. . . said, . .
thou child of the devil,
thou enemy of all
righteousness, wilt thou not cease to
pervert
the right ways of the Lord?"
Matthew 10:5-7
"These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the
way of the (saved)
Gentiles,
and into any city of the (saved)
Samaritans
enter ye not:
6. But go rather to the lost (perished saved)
sheep
(who believe, hear, and follow in the present tense, John 10:26-27) of
the house of
Israel.
7. . . ., preach, saying, The
kingdom
of
heaven
is at hand."
Matthew 16:19
"And I will give unto thee the
keys
of the
kingdom
of
heaven:
. . ."
Romans 1:16
"For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of
God unto salvation to every one that
believeth [present active participle]; to the
Jew first, and
also
to the
Greek."
Acts 2:38-39
"Then Peter said unto them, Repent,
and be
baptized every one of you in
the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the
gift (the promise) of
the Holy Ghost.
39. For
the
promise is unto
you
(save Israel), and to your children, and to all that are
afar
off
(Gentiles, Eph. 2:13, 17), even as
many
as the Lord our God shall
call."
Matthew 22:14 "For
many
are
called, but
few are
chosen
[eklektov, elect, call out]."
CALLED UNTO HIS KINGDOM
1 Thessalonians 2:12 "That ye would
walk
worthy of God, who hath
called
(many)
you unto
his
kingdom
and glory."
Acts 8:12
"But when
they believed Philip
preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the
name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. “
PETER PRAYED FOR THEM
Acts 8:14-15
"Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that
Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto
them
Peter and John:
15. Who, when they were come down, prayed for
them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:"
EVIDENCE FOR PETER
Acts 8:17
"Then laid they their hands on them, and
they received the Holy Ghost."
Acts 10:22
"And they said,
Cornelius the centurion, a
just
man, and one that
feareth
God, and of
good
report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from
God by an holy angel
to send for thee
into his house, and to hear words of thee."
PETER PREACHED THE KINGDOM
Acts 10:37
"That
word, I say,
ye know,
which was published . . .,
after the baptism
which John preached;"
Acts 10:43-47
"To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever
believeth [present active]
in him shall
receive
remission of
sins.
44. While Peter yet spake these words, the
Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word.
45. And they of
the
circumcision which believed
were
astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on
the Gentiles
also
was poured out the
gift
of the Holy Ghost.
46. For they heard them
speak
with
tongues,
and magnify God. Then answered Peter,
47. Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have
received the Holy Ghost as well as we?"
Acts 16:14-15
"And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city
of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us:
whose heart the
Lord opened, that she
attended
[responded] unto the things which were spoken of Paul.
NO TONGUES, OR LAYING ON OF HANDS
15. And when
she
was
baptized,
and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have
judged
me
to be
faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there.
. . ."
Acts 16:31-33
"And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be
saved, and thy house.
32. And
they spake unto him
the word of the Lord,
and to all that were in his house.
NO TONGUES, OR LAYING ON OF HANDS
33. And
he took them the same hour of
the night, and washed their stripes; and
was baptized,
he and all his, straightway."