The Bible and Life

Tuesday, December 26, 2023

When the church becomes a business

Hello everyone. Praise the Lord!

Here is something that I found and wanted to share with you.

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WHEN THE CHURCH BECOMES A BUSINESS

1) Pastors function like CEOs

2) Members are turned into customers

3) Other churches are seen as competitions

4) Evangelism is reduced to marketing

5) Church planting looks more like franchising

6) Numbers are primary measure of success

7) Prayer and Word study are replaced by formulas

8) Revival is reduced to a few days fund-raising

program

9) Preaching sounds more like motivational speech.

All the people do is shout "I receive, Amen,"

throughout the concert. I mean the "service".

10) Praise and Worship is turned into a

performance. The best actors are made the worship

and praise leaders.

11) The Spirit of God is reduced to "emotionalism".

No real power of God other than hypnosis and

sensationalism.

12) The saints are entertained instead of equipped

13) Disciples of Christ have become papa's sons,

daughters and fans.

14) The Church, a living Body has now become a

lifeless body

15) A leader's empire is built instead of the

Kingdom of God advanced

16) The pastor becomes the super man and Jesus

Christ reduced to just another religious figure.

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Does any one of these sound familiar in this

generation? Beloved, if you are under these pattern

of "christianity" you are already in a cult, not the

Church of Jesus Christ. Get out before it is too

late!!!

All I have highlighted above is exactly what made

Jesus himself to ask:

"When the Son of Man comes, will He find faith in the Earth?" Luke 18)

The Narrow Path!

Sunday, December 24, 2023

Images

Hello everyone. Praise the Lord!

Here is something to images from an unknown author.

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During and after the reign of Augustus Caesar, several images of him carved on marble and bronze sculpture have since survived, the most for any Roman emperor. Most of them portrayed him as young and athletic though he lived to be 75. At the height of his reign, he was feared among the nations, and many etched his memory in stone for all to see.

Yet during this time, Jesus was born, and though He was the Son of God and King of Kings, He chose to have no portrait of Himself nor a statue erected in His honor. Humanity did not fall in love with a face when it came to Jesus; instead, they fell in love with His character. His love blazed through the hearts of men and women and caught the world on fire. His humility is forever etched in the hearts of all who call on His name.

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So while marble and stone may deteriorate and lose the essence of the so-called great men and women in history, the name of Jesus stands forever immortalized in our hearts and minds.

William James Roop

Friday, December 22, 2023

The Real Great Commission

Hello everyone. Praise the Lord!

Here is the real great commission.

Jesus made a very bold statement that many Christians today do not believe. But there’s truly no other way around it… and it has to do with an essential piece of salvation. It has everything to do with salvation. It has to do with faith, baptism, and obedience.

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Look carefully at the structure of this verse… this is the Great Commission as recorded by the disciple Mark. This is what Jesus said…

“Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.” Mark 16:15-16

I hope you see the imperative in Jesus’ words… he tied salvation inseparably to both belief and baptism. He implies that if a person does not believe, nothing else will save him. But if he does believe, he will be baptized to be saved.

Some believe that “belief” in Jesus causes a person to be saved (John 3:16). Some even go so far as to say that belief combined with confessing with your mouth saves you (Romans 10:10). Both of those statements are important parts of salvation, but they are not all of salvation. And an honest examination of scripture proves this out.

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Mark 16:16 is just as much part of the salvation package as the other verses referenced.

So, either these verses are in contradiction to one another, or they are in perfect harmony.

Notice that in Acts 2 when the first gospel message was preached by Peter, the gathered crowd asked with directness in response to that preaching, “men and brothers, what shall we do?” in verse 37.

Peter’s response was emphatic. He didn’t even reference belief or confession, because it was obvious that they believed what he just preached and it was implied. If that were all that were necessary, surely he would have just congratulated them for their salvation. But he didn’t, did he?

What did he do? He gave them further instruction in the next verse and said, “Repent, and each one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”

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There’s just no biblical way around this. We either take all of scripture together, or we take none of it. We cannot choose the scriptures that agree with our philosophies and neglect the ones that don’t. True belief is accomplished by obedience, or that faith is dead (James 2:26).

