The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-12
EVERYBODY'S BIBLE BOX.

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meaning of I Corinthians XIV, 20, 80.
! (E. ID
Answer.-This is said to be the most
difficult portion of all the Scriptures
to understand One must have a clear
understanding of what constitutes the
real or true baptism in order to grasp
the meaning of the Apostles words
here. Elsewhere he says know We
not, that so many of us as were bap
tiZed into Jesus Christ were baptized
Apostle does not mention water in this
connection, and is evidently no, refer
ring to the water baptism at all. Our
Lords real baptism, of which tho wa
ter immersion was merely the symbol,
was His burial or immersion into
death. His death, which was a sacri-
fetal one, began at Jordon when He
gave Himself in full conservation to
God and received the amounting of the
holy spirit, and was completed when,
dying upon Calvary, He said "It is
finished His death or baptism was
for the dead, the world of mankind.
the entire human race condemned to
death through Adams disobedience.
In the Divine arrangements, all the
sanctified followers of Christ, those
who are baptized into Him, becoming
members of His Body. q Corinthians
xii, IL, 49,, are likewise immersed
to share with Him in His sacrifcial
sufferings and death. (Colossians i,
24.) This baptism or death of the
entire Christ, Head and Body, Jesus
and the Church. is in behalf of, or
for the dead, the world of mankind.
When the last member of the Body
of Christ, has been offered up In sac
rifice as a sin offering in behalf of the
world, then the entire race will be re-
leased from death.
Q-Is it possible for any one to be
a member of the church without being
baptised in water; or is water baptism
the means by which one gains an en-
trance into the church? Is there any
instance mentioned in the Bible of one
being accepted into the church OF
Christ without the water immersion?
-(Baptist-)
Answer=Many have failed to note
that the Scriptures make a distinction
between the baptism of the Jewish
converts to Christianity, and that OF
the Gentiles. The Jewish nation was
baptized into Moses, in the cloud and
in the sea, when they were escaping
from Egypt. q Corinthians x, 1, %
The nation was, therefore, represent
ed in Moses. The Jews, as nation,
failed to live up to the commandments
of the Lord, and their sins had about
come to the full, when John the Bap-
fist, came to prepare the people Tor
the advent of the Messiah, the Savior.
He preached repentance and baptism
for the remission of sin. This message
was to the individual, and not to the |
nation, as the nation had already been
baptized. But now greater than |
NJ oses had come deuteronomy xvii. |
$50, Christ; and these Jews who had |
been baptized, were transferred from |
Moses into Christ by faith in the Lord |
Jesus as their Deliverer. Thus, the |
Jews were baptized in water before |
they could be members of the church |
of Christ Not so with the Gentiles. |
They must be immersed in water af- |
ter they become mem berS of the |
church This is very evident from the /
experiences of Cornelius, the first |
Gentle convert. He heard the mes |
sage of salvation and believed with all |
his heart; and the holy spirit came
upon him. which was the sure evil
dence of his acceptance into the
church. (Acts XII, 1850 Afterwards,
he was baptized in water (Acts x, 43-
4S) to symbolic his baptism into
Christ.
OFF, as the Scriptures clearly indicate,
some at least of the present generation
approaching time of trouble such as
has not been since there was nation
into the Immediately succeeding Kingdom
of Christ and His glorified Church,
be granted every possible assistance III
their endeavo-s to attain unto human
perfection and life everlasting under
gradually increasing and widening Eden1c
conditions of earth; how can we say that
the people thus spared from actual phys1-
cal death will have suffered the death |
penalty inflicted upon Adam and all who
have died since; namely Dying thou
shalt de-, and I'm Adam all die?'' QF.
T. L.
Answer.-The Apostle says-'.Therefore.
indeed, as though one offence. sentence