• Wheat And Tares: MAT 13.24-46

• Good And Bad Fish: MAT 13.47-50

• Ten Virgins: MAT 25.1-13

• Analogies To: MAT 24.36-41

• References To: MAT 3.12; LU 3.16-17; 2 THES 1.7-9

• Fire Will Separate The Unbeliever From The Believer On The Earth: ISA 4.4

• Jesus Brings This Baptism To Pass: MAT 3.11-12; LU 3.16-17

• The Fire Will Avenge The Righteous On The Earth: 2 THES 1.7-9

• The Baptism Affects Only The Unbeliever

• The Ministry Is Not Found In The Old Testament

• It Was Prophesied Of By Jesus: JO 14.20; AC 1.5

• The Mechanics Of The Baptism: 1 CO 12.13-14

• Believers Are Unified By It: EPH 4.5

• It Is The Only Place Of Equality In The Human Race: GAL 3.26-28

• The Baptism Identifies The Believer With Christ: RO 6.3-4

• It Is A Sign Of The Church Age: MAT 16.15; AC 1.5; 2.3; 11.15-17

• It Is The Basis Of Our Union With Christ: EPH 1.3-6

• The Baptism Is Not Experiential, But All Christians Undergo It: AC 2.1-10

• Baptizo = To Immerse, And By Immersion To Identify With. Xenophon (4th Century Bc) Said That The Spartan Soldiers Baptized Their Spears In Blood To Identify Them As Weapons Of War.

• Real Baptisms
• Baptism Of Moses: 1 CO 10.2
• Baptism Of Fire, Tribulational Judgment: MAT 3.11; 13.25; LU 3.16; 2 THES 1.7-9
• Baptism Of The Cross: MAT 20.22; LU 12.50
• Baptism Of The Holy Spirit: 1 CO 12.13; COL 2.12; 1.25-26; JO 14.20; AC 1.5; EPH 4.5; COL 3.10-11; HEB 2.11; GAL 3.26-28; RO 6.3-4; EPH 1.3-6; MAT 16.18; AC 2.3; AC 11.15-17

• Ritual Baptisms
• Baptism Of Jesus: MAT 3.13-17
• Water Represented The Plan Of God, That Jesus Agreed With
• Baptism Of John: MAT 3.1-11; JO 1.25-33; AC 19.2-4
• Water Represented The Kingdom Of God That Old Testament Believers Waited For
• Baptism In The Church: AC 2.38; 8.36-38; 9.18; 10.47; 16.33
• Water Represents The Body Of Christ: His Death, Burial, And Ressurection That We Share In By Faith In Him.

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