An honest view of this encounter would never arrive at telling someone that belief alone would save them. Or that raising one’s hand in a church service, or reciting “the sinner’s prayer”, or merely inviting Jesus into one’s heart would save them.

Peter was very clear in his response to their question…

Repent.

Be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins.

Receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

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Peter would only say this if it were true, and it was true. Not only did Jesus say it in Mark 16:16, but he also said it to Nicodemus in John 3:5. Being born of water (this is undeniably speaking of water baptism) and born of Spirit (also undeniably speaking of Spirit baptism) were inseparably connected to salvation or, as Jesus put it “seeing/entering the kingdom of God”. Jesus emphatically stated that without being born again of water and Spirit, a person “cannot” enter heaven, let alone see it.

Why? Why didn’t Jesus just say “believe and confess”? Because belief alone is not enough. James put it like this, “You believe that God is one; well and good. Even the demons believe that—and tremble with fear. But would you like evidence, you empty fellow, that faith without works is useless?” (James 2:19-20)

One might ask, “I thought we are saved by grace, through faith?”

Excellent, and true! Notice those words, “by” and “through”. “By” implies that salvation is predicated on, and offered only by and because of, the existence of the grace of God. In other words, there is no salvation outside of God’s extended grace.

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And then “through” declares that salvation is obtained within an active, obedient expression of our belief in Him, not merely a passive belief. The actual Greek definition is, “a primary preposition denoting the channel of an act”. Paul said it is “through faith”, not “by faith”. “Through” denotes a channel, or process, or activity. What is that process or activity? It’s what Jesus previously demanded. It’s what Peter preached. It’s what Paul experienced. It’s what new disciples in the book of Acts obeyed.

In Acts 2, 8, 10, and 19 they believed. They were baptized in the name of the Lord. They were filled with the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues. Every time.

Must we believe? Yes, it’s essential.

Must we repent? Yes, it’s essential.

Must we confess Jesus with our mouth? Yes, it’s essential.

Must we be baptized under water in the name of Jesus? Yes, it’s essential.

Must we receive the Holy Spirit evidenced by speaking in other tongues? Yes, it’s essential.

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It’s also essential that we regularly repent and confess our sins (1 John 1:9), live holy unto the Lord as He transforms us (Hebrews 12:14, Roman’s 12:1-2), and continue in the faith (John 9:62).

Salvation is a free gift offered by grace, through faith.

It’s easily obtained, but comes with an exchange of our life for His.

There’s no other way… and that’s okay, because this way is available to all without reserve.

It begins by believing, but doesn’t end there.

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One might ask, “but isn’t salvation ‘not of works’?” Yes! Notice this… forgiveness is not a work of ours, it’s a work of God. Spirit infilling is not a work of ours, it’s a work of His. We’re not working to obtain salvation when we believe.. or when we confess… or when we repent… or when we’re baptized… or when we’re filled with the Holy Spirit. All the work is His! We are merely surrendering through obedience, and the work of salvation is enacted by Him alone, by His grace!

When you honestly ask the question, “what must I do?” and then honestly obey the scriptural answer through faith-filled action, you will indeed be saved.

William James Roop

Wednesday, December 20, 2023

The Sower of Gossip

Hello everyone. Praise the Lord!

Here is something that I found and wanted to share.

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The parable of the sower depicts both the unlimited potential of the seed and the ever importance of the soil! My attention was drawn early this morning in prayer to the sower himself. Every gospel that records this parable states the sower went out to sow and seeds "fell" into every soil type. One translation says the sower scattered the seeds and the results were the variable soils the seeds landed in and later it describes the outcomes of his sowing. I've never thought of this until today but the carelessness the sower showed in handling of the seed was evident in the Harvest!

After this parable Jesus immediately goes into another parable about seeds and those planted by the sower but He says during the night an enemy came while the workers were away and sowed tares among the wheat. The enemy was purposeful in his planting, where the sower in the previous parable just scattered the seeds!! God help us to be purposeful in what we sow and not careless! Wasted seed, wasted potential and wasted Harvest are the results of careless sowing! If the enemy is purposeful in his planting, shouldn't we, the Church, be even more purposeful?

