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cometh after me Is mighiier than !,
whose shoes | am not worthy to bear.
he shall bapiize you with the Holy
Ghost, and with fire." csus went to
this man and was baptized OF Him IN
the river; and when lie was bapt gel lie
came up out Of the water (,howing that
lie must first Of all have gone down into
the water) and the heavens were
opened, aud the Holy Ghost descended
upon Him He went into tho river and
was born Of water. lie came up out OF
the water and was born ~ the Spirit
Here h an example that lie set to all
the world, and He proclaimed TO Nico.
demus, In the words have read to YOU,
that except man BE- born OF water
and Of the Spirit he cannot enter into
the Kingdom OF God" lod see, there
IS something more than hclicying-or
rather II YOU do believe, YOU believe In
the sayings and commandments OF Jesus
as well as IN His personality and His
atoncment. III ye love me, keep my
commandments" said lie.
Belief is merely the bginniug OF re.
lgion. But " that belief Is true, II Il Is
real, II il Is living faith, then II IS the be.
ginning Of the path to salvation. "lf
thou believest with all thine heart. thou
mayest.' said the servant OF God to the
man who demanded baptism at his
hands, as We read In the Slh chapter OF
Acts OF the Apostles Philip had
preached Christ and Him crucfed to
tue man, and as they went ON their
way Il says they came TO certain water,
and the man said to philip, "See, here
IS water; what doth hinder me 10 be
bapnzsdF" Phlip said. I'll thou believ.
est with all thine heart, thou maycst.
And he answered and said, | believe
that Jesus Christ is the Son Of God.
Aud ne commanded the chariot to stand
still: and they went down both into the
water. both Philip aud the cunuch, and
he baptized him" Why was the eu-
much bapuzed2 Because baptism was a
part OF the doctrine OF Jesus, and he
could not believe IN lcsus unless he be-.
lievtd Ia baptism. lie was baptil a ia
the same way that Jesus was baptized.
he went down into the water and was
buried by baptism; and being buried IN
the lqui gave from his old lite, he was
born Ol the wafer when he came forth
from the womb OF the waters into the
air. aud then he was prepared TO receive
the Holy Ghost.
This Is the simple doctrine OF Christ,
that all Ills Apostles preached wherever
they wcni, and there were no differences
among them In regard to H. Peter did
not go among the Jews preaching one
Gospel, aud Paul TO the Genliles preach-
ing ano.her Gospel. They both preached
the same. What was M Read their
writings ard you will lind Il is exactly
the same as Peter taught on the day OF
Penlecost, which we read about In the
second chapter OF the Acts OF the Apps.
ties. The disciples were gathered there
on one occasion, and the Holy Ghost
was poured out upon them In gteat
power, and they received that vnduw-
ment from ON high that Christ had
promised. Jesus told His disciples TO
tafry at Jerusalem until they were en-.
lowed with power from ON high, and
then the Gospel should be preached IN
all the world, beginning at Jerusalem.
We read that on the day OF Peniecast
they were all with one accord IN one
pace, and suddenly there came tn.
sound ''as OF a rushing mighty wind,
and II filled the place where they we're
sitting" and they were all filed with
the Holy Ghost, and began to speak
with other tongues, AS the Spirit gave
them utterance," and the people who
had gathered to jerusalem to wotship
from the various nations round about.
came running 10 hear this strange thing.
Peter then stood up and proclaimed 10
them the Gospel OF the Lord Iesus
Christ. He declared to them that the
person whom the Jews with wicked
bands had slain was the very Messiah,
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testimony that He had lived. that lie
had died, and that lie had been raised
from the dead, and that they had seen
Him.
snow. when they head this, they
were pricked IN their hearts. and said
unto Peter and to the rest oil the Apps.
ties, Men and brethren, what shall we
do" Evidently they had some idea
that they ought TO do something, and
not merely believe in this Messiah and
His atonement, and they wanted to
know what they were TO do. That ap.
pears to be the cry Of all humanity
when the soul is awakened by the light
OF the Lord to perceive the truth Of the
TACT that Jesus OF Nazareth Is the Sen OF
God, the Savior of the world. They
want TO do something. But modern d..
vines cry ont, "Dol there is nothing for
you 10 do. Only believe and you shall
be saved, and heaven is yours forever;
for God so loved the world, that He
gave His only begotten Son, that who.
soever belieyeih in Him should not per-
ish, but have everlasting life" But did
Peter answer IN that wayl oh, no. In
the 5sih and 59,h verses OF this chapter
we read;
Then Peter said unto them. Repent and be
baptized, every one OF you. in the name Of
leSus ChH,t Tor the remission Of sins. and We
shall receive the giit OF the Holy Ghost.
For the promise Is unto you. and 10 your
children, and 10 all that are altar OH. even as
many as the Lord our God shall eall.--Aeis ~.
IS, 80.
Here Is the one Gospel OF Christ the
one plan OF salvation, the strait and the
narrow way that leadeth unto eveflast.
ing lite. Believe IN the Lord Jesus
Christ, repent of your sins. be baptized
in the name OF Jesus Christ Tor the re.
mission OF sins. and then you shall re.
ceiye the Holy Ghost. And u you really
and truly believe in Jesus Christ, You
will do that, becsuse Christ commanded
II, w. will believe in His sayings as well
as Ia ills existence.
You read the Acts oil the Apostles
carefully, and you will find wherever
the Apostles went and preached in the
name OF Christ they preached that same
doctrine. They called upon the people
to repent; then they baptized them;
they laid their hands upon them and the
Holy Ghost came upon them, quoted
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