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It
all srarted in Jerusalem !!!! 
What is important is what the
Bible says!!!
What
I found in my study in the Bible was what the Apostles preached in
the Book of Acts, they preached to the Jews, the Samaritans, and to
the Gentiles, Paul preached to the Church at Ephesus, and all had
something in common. No other place in the Bible can we find what the
Apostles told the people to do. No other place in the Bible are
Jesus' orders and teachings explained and carried out. On the day of
Pentecost when the New Testament Church was born it was that Peter
stood up and preached. When the Jews asked what must we do; Peter
gave them the Keys he received from Jesus. Many people say or ask;
did God really say that? That sounds familiar, this sounds like the
question Satan asked Eve in the garden of Eden. Genesis 3:1 Now
the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the
LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said,
Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
Paul mentioned this in 2Corinthians
11:3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the
serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be
corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. 4 For if he that
cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye
receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another
gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.
Yes it important what God said to
do and what not to do, for it is only the Word of God that gives us
the plan of Salvation, and if this is the Plan that Peter, Philip and
Paul preached, this must be the Plan that Jesus gave them. This is
what I am showing you, if what is shown on these pages is what the
Bible says, we must do it, but if it does not line up the Word if God
than just ignore it and pray for me.
(Matthew 16:19 And I
will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and
whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and
whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.)
Jesus gave Peter the keys and He
gave them to the Jews. Because what would happen would, and would be
preached, how to be born of water and of Spirit would begin in Jerusalem.
A key is made to open a certain lock, to get access.
There are bogus keys that will not even go into the lock. And there
are counterfeit they look like the right one but the certain parts
are missing , or there are to many parts that it will gain access.
A key which is the plan of salvation that Jesus gave
to Peter is located in the Bible, and must be inserted into the lock
to gain access.
We may see the key and believe that the key will allow
us to enter into the door but if we do not place the key into the
lock and turn it we cannot get in.
Luke 24:45 Then opened
he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,
46 And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus
it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:
47 And that repentance and remission of sins should
be preached in his name among all nations, beginning
at Jerusalem.
Luke wrote in the Book of Acts that:
Acts 1:7 And he said
unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which
the Father hath put in his own power.
8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy
Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem,
and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of
the earth.
What happened in the Book of Acts,
first the Jews were baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ for the
remission of sins than the Samaritans, then the Gentiles.
Peter preached on the say of
Pentecost to the Jews in Jerusalem like Jesus said what to do to be
baptized in water and then in the Spirit.
Acts 2:38 Then Peter
said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the
name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive
the gift of the Holy Ghost.
39 For the promise is unto you, and to your
children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our
God shall call.
40 And with many other words did he testify and
exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
41 Then they that gladly received his word were
baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three
thousand souls.
Philip Preached to the
Samaritians, first they were baptized in water then with the Spirit.
Acts 8:12 But when they
believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God,
and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women
13 Then Simon himself believed also: and when he
was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the
miracles and signs which were done.
14 ¶ Now when the apostles which were at
Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent
unto them Peter and John:
15 Who, when they were come down, prayed for them,
that they might receive the Holy Ghost:
16 (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them:
only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)
17 Then laid they their hands on them, and they
received the Holy Ghost.
18 And when Simon saw that through laying on of the
apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,
Peter to the Gentiles in fact you
will see Peter commanded them to do something
Acts 10:
42 And he commanded us to preach unto the people,
and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the
Judge of quick and dead.
43 To him give all the prophets witness, that
through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive
remission of sins.
44 ¶ While Peter yet spake these words, the
Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word.
45 And they of the circumcision which believed were
astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles
also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.
46 For they heard them speak with tongues, and
magnify God. Then answered Peter,
47 Can any man forbid water, that these should not
be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?
48 And he commanded them to be baptized in the
name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.
Did you notice that they were
baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, infact when they received the
Holy Ghost Peter commanded
them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, that there
sins would be remitted, Peter said in verse 43, before he could
preach water baptism they received the Holy Ghost, this is how I
received it and later I was baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, my
wife received the Holy Ghost when she was baptized water, she came up
out of the water speaking in other tongues.
Is water baptism from man or from God? Jesus asked
that question, John said that the one who sent him to baptize.
Luke 20:4 The baptism of John, was it from heaven,
or of men?
John 1:6 There was a man sent from God, whose
name was John.
7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of
the Light, that all men through him might believe.
John 1:33 And I knew him not: but he that sent
me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou
shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he
which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.
Luke 7:29 And all the people that heard him, and
the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.
30 But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the
counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.
Unless the Bible has a contradiction or John was sent
to baptize from God, and water baptism originated with God!!!
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