There's a little thing that's bothering me. The practice of baptism in Baptist churches. We've really got to work at keeping it in focus at the centre of our life. We need to remember why our forefathers insisted on the practice of the baptism of believers.
Focally, the baptism of believers represents three themes:
1. Focus on embracing the substitutionary and atoning death of Christ for us
2. A conscious act of repentance and renunciation at the very outset of our Christian discipleship
3. Christian faith involving our participation and entry into the very life and death and resurrection of Jesus Christ himself.
To me the biggest in-house threat to the gospel is 'decisionism' as an alternative to 'discipleship'. Lets not forget what Baptists stand for: the pursuit of holy living that is biblically focused Christian discipleship as participation in the life of Christ.
Focally, the baptism of believers represents three themes:
1. Focus on embracing the substitutionary and atoning death of Christ for us
2. A conscious act of repentance and renunciation at the very outset of our Christian discipleship
3. Christian faith involving our participation and entry into the very life and death and resurrection of Jesus Christ himself.
To me the biggest in-house threat to the gospel is 'decisionism' as an alternative to 'discipleship'. Lets not forget what Baptists stand for: the pursuit of holy living that is biblically focused Christian discipleship as participation in the life of Christ.
