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    Doctrine of Baptisms
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    Doctrine of Baptisms

    By Michael Maher

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    The scripture plainly calls this doctrine the doctrine of “baptisms” – plural. There are three distinct baptisms taught in the New Testament. Just as each baptism is a separate event, so each baptism also fulfils a different role in our walk as believers. This book looks at each baptism in detail, explaining not only what each baptism is about, but also the benefits of each one. Which is why our Lord Jesus put them in place in His church.

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    PublisherMichael Maher
    Release dateSep 20, 2017
    ISBN9781370713653
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    Michael Maher

    From childhood, Michael E.B. Maher has always known that the Lord's call was upon his life for the ministry. When he was saved at the age of twenty-two, almost immediately the Lord Jesus began to deal with him about entering the ministry. However, it was only many years later that he committed to the Lord to answer the Lord's call to the ministry. And so, in 2014 Michael Maher Ministries was begun. From the beginning, the mandate given to Michael from the Lord Jesus was to preach the word. And so, this ministry preaches the word of God on every available platform around the world.

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      Doctrine of Baptisms - Michael Maher

      DOCTRINE OF BAPTISMS

      Michael E.B. Maher

      Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations in this teaching are from the New King James Version of the bible.

      Revised Edition 2020

      ISBN:

      Books by Michael E.B. Maher

      Foundation Doctrines of Christ

      Repentance from Dead Works

      Faith toward God

      Doctrine of Baptisms

      Laying on of Hands

      Resurrection of the Dead

      Eternal Judgement

      Man, the Image of God

      The Will of Man

      The Spirit of Man

      The Conscience of Man

      The Mind of Man

      The Body of Man

      Gifts of the Church

      Spiritual Gifts

      Ministry Gifts

      The Revelation Gifts

      The Power Gifts

      The Speaking Gifts

      End of the Ages

      The Last Days

      The Seventh Seal

      The Millennial Kingdom

      The End of the Age

      Standalone

      There is Sin to Death

      Prayer

      Being Unforgiving

      Being led by the Spirit

      Born Free from Sin

      The Two Gospels Explained

      Being led by the Spirit

      Of such is the Kingdom

      Rich through His Poverty

      Suffering as a Christian

      Growing Strong in Spirit

      The Believer’s Authority in the Earth

      The Prayer of Faith

      Predestined to His Purpose

      Holy Spirit Encounters

      The Bible Creation Account

      The Blood of Christ

      The Church and the State

      Contents

      Chapter 1

      Baptized into Christ

      Chapter 2

      Water baptism

      Chapter 3

      Baptized with the Holy Spirit

      Chapter 4

      The gift of tongues

      Chapter 5

      Our seal and guarantee

      Chapter 1

      Baptized into Christ

      Introduction

      Hebrews 5:12-14 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food. (13) For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. (14) But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.

      Hebrews 6:1-2 Therefore, leaving the discussion of the elementary principles of Christ, let us go on to perfection, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, (2) of the doctrine of baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.

      There are six foundational doctrines to the Christian faith. Because they are foundational, every believer should have a clear understanding of each one of these doctrines, and live by them. Those who have a clear understanding of these doctrines and who also live by them will have a sure foundation, and they will not be deceived by any false teachings that they may come across in their Christian walk. Scripture reveals to us that these doctrines are the milk of God’s word, which all new born believers should feed on. However, even mature adults drink milk as part of their natural diet, and in the spirit, that principle remains the same. And so, it is good for mature believers to also revisit the foundational principles of Christ from time to time, to ensure that their foundations remain solid. In this teaching, we will examine the doctrine of baptisms, which is the third of the six foundational doctrines taught to the body of Christ.

      Three baptisms

      1 Corinthians 10:1-2 Moreover, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware that all our fathers were under the cloud, all passed through the sea, (2) all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.

      Firstly, let me say that the scripture plainly calls this doctrine the doctrine of baptisms – plural. It is not the doctrine of baptism – singular. The Holy Spirit thus indicating very clearly to us that there is more than one baptism under the New Covenant. Someone said, but I thought that Paul taught us that there is one Lord, one faith and one baptism (Ephesians 4:5). That is correct, but just as there is one God, consisting of three in one, i.e. God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit, so there is more than one baptism. In fact, there are three distinct baptisms taught in the New Testament, and all three are different facets of our being baptized into Christ. The first baptism we experience is when we are baptized into Christ Himself (Galatians 3:27). The second baptism we experience is when we are baptized with the Holy Spirit (Acts 1:5). And the third baptism we experience is when we are baptized in water (Acts 8:38). By using the types and shadows of the Old Covenant, the apostle Paul alludes to all three baptisms in the above quoted passage of scripture, for in this passage Paul speaks of the children of Israel being baptized into Moses, which is a type of the church being baptized into Christ. Paul then goes on to say that the children were baptized into Moses in the cloud, which is a type of the church being baptized in the Spirit. And then Paul refers to the children of Israel being baptized into Moses in the sea, which is a type of the church being baptized in water. And so we see that each one of these baptisms is a separate event in our walk as believers, and just as each baptism is a separate event, so each baptism also fulfils a different role in our Christian walk. It is impossible for believers to grow to full maturity in Christ without firstly, experiencing each one of these baptisms, and secondly, without understanding each one of these baptisms and how they impact on the life of the believer. And so in this book we want to look at each baptism in more detail so that we can fully understand each one.

      Putting on Christ

      Galatians 3:26-27 For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. (27) For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

      The first baptism that each believer experiences is their baptism into Christ Jesus. Every Christian partakes of this baptism, because everyone who accepts Jesus as Lord and is born-again is at that moment baptized into Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit, and so this baptism takes place by default as it were. When we are born-again we have no concept of what has actually transpired and it is only after we are taught as new believers, that we begin to understand what has actually taken place in our lives. One of the truths that we come to understand is that when we accepted Christ Jesus as Lord, that we in that instant were baptized into Christ. And so because this baptism is directly linked to our salvation it is obviously the most important of the three baptisms. Also, it must be noted that this particular baptism always takes place first, for the other two baptisms cannot take place unless one has been baptized into Christ. Once this baptism has taken place i.e. once one is born-again, then and only then, can the other two take place and as we will see later in this teaching, there is no particular order in scripture in which the other two baptisms are to take place. So what does it mean to be baptized into Christ? The concept of baptism was never taught under the Old Covenant. It was first introduced just before the transition from the Old Covenant to the New Covenant, when John the Baptist began to baptize the children of Israel. John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance for the remission of the sins, in preparation for the coming Messiah. When John baptized

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