BAPTISM IN JESUS' NAME - PART 11

Jesus said to the Apostles that they were to be His witnesses - here, there and everywhere - even to the uttermost parts of the earth. To this end, the early believers went everywhere preaching Jesus. They told people about Jesus. That Jesus is Lord of all. That His kingdom has no end. And that, at the name of Jesus, every knee shall bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus, the Christ is Lord.

Indeed, let all the angels of God worship Him. Unto the Son it is said, "Your throne of God is forever and ever, a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of your kingdom." You shall worship the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind and with all your strength. Him only shall you serve. My glory, I will not give to you another. God has glorified His only begotten son Jesus.  He is the brightness of God’s glory. He is also the express image of God as a person. God declaring that Jesus, who had been crucified is both Lord and Christ.

Jesus, the unseen God now seen. He was in the world and the world was made by Him. Jesus appointed His Apostles to be His witnesses to the ends of the earth. Indeed, they were. In fact, they still His witnesses. Although the apostles are surely dead physically, the words of the gospel that they penned continues to be the one one seller. God's gospel of salvation. They were, as the scriptures state, “unlearned and ignorant men. Their opponents perceiving that these men had been with Jesus."

These truths written with the pen of men but the Holy Spirit of Jesus being the phantom authoritative author. It is Jesus leading and guiding man into truths hidden down through the ages. God Himself setting in place the capping stone on the pyramid. The stone that the builders rejected has become the head of the corner. The cross road of man is Jesus lifted up. Why it matters little if some are atheists, agnostics or ignoramuses.

When each individual handles currency they are confronted with the fact that history dates all time as being BC or AD.  Jesus instructed His flock of believers that they should preach in His name. That is to preach repentance and remission of sin. This world mission commenced at Jerusalem on a day called Pentecost when the fire from heaven fell. There also is another presentation embraced by organizations that believers ought to be baptized using the expression, "In the name of the father, son and holy spirit. In fact, even movie producers have advanced this presentation as scripturally active.

However, as we have alluded to earlier, father is not a name. Neither is son a name. Nor spirit a name. Surely these are descriptive titles. It is for this reason that there is only one name. That name is Jesus! The only name whereby man can be redeemed. But organizations continue to hang on to Matthew 28 verse 19,  even though the present rendition was birthed by the so called church fathers in 300 AD. Why even Roman churches admit that they altered the original rendering. So where does that leave us?

Certainly, the original rendering was that believers were to be baptized in my name, Jesus. Encyclopedias verify this change. Matthew 28: 19, according to the catholic encyclopedia verifies this to be so (Volume 2, 435) Other  main line encyclopedias make reference to the same revisions and (mis)interpretations of the original text. The record then begs the question of us. “ Do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Jesus were baptized into His death?"

We are buried with Him by baptism. The Word of God is not coming out from us.  It is coming to us. Therefore, if any man considers himself to be a prophet or a spiritual, let him acknowledge first that the things that I write unto you are the commands of the Lord. This saith Paul, the Apostle to the Gentiles. Peace in Jesus Name. Stand in the Offering Plate.