What Happened to Baptism?

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Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Spirituality

4.9 • 860 Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2022

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

The sacrament of baptism was given to us by God as a means of His grace. Baptism is about our union with Christ. It is a sign of being grafted into him in his life, death, and resurrection. It is a sign of the remission of our sins. It is a sign of God's promise to keep us unto salvation. Sadly, this is not how baptism is typically talked about in the church. What happened? Why is it not talked about this way? In today's episode Jon and Justin have a theological, historical, and biblical conversation about baptism as a means of grace. Semper Reformanda: Jon and Justin continue to discuss baptism as a sign of our union with Christ. In particular, the guys consider how pietism, revivalism, and Arminianism have affected how many have understood union with Christ--and thereby, baptism. Resources:Our episodes on Lordship SalvationOur episode "The Resting Heart Rate of the Christian Life"Our episode on "Leaving Pietism"

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0:00.0	Hi, this is John. And today I'm Theokanus. Justin and I are going to have a conversation of what happened to baptism. How was its meaning lost, which is union in Christ. That is the purpose of baptism according to scripture. And it's supposed to be a means of grace, a way to encourage and strengthen our faith. Yet it's been lost.
0:22.1	Many things have influenced it, things like Armenian, theology, pietism, and revivalism.
0:28.6	So Justin and I are going to have a conversation about what happened to it, how it was lost,
0:32.6	and then we're going to use scripture to help bring us back to the encouraging strength of our faith, and that is baptism
0:40.0	is union of Christ. Stay tuned.
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1:09.9	Welcome to Theocast, encouraging worried pilgrims to rest in Christ.
1:14.0	Conversations about the Christian life from a reformed, confessional, and pastoral perspective.
1:18.8	Your host today are Justin Purdue, pastor of Covenant Baptist Church in Asheville, North Carolina,
1:23.2	and I'm John Moffin, pastor of Grace Reform Church in Springfield, Tennessee.
1:27.2	And for those of you watching on YouTube, yes, Justin and I have a larger wardrobe than what you've seen in the last two weeks.
1:32.9	We've just done two episodes back to back.
1:36.4	I'm just doubling up today, which means this episode is going to be fun because we've already done an hour, which means Justin and I have loosened up
1:45.0	and or in midweek form. Or we're just more tired. It could be all three. But Justin, today,
1:53.8	according to the title of the podcast, I'm sure many are very interested in hearing what we have to say.
1:59.6	So go ahead and relieve some pressure and then
2:02.4	go ahead and set us up for others. We're going to discipline, disappoint some, encourage others.
2:11.6	There we go. That's a minute and a half, too long. Let's get into them. Yeah, may Christ have mercy.
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