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The enemy is purposeful to sow discord! Sowing discord always involves an enemy planting something foreign in someone else's field! That's what gossip is, that's what backbiting is, it's sowing discord in the "field" of someone else's mind about another sower! Mark those the scripture says that cause division! Refuse to allow the enemy to "sow in your field" and counter that attempt by purposefully planting the good seed into good ground!

The seed has never been the issue, how we handle it is! Jesus said the sower refused to cut out the tares in fear of damaging the wheat, instead he insisted they grow together, because at Harvest time the difference is evident! When things are allowed to grow, things are revealed, good or bad! What you plant is identified at Harvest time! So be purposeful in your planting, don't carelessly toss your seed! That seed is precious, powerful and life changing!! Sow with purpose!

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William James Roop

Monday, December 18, 2023

The Godhead

Hello everyone. Praise the Lord!

Here is the truth about the Godhead.

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We must beware of false doctrines, such as the trinity. The Bible tells us that all the fullness of the Godhead is in Christ. (Colossians 2:8-10).

We are complete in Jesus. It is Jesus, our Heavenly Father that robed Himself in a holy human body, born of a woman, so that He could pay the price of death for OUR sins. (John 14:6-19, 1Peter 1:18-19, John 1:29, Hebrews 2:14-15).

Jesus died, He was buried, and on the third day He rose from the dead. We were dead in our sins, but Jesus gives us Life. (1 Corinthians 15:1-4). This is the Gospel.

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Jesus gives us Life when we put off the sins of our flesh by repentance, we bury our sins by water baptism in the name of JESUS, (washing them away by the blood that Jesus shed), and we are filled with His Life giving Spirit, the Holy Ghost. (Acts 2:38, John 6:63).

Colossians 2:8-15 "Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:

"In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.

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"And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened [made alive] together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;

"And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it."

William James Roop

Saturday, December 16, 2023

Slave or a Son

Hello everyone. Praise the Lord!

Here is a little something to think about.

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I love the story of the prodigal son…. But he didn’t hit bottom. He said my father has “hired” servants at home, while dismissing the other servants his father also had. His father turned to the doûlos, (slaves), and said bring the robe, the ring, the shoes, and the calf.

The hired servants received a wage, while the servants, or the slaves, did not. The prodigal was willing to come home, but he wanted to be paid for it. There is a greater calling than a son, and it’s a servant.

We are called to be servants!

William James Roop

Thursday, December 14, 2023

Believing Produces Repentance

Hello everyone. Praise the Lord!

Repent - Be baptized - Be filled with the Holy Ghost.

Here is something that I found from an unknown author that I wanted to share.

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Believing produces obedience:

Jesus said he that believeth and is baptized shall be saved. We must conclude that believing produces obedience which leads to repentance in response to the Word of God. You must believe that you need to repent.

But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report? Rom‬ ‭10:16‬ ‭From this verse we see that believing produces obedience. If you believe, you’ll obey.

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Obedience leads to repentance and baptism:

Jesus said he that believeth and is baptized shall be saved. Believing produces obedience which leads to repentance in response to the Word of God. John the Baptist, Jesus Christ, Apostles Peter and Paul all preached first to repent - believing comes first of course because the hearer had to believe before they could obey the need to repent.

Believing is powerful, setting in motion a chain of events that leads to salvation. Believing activates faith. Believing opens up revelation. When you believe, you’ll obey.

The only prerequisite it seems to be baptized is to believe with all of your heart. But that’s not just a believing heart, but a repentant heart. The eunuch asked If he could be baptized, Phillip responded, “if you believe with all of your heart you may.” Believe what? What Phillip just explained to him. He preached unto him Jesus. When you preach Jesus, you preach repentance, you preach baptism, and you preach being filled with the Holy Ghost. Faith without works is dead.

We are begotten by the Word and repentance is the first response after believing. Repentance is powerful, but not complete without being baptized, yet powerful enough to prepare one to receive the Holy Ghost.

