Q: “DID JESUS TELL CHRISTIANS
TO BE WATER BAPTISED?”
A: “NO” HE WAS TALKING TO
HIS DISCIPLES”
Q:
“DID
JESUS TELL CHRISTIANS
TO BE WATER BAPTISED?”
A:
“NO” HE WAS TALKING TO
HIS DISCIPLES”
Q:
“But hang on … aren’t Christians meant to be the disciples of Jesus?”
A:
“No.”
Q:
“Who are they then?”
A:
“Christians are to follow Paul as he
follows Christ.”
Q:
“Are Christians disciples of Paul then?”
A:
“Nowhere
does Paul say that Christians are to be disciples of him … simply to be
followers
of him as he follows Christ.” (1 Corinthians 11:1).
Q:
“But that goes against everything that I believe … I always thought
that I
followed Jesus as his disciple?”
A:
“Well think again … you see, if you were a disciple of Jesus, you would
be a Saturday
worshipping, temple attending, pork abstaining Jew … and still sacrificing
animals for the remission of sins past (Romans 3:25)”
Q:
“I
can’t get my head around this … it goes against everything that I was
brought
up to believe.”
A:
“Yes
I’m sure it’s very upsetting for you … but put it this way … let’s all
be guided
what the scriptures say … not what we believe … or what our churches
teach us.”
Q:
“But aren’t we under the Great
Commission?”
A:
“No. Christians simply have the ministry of reconciliation as
follows …
“And
all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus
Christ, and
hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;” (2 Corinthians 5:18).
Q:
“Then are all the churches wrong to teach we are under the Great
Commission?”
A: Of course, because if you were, you would be able to...
“…
cast
out devils;
they shall speak with new tongues;
They shall
take up serpents;
and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them;
they shall lay
hands on the sick, and they shall recover.”
(Mark 16:17-18) …
…
that is … AFTER YOU HAVE BEEN WATER
BAPTIZED!
“Dear
Reader, if you think you are a disciple of Jesus Christ and under the
Great
Commission, read Mark 16:16
and see that if you have believed the
Christ has
risen from the dead, and have gotten water baptised, then you will be
able to
do all sorts of amazing miracles. Go on have a read.”
Silence
….
….. ….. (crickets
chirping in the background)
“Well
have you been able to do all these wonderful things? No of course you
haven’t.”
Q:
“But didn’t Jesus say to go and preach the gospel?”
A:
“Of
course he did … but it was the gospel of the kingdom of heaven given to
his
unbelieving disciples … NOT the gospel of the kingdom of God to
believers
of today.
The
Mark 16:9-20 dispensation
has now passed.”
More
silence
… …. … … … … (still more crickets chirping)
Dear
Reader, the Mark passage is presented in full below … do have a STUDY
… and see that Christ was talking to his unbelieving disciples Mark
16:14 Mark
9:18-19 kingdom of heaven dispensation … not
present day Christians
under the
kingdom
of God.
Mark
16:9-20
9 Now when
Jesus was risen early the first day of the week,
he
appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.
10 And she
went and told them (the
disciples) that
had been with him, as they mourned and wept.
11 And they,
when they (the
disciples)
had
heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not.
12 After
that he appeared in another form unto two of them (the
disciples),
as they walked, and went into the country.
13 And they
went and told it unto the residue (the
disciples):
neither believed they them (the
disciples).
14 Afterward
he appeared unto the eleven (the
disciples) as
they sat at meat, and upbraided them
with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they (the
disciples) believed not them
which had seen him after he
was risen.
15 And he
said unto them (the
disciples),
Go
ye into all the world, and preach the gospel (of
the kingdom of heaven) to every creature.
16 He (the
disciples) that believeth
and is BAPTIZED
shall be saved; but he (the disciples) that believeth
not shall
be damned.
17 And THESE
SIGNS SHALL FOLLOW THEM (THE
DISCIPLES) THAT BELIEVE; In my name shall they (the
disciples) cast out devils; they shall speak with new
tongues;
18 They
shall take up serpents; and if they drink
any
deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they (the disciples) shall
lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
19 So then
after the Lord had spoken unto them (the
disciples),
he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
20 And they (the
disciples) went forth, and
preached
every where, the Lord working with them (the disciples),
and confirming
the word with signs following. Amen.
CONCLUSION:
Yes
Dear Reader, if you still think you are under the Great Commission, go
ahead
and knock yourself out … start drinking poison, handling snakes and
casting out
devils … and see how you get on.
OR
…
you
can sober up … screw your head back on … give yourself an uppercut …
have a Bex
and a nice hot cup of tea … have a good lie down … then get up and
begin to discern
the dispensations by rightly dividing the word of truth (2 Timothy
2:15).
As
has been stated …
“The
only water to be found in Christian
churches should be in …
1.
The kitchen taps … for drinking and making cups of tea and
coffee
2.
The toilets … for flushing
3.
The flower vases … for flowers
4.
The garden … for watering plants.
Harley
Hitchcock
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