The Study of Baptism (Wharton) - Course Study Guide (Print)

ED WHARTON has an ongoing commitment to training gospel preachers, having spent more than 50 years on the faculty of Sunset International Bible Institute in Lubbock. Texas. His work as author, gospel preacher, and teacher has carried him all over the world in his efforts to take the gospel to the lost. His passion for the Lord and His Word demonstrates his desire for the Lord's church to grow stronger in Bible knowledge and closer to God. His wife, Martha, is a close co-worker with Ed in all his endeavors. In this study, Ed establishes the definition and purpose of baptism.

Baptism is..

• For every unforgiven person who can believe in Christ, who can repent of sin, who can be educated to repent of a sinful life.
• For all, who of their own free will, can arise and obey the commandment to be immersed.
• For people with guilty consciences who want to be saved and appeal to God for a clear conscience. God adds the saved to the church and that is the distinctive nature of the church. You can identify the church in the same way you identify any saved person on earth.

Ed Wharton has written a number of books, including Christ and the Church, The Case for Historic Christianity, The Church of Christ, Freed for Freedom, God Among the Nations, and Redemption Is. Working with SIBI External Studies, Ed has produced video courses on The Distinctive Nature of the Church, Historical Christian Evidences, Galatians, Scheme of Redemption, Homilitics I, and Baptism.

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