Part of the response to the gospel is this: Jesus now commands all men everywhere to repent. I believe when men believe and obey that command, which is inextricably linked with baptism, revelation and real change takes place.

Repentance is a commandment to be obeyed as well as a response to the Gospel. Conversion is repentance and baptism. While one can receive the Holy Ghost before baptism, but not the Holy Ghost before repentance, baptism is the NT circumcision which completes the conversion that began with repentance.

Repentance begins the process that isn’t completed until one is baptized - putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by being buried with Jesus Christ in baptism - yet one can receive the Holy Ghost before this takes place - which to me is a beautiful picture of grace - it doesn’t mean someone is sinning while being filled with the Holy Ghost - but while those past sins are still present and not yet washed away - you can be filled with the Holy Ghost.

If you haven’t repented, you’re not ready for baptism. To repent is to want to be baptized. It’s why Paul asked the believers how were you baptized. Catch this: Paul knew that believers would be baptized. He just didn’t know how they were baptized. Believing and baptism goes together like peanut butter and jelly.

To repent is to make a conscience choice to turn around from the direction one is headed. To repent is to change one’s mind for the better, to heartily amend with abhorrence of one's past sins.

When you repent, you are biblically ready to receive the Holy Ghost, but you must be baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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The Gospel is good news:

“For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: and that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: after that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.” 1 Corinthians‬ ‭15 - This is the gospel.

Acts 2:17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh:

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God gives the Holy Ghost to them that obey Him:

And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him. Acts‬ ‭5:32‬ ‭

This prophecy by Joel as told by Peter would be fulfilled starting in Acts 2:4 - before Peter started preaching

Jesus was crucified, buried and rose again. That’s the good news. That’s the gospel. Not only did He rise again, but he was seen of many witnesses, 1, 12, and over 500 at one time.

Acts 2:23-24 - Jesus was crucified and rose again just as it says in 1 Corinthians 15. And that’s good news. That’s the Gospel. You obey it by believing, and you believe it by obeying.

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. Acts‬ ‭2:38‬. ‭

William James Roop

Tuesday, December 12, 2023

Money Changers

Hello everyone. Praise the Lord!

Here is a little food for thought.

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Jesus, in Mark 11, went into the temple, "He overthrew the tables of the money changers and the seats of them that sold doves.

Why would He word it in that format. Why not say, He overthrew the tables and chairs. NO , He

deliberately separates the two. Why did the money changers have no seats? Why did the people who sold doves not have tables?

WELL... the money changers are pastors, we need to be in ministry for the right reasons. The dove is symbolic of the Holy Spirit! The congregation has no table, only a seat, selling the Holy Spirit SHORT, in their lives. Unless we intervene. "When does the football game start, I wish the preacher would stop talking" Ever hear those words?

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William James Roop

Sunday, December 10, 2023

Correction Of Your Children

Hello everyone. Praise the Lord!

Here is a message about disciplining your children that I wanted to share.

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King David was good at many things, correcting his children? Not so much. At least not when it came to Adonijah. The Bible says he NEVER corrected him.

No wonder he assumed a kingship that wasn't his. When he did that, Solomon his half brother, had mercy on him, and told him to go home. He didn't recognize mercy when it was given. Adonijah then asked his mother, to ask Solomon, to give Abishag to him.

This was the most beautiful woman they could find who was sought throughout all the coasts of Israel to bring King David comfort when he was dying. David knew her not. Now she belonged to Solomon. Don't try and take what belongs to the King.

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Adonijah had never been corrected in his life, and now he would pay with his life.

His mother said to Solomon, "I have just one request son, and don't tell me no." He said, "mom I won't tell you no. Give Abishag to your brother." King Solomon said NO!

King Solomon said Adonijah will die today for this request. Solomon sent Benaiah to kill him.

Parents, you endanger your children and their future when you don't correct them. Correcting them is loving them. Adonijah was presumptuous, a spoiled brat and a manipulator. It didn't work with the King!

That's why God disciplines His children, so that we grow up to be like Christ, instead of Adonijah.

William James Roop

Friday, November 24, 2023

History Of Isreal

Hello everyone. Praise the Lord!

Here is a nice article that I found that I wanted to share.

