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Kineaid on Baptism.

First, In this country we have
persons that believe in Christ and
that demand to be immersed. They !
refuse either sprinkling or pouring, /
for the reason, that neither of them is !
found in Gods word. That is, in !
connection with baptism sprinkling
is mentioned iu connection with the
heart and blood, but never in con-
nection with the head and water. |
Pouring, in the New Testament, is
mentioned in connection with the
Holy Spirit and the wrath OF God,
but never in connection with the
head and water Baptism in the New
Testament is always spoken of in con-
nection with the person, (not the
head or feet or any one part) and wa
ter unless it is where Holy Spirit
baptism or fire baptism is mentioned.
Second. To illustrate with gos-
pei figure. We will take the case of
Jesus who came to John demanding
baptism. At first John forbade him,
saying, Il have need to be baptized
of thee" Jesus said, "suffer it to be
SO now for thus-or in this way-it be-
comes us to fulfill all righteousness"
And Jesus when he was baptized
went up straightway out of the water.
Mathew 3:16. The reader will please
notice the person that was baptized in
this case was in the water and came
up out of the water. Nothing in this
New Testament case that even re-
sembles sprinkling or pouring. 1t is
clear case that Jesus was-in fact
immersed in the Jordan, and was not
sprinkled or poured. To further il
lustrate 1 will now introduce to the
reader, Philip and the Eunuch.
Reader please turn to the Acts and
read chapter eight. In the history of
this case we learn first that (Philip
and the Eunuch) came to a certain
water. Second, the Eunuch said,
"See, here; is water what doth hinder
me to be baptized. After the Eunuch
confessed Christ, we read that both
went down into the water, both Phil
lip and the Euuuch, and he (Philip)
baptized him (the Eunuch.) Third,
and when they were come up out of
the water the Spirit caught away
Phillip and the Eunuch went on his
way rejoicing. Here is another clear
case of the immersion of the person
in water. In this case we have first,
the come to the water. Second, the
preacher and person to be baptized
went down into the water, both o.
them at that That would look fun
| ny if sprinkling was the order. Third
after the haptizing both came up ou
of the water. Some person may pos
sihly inquire in their mind and say
"What was the act performed whel
Phillip baptized the Eunuch." d.
answered that he immersed him. Bn
you may say,I want the proof Of tina,
All right, ! am prepared to furnish
with chapter and verse. Please listel
to Paul few minutes He will tel
US Just how he was baptized and th
folks Of his day. II Paul says it wa
by sprink?in1 will say amen. Blu
if Paul says it was immersion of tn
person il water to depth that it ca
he sail of lin he has been buried i
;, baptism, if Paul did not miss-nam
the institution of baptism. it
=, either immersion or burial. Sprink
ling or pouring is out of the question
My third argument is based on th
language of Christ to Nicodemus
when be said: Verify, verify, l SO
unto thee, except a man be born c
water and of the Spirit he canne
y enter into the kingdom of God.
John 8: 5. Sprlnkling nor pourin
represents a water birth. Born {
" water must certainly refer to immel
~ sion because it is connected wit
entrance into the kingdom of Goo
9 Men and women cannot be born {
, something less than themselves. ]
order to q birth of water there mul
:. first of necessity be a burial in til
water. In that burial the old man
put off and when we rise from tt
grave of water it can truthfully
said we arc born of water. This ca
- not be, and is not accomplished
any of our modern sprinklers.
. their practice they neither show
burial nor a birth. The new birth
the resurrection from state Of si
Then, as a Scriptural conclusion, 8
;. sprinklers deny the burial and resu
rection of Christ So, after all, Il
fight Of to-day with the Christian
:, and sects is not over baptism, as son
people valnly imagine, but it is ov
=. the burial and resurrection of the ST.
:, of God. Sprinklers confess wi
ua their lips that they believe th
=. Christ died and was buried, and 70
ho again the third day, but in their co
duet they deny it. They say
70 actions (and actions speak loud
\. than words) we don't care for eth
the burial or resurrection. Sprinkle
:, could not, in all that they practie
point out one item of their practi
;, that goes to prove or that shows tt
:. they believe in either the bulIai
- resurrection of Christ. Sprinkle
l;,eralty deny His resurrectiC