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\ went out as they were called. Christ
| had ordained them, as we read In the
| gospel according TO st. John. Jesus
| said, Eye have not chosen me, but
have chosen you, and ordained you,
that ye should go and bring forth
fruit" Again. He said when He
| breathed on them Receive We the
Holy Ghost, as my Father hath sent
me, even so send | you. Who
soever sins We remit. they are RENTED
unto them; and whosoever sins ye re-
tain, they are retained. John Xxx. 2l-
20. These Apostles went out In the
spirit and power and authority OF that
mission; and after Jesus Christ had
suffered upon the cross. His body hud
been buried in the tomb and had been
raised again. He appeared to them and
spoke TO them again. As you may
read In the last chapter OF Mark and
the last chapter of Matthew. lie gave
them commission to go into all the
world and preach the Gospel to every
creature.
go We into all the world and preach
the Gospel to every creature.
He that believeth and IL baptized
shall be saved, but he that belIeveth
not shall be damned.
And these signs shall follow them
that believes In my name shall they
Gust OUT ueN'isi 'h'S sh"h sPc"n WV"
new tongues.
"They shall take up serpents; and II
they drink any deadly thing, II shall not
hurt them; they shall lay hands on the
sick. and they shall recover. MARK 16:
15-lS.
The Apostles went out as they were
instructed and preached the Gospel ev-
erywhere, and God confirmed the word
with signs following That is, the
signs followed those who believed the
Apostles. These signs shall follow
them that believe" As recorded In
Matthew, Jesus said to them:
go we therefore, and teach all ma
tlons baptizing them In the name OF
the Father, and OF the Son. and of the
Holy Ghost.
Teaching them to observe all things
whatsoever | have commanded you -
Matthew 2S; 10. 90
This was His command to the Apos-
ties, and they went out and preached
as they weer instructed, The first great
Gospel sermon by these Apostles was
preached on the day that Is called the
day of Pentecost, They had before
that gone into Judea and the regions
round about bearing the testimony that
Christ told them to bear, and minister
ing In the way that they had been ap-
pointed TO minister; but Christ had en-
joined them after His resurrection not
to preach to the world until they were
endowed with power from on high, Said
He, "Tarry We in the city of Jerusalem,
until We be endued with power from on
high. Luke "a: 49, Also: And that
repentance and remission Of sins should
be preached In His name among all ma
tions, beginning at Jerusalem. Luke
"a: AZ. In the second chapter of the
Acts Of the Apostles we have an ac-
count Of the opening of this great mis-
sion given to the Apostles. We read
that the people had gathered to Jerusa-
lem from different parts, TO worship,
according to the custom OF the Jews.
This chapter names the different ma
tons that were represented there. These
people, thus gathered together i'm Jeru-
salem, heard OF graf manifestation on
the part of the followers OF Jesus.
few Of whom were gathered there also,
and they came to hear what there was
about It. II appears that when Peter
and the rest of the Apostles and num-
Der of the Saints had assembled, the
Spirit OF Coz rested upon them in
great power II came with the sound
las of a rushing mighty wind" and
they began to speak with other tongues.
as the Spirit gave them utterance; and
the multitude heard, every man In his
own tongue, the wonderful things of
God. Peter, who was the chief of the
Apostles, arose and bore his testimony
concerning the coming Of the Messiah
His being slain upon the cross by the
Jews, His resurrection from the dead
and the blessing that would come to
all who would repent and obey the
Gospel. Now. these people belonged
to that nation that had crucihed the
Messiah, and we read:
Now when they heard this. they
were pricked In their heart, and said
unto Peter and to the rest OF the Apos-
ties, Men and brethren, what shall we
do?
Then Peter said unto them, Repent
and be baptized. every one of you In
the name Of Jesus Christ for the remis-
sion of sins, and We shall receive the
gift OF the Holy Ghost. (That gift
that Peter and his brethren had
poured out upon them In such great
power that day.
For the promise is unto you, and
to your children, and to all that are
afar off, even as many as the Lord our
God shall call."-Acts 2:S7-3e.
We read that 5000 went forward and
we're baptized that day, So the Church
was built up. Now, mark thisSharticu-
larry In reference TO the Gospel as
preached by Peter; Peter did not Of
fer any OF his own opinions and ideas
about religion or philosophy: but he de-
livered the message he was appointed
and ordained to deliver. He was an
Apostle of Jesus Christ. and he had to
teach the people that which Christ gave
to him. He told them that II
they would rouent of their sins
and be baptized for the remission of
sins they should receive the Holy Ghost,
and that this promise was to every
body That Is the Gospel to all the
world. He taught them the principle
OF faith In Jesus Christ by testfying
concerning His life and death and res
direction, and that He was the Mes
siah. But they were not only TO believe
In Christ; they were also to repent OF
their sins, turn from them. and be
aptized--what for? "As an outward
and visible Sign OF an inward and spir-
itual grace" There Is nothing OF the
Kind said here. What was II for? For
the remission of sins. Very plain.
very slmplel Why. that Is what John
the Baptist taught, as you viii find by |
reading the ttb verse OF the LIST chap |
ter OF Mark "Johns baptized In the |
wilderness, and preached the baptism
OF repentance for the remission of sIns
and the people came from all the re- |
glous round about and were baptized |
In the river Jordan. confesslng their |
sins" Jesus himself was baptized by |
John. The latter part OF the 3rd chap. |
ter OF Matthew tells YOU the whole |
story, Jesus came and wanted John to |
baptize Him. John, knowing He was |
the Lamb OF God, ordained from before |
the foundation OF the world to bear the |
sins OF the world, said, Il have need to |
be baptized OF thee. and CONTEST thou to |
meY' Jesus replied, Suffer II to be so |
now; for thus Il becometh US TO fulfil |
all Righteousness, DO not forget that, |
my friends Jesus, the Christ the |
Savior OF the world, the spotess Lamb |
OF God the slnless Redeemer. the Son |
OF the Almighty, could not fulfil all |
Righteousness without being baptized |