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Like a beacon, Israel reappears as God promised Israel, over and over, time tested God’s land ; wars will come and go but Israel stands!

Israel, to the day of the Lord's return, Daniel 7 year peace deal, Three and a half years the Antichrist breaks the deal ; when Lord returns as promised, Israel stands forever and the city of Jerusalem.

Israel is like a countdown clock in prophecy awaiting! The land of Israel has been populated by the Jewish people since 2000 BC. Here's the timeline, in case you didn't realize that it is their homeland, as designated by Yahweh.

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1900 BC:

- Abraham chosen by God as the Father

of the Jewish Nation.

1900 BC:

- Isaac, Abraham's son, rules over Israel.

1850 BC:

- Jacob, son of Issac, rules over Israel.

1400 BC:

- Moses leads the people out of Egypt

and back to Israel.

1010 BC:

- King David unites the 12 tribes into one

nation.

970 BC:

- King Solomon, son of David, builds the

first temple structure in Jerusalem

930 BC:

- Israel is divided into two kingdoms, the

Kingdom of Israel and the Kingdom of

Judah.

800s BC:

- The rise of the prophets, God's

messengers.

722 BC:

- Kingdom of Israel is conquered by

Assyrians.

605 BC:

- Kingdom Judah is conquered by the

Babylonians.

586 BC:

- Solomon's Temple is destroyed by the

Babylonians.

539 BC:

- Persians conquer the Babylonians and

take control of Israel.

538 BC:

- The Jews return to Israel from exile.

520 BC:

- The Temple is rebuilt.

450 BC:

- Reforms made by Ezra and Nehemiah.

433 BC:

- Malachi is the end of the prophetic

age.

432 BC:

- The last group of Jews return from

exile.

333 BC:

- The Greeks conquer the Persian

empire.

323 BC:

- The Egyptian and Syrian empire take

over Israel.

167 BC:

- Hasmonean's recapture Israel, and the

Jews are ruled independently.

70 BC:

- Romans conquer Israel.

20 BC:

- King Herod builds the "third" temple

6 BC:

- Jesus Christ is born in Bethlehem

70 AD:

- Romans destroy the temple

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After that, the people were captives to the Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, and Crusaders. Through all of these events, the Jewish people continued to live in Israel. There were more or less of them, depending on the centuries, but there was never a time when the Jews didn't live in the land. They stayed, they built their communities, they raised their families, practiced their faith and they suffered at the hands of many outside rulers, but they always kept their faith. It is what sustains them, even now.

May 1948:

- the UN established the State of Israel,

the nation of Jews.

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Don't buy the Palestinian lies that they are entitled to the land. It simply is not true. Yahweh will also provide a way for his chosen people to live in Israel, as He has for thousands of years.

Posted by: Raymond García of

Julesburg, Colorado USA

William James Roop

Wednesday, November 22, 2023

Things To Know About Your Pastor

Hello everyone. Praise the Lord!

Here is an article from an unknown author that I wanted to share.

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THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR PASTOR

1. He loves God and you a lot.

(Be mindful.)

2. He is a painfully limited human being.

(Be realistic.)

3. He probably has a pretty low view of his “performance”.

(Be kind.)

4. He wishes he were a better preacher.

(Be awake.)

5. He really does want God’s best for you and your family.

(Be open-hearted.)

6. His work knows no time or locational boundaries.

(Be patient.)

7. He hears much more negative information than positive.

(Be encouraging.)

8. He has chosen a vocation in which few remain.

(Be praying.)

9. He has chosen a highly leadership-intensive call.

(Be lead-able.)

10. He needs help.

(Be available.)

11. His God-given vision is bigger than himself and the church.

(Be faith-filled.)

12. He wants to personally meet all the needs, but knows he can’t.

(Be understanding.)

13. He’s going to say some dumb things every now and then.

(Be forgiving.)

14. His family is patient with you, so be patient with them.

(Be conscientious.)

15. He is greatly encouraged by your faithfulness.

(Be there.)

16. He is passionate for God’s Word to be made practical to you.

(Be hungry.)

17. He longs for church to be your spiritual oasis.

(Be loving.)

