A Beautiful Picture
Ignorant, proud, indifferent and defiant - John MacArthur
Baptism - A Burial - Sermon by C. H. Spurgeon
A Beautiful Picture
A beautiful picture of being "buried
with Christ by baptism into death" and "raised with Him
to walk in newness of life."
- from the book Spurgeon, by Arnold Dallimore
Ignorant, proud, indifferent, defiant or not converted
"Go
therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them
in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy
Spirit." - Mt 28:19
In spite of this command, in spite of this
mandate, in spite of New Testament clarity, there is still
widespread non-compliance. And at the same time, a rather
strange paradox in that you have a very large population of
baptized unregenerate people. So if there’s anything that needs
some clarity, I think it’s this.. I would venture to say that a
person who claims to be a Christian and has a disregard for
baptism, has not been baptized, would have to fall into one of
several categories. Number one, they are
ignorant, that is they have not been taught or they’ve
been wrongly taught. Secondly, they are
proud, that is not willing to be humbly obedient to what
is clearly a biblical mandate. Thirdly, they are
indifferent, not considering
obedience a priority. Fourth, they are
defiant, just unwilling to obey. Or fifth, they’re
not converted at all and therefore
they have no desire to publicly demonstrate the significance of
baptism in behalf of the honor of Christ.
John MacArthur,
The Case for Believer's Baptism
