Ordinances of the Bible. Showing the ordinances that have been abolished, and those still in vogue by Byrum E. E. (Enoch Edwin) b. 1861

Author:Byrum, E. E. (Enoch Edwin), b. 1861
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Moundsville, W. Va., Gospel trumpet company
Published: 1904-10-11T05:00:00+00:00

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'^BURIED WITH HIM IN BAPTISM.'^ COL. 2:12. ACCOUDING TO TIJK ID1':A OF THOSE WHO POUR.

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he must be baptized. The minister says, It is not necessary to go to the trouble of going to the river or going down into a pool and get wet, but all that is required is a few drops of water sprinkled upon the head, accompanied by a short ceremony. The applicant takes his seat. The minister applies a few drops of water, and the one over whom the ceremony has been performed believes that he has been baptized; or in other words, the Word of God fulfilled wherein it says, **Buried with him in baptism.'' Col. 2:12.

This is no more of a fulfilment of the command of Jesus Christ to be baptized than it was to pronounce the man buried upon whom only a handful of dirt was poured.

Again we turn to the man in the grave and take up some one's else theory of burying the dead. Another man takes a shovel and pours a shovel of dirt down over the corpse, tells his friends the man is buried, and goes his way; but this does not seem to satisfy his friends, who have a proper idea of the meaning of burial.

On the other hand we will consider another view of what some people consider baptism. The minister will take the applicant to the altar, or to a place of water, and have him kneel while he pours a cup of water on the applicant's head, as he repeats a short ceremony and pronounces the man baptized. But yet this baptism is no nearer the ideal, nor in line with the Word of God, than was the pouring of dirt upon

the casket of the dead man the proper method of burial.

Returning again to the grave of the one who lies in the casket, we find men who have a proper idea of ' burial have filled it full and finished it in eveiy respect, completely covering the man who lies far beneath the surface. As their work is finished everyone is satisfied that that man is buried.

In like manner, as we turn to the one who has been saved from sin and follows the Word of God in the act of baptism; as he goes down into the water, whether in the river, lake or pool, and in the name of the Father, and of t)ie Son, and of the Holy Ghost is placed beneath the surface of the water by tht-act of immersion, it can be truly said of that man that he is **buried w4th him in baptism.'' Col. 2:12. There is no room for (piibbling about the matter, no room for doubts or fears to arise, as to whether or not the work has been ]>roperly perfonned. It is according to the teachings ( f the Word of God and the example of Jesus himself.

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