CHANGES IN THE BIBLICAL DOCTRINE OF BAPTISM

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From: https://www.biblecharts.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Manuscript-Baptism-1.pdf

1. 221 years later man made the first change to the biblical doctrine of baptism. A.D. 251 – The historical occurrence of pouring (Affusion) was the “baptism” of Novation as he lay on his deathbed. It was initially viewed as an exception to the rule, being administered to the sick only. However, over time and through conditioning, it became the accepted practice. This change came 221 years after New Testament baptism had been implemented, and about 126 years after the last of the Bible books had been inspiringly penned.

2. 1,090 years later man made a second change to the biblical doctrine of baptism. A.D. 1311 – Sprinkling as a form of “baptism” was authorized by the Roman Catholic Church and was legalized by the Council of Ravenna.

3. 189 years after sprinkling was added as baptism, man made a third change to the Biblical doctrine of baptism, the essentiality of baptism was changed. And nobody doubted the essentiality of baptism until around 1500 AD, when men thought the grace of God excluded baptism because they concluded that baptism was a work. GOD’S GRACE DOESN’T EXCLUDE BAPTISM; IT WORKS THROUGH BAPTISM.


FROM THIS I WANT US TO OBSERVE FOUR THINGS.

1. The Gospel was preached to mankind on the birthday of the Lord’s Church in A.D. 30 as is recorded in Acts 1.

  • -  When convicted of sin, the multitudes asked in Acts 2:37, “. . . Men and brethren, what shall we do?”

  • -  In Acts 2:38, Peter inspiringly told them to “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins . . .”

  • -  That was Heaven’s answer to man’s question about being saved.

  • -  The Greek work “BAPTIZO” appears in the text here as well as throughout the remainder of the New Testament where baptism is employed and it always means a burial.

  • -  The Greek word for POURING (affusion) is CHEO and is never used in the Bible for baptizo.

  • -  The Greek word for SPRINKLING is RHANTIZO and is never used in the Bible for baptizo.

  • -  Both of those Greek words (rhantizo & Cheo) were known in the 1st Century and to the Holy Spirit that guided the New Testament writers to write, a did not have the writers them use them . . . Only baptizo.

  1. All three of these changes were made by men after the Bible had been completed.

    • -  Pouring as a form of baptism was instituted by men some 221 years after the church began on the Day of Pentecost in Acts 2.

    • -  Sprinkling as a form of baptism was instituted by men some 1,281 years after the church began on the Day of Pentecost in Acts 2.

    • -  The doctrine that teaches that baptism is a work and therefore is not essential to salvation began some 1,470 years after the church began on the Day of Pentecost in Acts 2.

  2. No authorization for any of these three changes are to be found in the Bible.

  3. All three of these doctrines have originated with men and not from God. The have come from the writings of men and not from the writing of God–The Bible!


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