Lesson 2509

(Lesson 2509)(11-02-18) Luke 3:7-9
    “Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.”

   It may seem that I’m obsessed with water baptism. That’s because I am. In my humble opinion, the distortion and mis-application of ritual of water baptism has caused as many souls to be lost to Satan as all the other reasons put together. Most all “Christian” religions erroneously contend, that in some way, water baptism is a necessary to achieve eternal salvation. As we will demonstrate through these lesson, nothing could be further from the truth.
    One might ask, according to the Jews, why should a person be baptized in water? Lets go to the bible and learn. “Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: You shall also make a laver of bronze, with its base also of bronze, for washing. You shall put it between the tabernacle of meeting and the altar. And you shall put water in it, for Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet in water from it. When they go into the tabernacle of meeting, or when they come near the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire to the LORD, they shall wash with water, lest they die. So they shall wash their hands and their feet, lest they die. And it shall be a statute forever to them– to him and his descendants throughout their generations.” Exod 30:17-21
    These past two days lessons relate, from the writings of ancient Jewish scholars and also from the pages of the bible, why the Jews originated, and practiced, ritual water baptisms, (cleansing). It was required of every Jew, before entering into the temple, to be cleansed by water (baptized), and to make an offering befitting the sin they were to confess.
    As we have determined herein, water baptism was NOT originated in, or for, Christianity. It most probably was incorporated into the crossmix of Jewish and Roman Catholic dogma.~
NOTE: We will further confirm what is said here to be true as these lessons progress.