Today's lesson is another continuance of my attempt to clarify the final instructions Jesus gave to His apostles as those instructions are documented in Matthew 28:19 and Mark 16:15-16.
In Matthew 28:19, Jesus, in essence, said that His apostles were to go and educate everyone who would listen about the concept of the Holy Triune, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, (The method by which God allowed, by His grace, the eternal salvation of all those who will believe.)
Like the Matthew account, Mark also related that the apostles were to go and preach the gospel, "Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature." Again, "the gospel" that was to be preached is the concept of the Holy Triune, God the Father, the Creator and Master of the universe, God the Son, Jesus, God in the form of a human man, the virgin born sacrificial lamb that was slain as a sacrifice for the sins of the world, and finally God the Holy Ghost, God in the Spirit, the Keeper and justifier of souls who remains on the earth today to serve the needs of the children of God. The apostles were to teach how all the parts of the Holy Triune functioned to provide eternal salvation for the lost.
Unlike the Matthew account, Mark also relates the consequences that await both those who choose to believe in the gospel of Jesus Christ, and those who choose to reject it. "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned."
What this text would say in properly translated modern English is; Those who believe in God and have immersed their spiritual selves into the sacrifice of Jesus Christ being sanctified by the grace of God provided through the Holy Triune, are saved. However, those who fail to believe in God are damned.
NOTE: The word "baptized" as it appears in the above text is not meant to imply that water immersion or sprinkling has anything to do with the salvation of the eternal soul. "Baptized" as it applied in the above context, implies a spiritual unity with the sacrificial body of Jesus Christ. It has the same meaning therein as it does in Galatians 3:26-27; "For ye are all the children of God BY FAITH IN CHRIST JESUS. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ."
This text clearly demonstrates that one is saved by faith in Christ Jesus and that that faith is counted as a baptism into or a putting on Christ Jesus.~
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