18. He dreams for your and your family’s spiritual health.

(Be receptive.)

19. He needs to hear that you prayed for him.

(Be interceding.)

20. He’s just a regular guy.

(Be real.)

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William James Roop

Monday, November 20, 2023

Baptism In Jesus' Name

Hello everyone. Praise the Lord!

Here is an article by an unknown author that I wanted to share.

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BAPTISM in JESUS NAME - the verses containing every tense of the word baptize are listed below.

Four-hundred years of silence was broken when Gabriel announced the birth of John the Baptist, the forerunner of Jesus Christ. Six months after John the Baptist was born Jesus would be born. The entire Old Testament foretold of Jesus Christ the Savoir of the World. The Lamb slain from the foundation of the World would soon die on the cross for all of humanity.

The Last Words of Jesus - post resurrection- as recorded in the Book of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and Acts.

Mat 28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the Name "OF" the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

Mark 16:16 He that believeth AND IS baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

Between Mark 16:19 and 16:20 The Day of Pentecost took place!

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Luke 24:47 And that repentance and REMISSION of sins should be preached in HIS NAME among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

Act 1:8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

Notice in verse 37 that EVERY APOSTLE WAS ASKED WHAT SHALL WE DO? BUT only Peter lifted up his voice.

Act 2:37-38 Now when they heard [this], they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the REST of the apostles, 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 REMISSION (JESUS said in Luke 24:47 that repentance and remission of sins would be preached in His NAME) of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

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Act 10:46-48 For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter, 47 Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we? 48 And he commanded them to be baptized in the NAME OF THE LORD Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.

Mat 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. 19 And I will give unto thee the KEYS of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

Please note that it was Peter that first preached salvation to the Jews in Acts chapter 2 and It was Peter who preached it first to the Gentiles in Acts Chapter 10. He was given the KEYS to the kingdom of Heaven. Countless Others would preach the same message but he was the first.

Act 19:3-5 And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism. 4 Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus. 5 When they heard [this], they were baptized in THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS.

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Col 3:17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, [do] ALL in the NAME of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

In Acts 18 Apostle Paul Says Apollos only knew the baptism of John. In Acts 19 having met disciples of John. Paul "re-baptized" them in the Name of Jesus Christ.

Jesus said "He that Believeth and is baptized shall be saved"

Acts 8:12 When they believed they were baptized

Acts 18:8 When they believed they were baptized

Acts 16:14 When Lydia attended to the things spoken by Paul she and her household were baptized

Paul said I am willing to die for the NAME of Jesus

Act 21:13 Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

We are washed, sanctified, justified by the NAME

1Co 6:11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

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The Name of the Father is Jesus. Jesus said I come in my father's name. He said he was given his name by inheritance.

John 5:43 I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.

Heb 1:4 Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.

Baptism in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost baptism is a powerless tradition. Casting out devils must be done in the name of Jesus Christ. You cannot cast out devils in the name of the Father, Son, Holy Ghost nor can you wash away sins by those titles. Remission of sins only takes place by the Name of Jesus Christ.

Act 22:16 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

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‪Baptize - 9x in 7 verses‬

‪Baptized - 61x in 51 verses‬

‪Baptizes - 1x in 1 verse‬

‪Baptizeth - 2x in 2 verses‬

‪Baptizing - 4x in 4 verses‬

‪Baptism - 22x in 22 verses‬

‪Baptisms - 1x in 1 verse‬

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BAPTIZE Occurs 9x in 7 VERSES

I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and [with] fire: - Matthew 3:11 KJV

John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. - Mark 1:4 KJV

I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost. - Mark 1:8 KJV

John answered, saying unto [them] all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire: - Luke 3:16 KJV

John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not; - John 1:26 KJV

And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost. - John 1:33 KJV

For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. - 1 Corinthians 1:17 KJV.

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BAPTIZED Occurs 61x in 51 VERSES

And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins. - Matthew 3:6 KJV.

Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. - Matthew 3:13 KJV.

But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me? - Matthew 3:14 KJV.

And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: - Matthew 3:16 KJV.

But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able. - Matthew 20:22 KJV.

