Baptism is Required

Baptism is Required

               Today the Church has dangerous doctrines. Faith Alone and Once Saved Always Saved. These doctrines have come to their ultimate logical conclusion within the Christian Church: Progressive Christianity, where you can perform witchcraft, be openly and proudly gay, be gay and lead a church. Be a woman and lead a church. It has led to calling Yeshua Trans and Gay among many other false beliefs coming out of the progressive church. But where did it all start? It started with the Five Solae. Primarily Faith Alone. Nothing else is necessary or needed to receive our salvation. Its as if Christians don’t bother reading the book of James. The ones that do will claim that James is not for gentiles so they can continue to excuse their Faith Alone lifestyle. The worse teaching to come from this is that Baptism is not needed.

               I am reminded of a parable. The wedding feast. Where the Father sent out his servants to gather anyone who would be willing to come to his bride’s wedding feast. There was one there at the feast not wearing the proper wedding garment and they were cast out. This is one of the several parables where Yeshua does not provide an interpretation for the parable. The interpretation I was given from the Holy Spirit I believe is that baptism gives us our Wedding garment.

               Baptism has become a symbol and outward expression of our faith. But within the early church baptism was far more than that. It was for the purpose of washing away our sins. I would even argue it was never a one and done instance. Baptism is a ritual immersion into water that was done all the time by the Jews before entering the Temple. For most Jews this was a weekly experience. For the Prushim (Pharisees) it was a daily experience. Baptism is a way of saying I am dying to my flesh and being raised a sin free creature. Even Paul claimed “I die daily” Paul was a Pharisee after all.  We sin daily in our lives. The Holy Spirit cannot dwell where there is sin. He will recede further from you and that still small voice becomes even smaller. Repenting of our sins and washing our bodies is a way for the Holy Spirit to come upon us again.

               Baptism was only a one and done as a way of converting. You see there are three different Baptisms. 1. Baptized into the faith of Judaism into the Father into the Covenant with the Father. 2. Baptized into the school of interpretation you’re going to follow saying you will be that Teachers disciple into the Moshiach the Son of GOD into Yeshua. And 3. The one that should be done as regularly as you wash your body. Baptism into the Holy Spirit to receive His anointing and be filled by Him.

               Don’t take my word for it that Baptism is a requirement though let’s see what scripture has to say about Baptism:

Mar_16:16 For those that believe and are baptized shall be saved; but the ones who do not believe shall be condemned.

Act_2:38 Then Peter commanded them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of the Messiah Yeshua for the remission of your sins, and you shall receive the blessing of the Holy Spirit.

Act_10:48 And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then they begged him to to stay for a few days.

Act_22:16 And now why do you procrastinate? Arise, and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

Rom_6:3 Do you not know, that so many of us as were baptized into the Messiah Yeshua were baptized into his death? 4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that just as Messiah was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk into a new life.

1Co_12:13 For by one Spirit are we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Gentiles, whether bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.

1Co_15:29 If the dead will not be raised, what is the point in people being baptized for those who are dead? Why do it unless the dead will someday rise again?

Gal_3:27 For as many of you as have been baptized into the Messiah have taken on the Messiah.

Col_2:12 having been buried with him in baptism, you are also raised with him through the faith in the productive work of GOD, who raised him from the dead.

1Pe_3:21 That water symbolizes baptism, which now saves you, not for the cleaning off of the dirt from the body, but for the appeal of a clean moral conscience towards GOD through the resurrection of the Messiah Yeshua.

So many verses about baptism and what it does. How can anyone think it is merely a symbol?. Baptism is far more and very important. You’re not truly in Messiah until you have been baptized according to these verses.