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DUNCAN'S GOSPEL LESSON.

'eply to No. 2 OF Mr.. Duncan 5 Cos
pei Lessons. emphasize the fact
hat these lessons are Mr.. Duncan's
gospel, and not the gospel of Christ
For IN the gospel of our Lord Jesus,
rs recorded in the New Testament,
: baptism " and remission of sin "
are never used in complimentary re-
lations in o single instance. And in
The word of God nothing like Mr..
Duncan's " immersion is to be
found.
Now, let us look into the records
and see whether there is any remis-
sion OF sin in connection with, or de-
pendent upon, baptism in the New
Testament. Turn first to Math. 3:l1,
and let Mr.. Duncan open his Greek
and look on while we see
how that proposition els is used
" indeed baptize you with water els
the els here is the same
proposition in Mark l: Il, and Luke
3:3, and many others that Mr.. Dun
can would have his readers beliess
means "for" or sin order to- Look
again at Math. 2S:19, baptizing
them els the name of the Father"
&c. Again, in Acts SIG and 1875
were baptized els the name," &c.
Then again in 1st Cor. 1912, "were
all baptized els Moses" Many other
passages might be quoted, but these
are sufficient to show that the pre-
position els does not have the mean
ing of 'for - or {" in order to- when
connected with baptism.
Now, see how many places we can
find remission of sin entirely removed
from baptism. See Acts 10:43 ;
Rom. 1926; Luke III; Acts 26:1S.
If Mr.. Duncan will read all of Paul's
commission in Acts &c: Is and Is, he
will see that baptism and remission
of sin are not connected, but that the
words "baptize" and "baptism -
are not found In Paups commission.
And that fact gives US the key to the
Apostles meaning in 1st Cor. l 1T,
where he says that Christ sent me
mot to baptize, but to preach the
gospel" Paul could preach Christ
gospel without baptizing or preach
ing baptism, but he could not preach
Mr.. Duncan's gospel without it
Again, turn to Mark Ia: Johr
did baptize in (ev) the wilderness
and preach the baptism of repent
ance els the remission of SINS" anC
Luke 3:3, preach the baptism of re
pentance els the remission of sins.
Unfortunately for Mr.. Duncan
theory, the word repentance comes
in between baptism and remission
and shows that the proposition ei
shows the relation between repent
ance and remission of sins. The in
innate connection between repent
ance and remission of sins in Lux
"a AT, and Acts 5:31, confirms thi
construction, and destroys the popis
dogma that baptism is in order t
pardon.
Now, turn to Acts 2:3S. Does thi
verse bring baptism and remission c
sin any closes together than th
places already examined ? Our CON
mon English version reads: "Repen
be baptized, every one of you, in tn
name of Jesus Christ, for the remi:
sion Of SINS" &c. But if Mr.. Dun
can will look at the Greek he wi
find that the proposition els, which
always used in the formula of bal
tism, is not before the So name of tt
Lord; but the proposition ept (upor
is used" The translation " in ii
name of Jesus Christ" is taken fro
the Roman Catholic Vulgate-tI
same source from which Mr.. Dunca
gets his immersion and his ''ba
tism in order to pardon AS the
is no such construction in the Ne
Testament as baptized upon t
name,' &C., it is evident from Ac
10:43, that there is in this text
- tellipsis Or word to be supple
such as believing or " depen
ing TO conform it to our Engli
idoim. SO that Acts 2:3S, when re
in harmony with Acts 10:43, wou
be "repent, be baptized, every o
of you, believing upon the name
Jesus Christ for the remission
sins, and we shall receive the gift
the Holy Spirit This interpre
ton is confirmed by John 7:39, wht
the gift of the Holy Spirit is assur
to those that believe.
" Now, turn to Acts 22:16. Lo
at this verse closely and see if \
Duncan's law of pardon is the law
the bible. Ananias said "aris
g (stand up.) Who did the standing /
al Paul, of course. 81 Be baptized
u. Who did the baptizing! Who ,
le the agent of that action ? Ananl
or of course. "And wash av
In thv sins. - Who did the wa
j. ing away? Not Ananias, but z
e. himself Did Paul baptize himse
ne No. Then we can see that
d L" washing away of s'n' and
ae "baptism of Acts 22:16, were
y the same act. But how did Z
IN wash away his sins? The text t.
d. us "by calling on the name of
'te Lord. - No competent Greek scht
'ef will deny that the participIe "call
ppo," denotes the means by wi