And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but [it shall be given to them] for whom it is prepared of my Father. - Matthew 20:23 KJV.

And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins. - Mark 1:5 KJV.

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I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost. - Mark 1:8 KJV

And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan. - Mark 1:9 KJV

But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? - Mark 10:38 KJV

And they said unto him, We can. And Jesus said unto them, Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and with the baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized: - Mark 10:39 KJV

He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. - Mark 16:16 KJV

Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? - Luke 3:7 KJV

Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do? - Luke 3:12 KJV

Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, - Luke 3:21 KJV.

And all the people that heard [him], and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John. - Luke 7:29 KJV.

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But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him. - Luke 7:30 KJV

But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished! - Luke 12:50 KJV

After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized. - John 3:22 KJV

And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized. - John 3:23 KJV

When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, - John 4:1 KJV

(Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,) - John 4:2 KJV

And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode. - John 10:40 KJV

For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. - Acts 1:5 KJV.

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Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. - Acts 2:38 KJV

Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added [unto them] about three thousand souls. - Acts 2:41 KJV

But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. - Acts 8:12 KJV

Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done. - Acts 8:13 KJV

(For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.) - Acts 8:16 KJV

And as they went on [their] way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, [here is] water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? - Acts 8:36 KJV

And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him. - Acts 8:38 KJV

And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized. - Acts 9:18 KJV

Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we? - Acts 10:47 KJV

And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days. - Acts 10:48 KJV

Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost. - Acts 11:16 KJV

And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought [us], saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide [there]. And she constrained us. - Acts 16:15 KJV

And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed [their] stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway. - Acts 16:33 KJV

And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized. - Acts 18:8 KJV

And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism. - Acts 19:3 KJV

Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus. - Acts 19:4 KJV

When they heard [this], they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. - Acts 19:5 KJV

And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord. - Acts 22:16 KJV.

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Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? - Romans 6:3 KJV

Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul? - 1 Corinthians 1:13 KJV

I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius; - 1 Corinthians 1:14 KJV

Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name. - 1 Corinthians 1:15 KJV

And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other. - 1 Corinthians 1:16 KJV

And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; - 1 Corinthians 10:2 KJV

For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether [we be] Jews or Gentiles, whether [we be] bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. - 1 Corinthians 12:13 KJV

Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead? - 1 Corinthians 15:29 KJV

For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. - Galatians 3:27 KJV.

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BAPTIZEST Occurs 1x in 1 VERSE

And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet? - John 1:25 KJV

BAPTIZETH occurs 2x in 2 VERSES

And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all [men] come to him. - John 3:26 KJV

BAPTIZING occurs 4x in 4 VERSES

Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: - Matthew 28:19 KJV

These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing. - John 1:28 KJV

And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water. - John 1:31 KJV

And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized. - John 3:23 KJV.

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BAPTISM occurs 22x in 22 VERSES

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? - Matthew 3:7 KJV

The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him? - Matthew 21:25 KJV

John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. - Mark 1:4 KJV

But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? - Mark 10:38 KJV

And they said unto him, We can. And Jesus said unto them, Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and with the baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized: - Mark 10:39 KJV

The baptism of John, was [it] from heaven, or of men? answer me. - Mark 11:30 KJV

And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins; - Luke 3:3 KJV

And all the people that heard [him], and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John. - Luke 7:29 KJV

But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished! - Luke 12:50 KJV.

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The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? - Luke 20:4 KJV

Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection. - Acts 1:22 KJV

That word, [I say], ye know, which was published throughout all Judaea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached; - Acts 10:37 KJV

When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. - Acts 13:24 KJV

This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John. - Acts 18:25 KJV

And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism. - Acts 19:3 KJV

Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus. - Acts 19:4 KJV

Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. - Romans 6:4 KJV

One Lord, one faith, one baptism, - Ephesians 4:5 KJV

Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with [him] through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. - Colossians 2:12 KJV

The like figure whereunto [even] baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ: - 1 Peter 3:21 KJV

BAPTISMS occurs 1x in 1 VERSE

[Heb 6:2 KJV] 2 Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.

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