Friday, October 4, 2013

A Message About Conviction and "Born Again Baptism" Alone Through Immersion for Reformed Brothers and Sisters: LET ME EXPLAIN

1.)  We agree that baptism does not forgive sin, but Christ alone.

2.)  We agree that we need water to baptize without Roman oil.

3.)  We all believe in spiritual monergism rather than baptismal regeneration: namely, not the sacrament of baptism that saves but in the Spirit of God comes with the Word and changes the hearts and applies the unified merit of Christ alone.

4.)  We all agree that sprinkling is in terms of the blood of Christ as St. Peter and the author of Hebrews declares that refers to the atonement in light of OT pictures and imaginary.

5.)  To be simple and specific our disagreement lies on the mode of baptism:  namely, the main focus of sprinkling and immersion.  However, Presbyterians also accept immersion as one of the modes.  
     In terms of baptism, would our Presbyterian brothers and sisters touching the Historic Confessions be willing to side with solely immersion in light that of the weakness of your Baptist brethren to conform to professing brothers and sisters in Christ to be baptized by immersion only in bearing the burden for a fellowship of peace that is a real peace because of the predestinarian honor of Christ?

6.)  The precedence for immersion not sprinkling only would be something you already find biblically worthy, but what say us about infants?  How about we agree that we will pray for them in the womb because God calls His children from the womb, read the Scriptures to them as they are in the womb, and train them up in the Reformed things of the good Lord.

7.)  This is a non-Tower of Babel unity, because they did not bear the burden of the weakness of their brother or sister.  The Tower of Babel is a unity that rejects bearing the burden and everyone going their own way, but the Reformed church is called to bear the burden of REFORMED UNITY in light of the honor of Christ not ourselves or some teacher, and we ask our Presbyterian friends to put up with filling the church with people who are born again.  It is like Jesus saying to the Baptist brethren take the humble seat so our Presbyterian brethren may exalt us to a better seat.  That is, Calvin and Beza (Presbyterian) came before Spurgeon and Bunyan (Baptist).  That is why I say it is better because the Presbyterians seem to have come first in Church History but the Baptists come a little later.  This does not mean I do not believe credo-baptism was not taught in the written Scriptures.


How many Reformed Baptist and Presbyterian churches will agree to this in the New Confession?   If agreed, the New Confession would be adjusted if sent to me if RC Sproul has it and it is what I wrote on the New Confession but I wrote a letter to him that adjusted what I previously stated to make it work in light of what I foresaw and I make statement here.  It is m y hope that it can be used for Reformed unity.  I ask this of the Presbyterians who hold to the Confession because I remember a Presbyterian angel who was the most compassionate to bear the burden.  Will pride avail or the honor of Jesus?  Peace to you.

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