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PHall | September 2, 2021
Jesus told James and John, “You don’t know what you’re asking. Are you able to drink the cup I drink or to be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with?”” (CSB’17 Mark 10:38) Jesus’s baptism here is his suffering, so baptism is not literal but metaphorical. He is talking about his suffering overwhelming him. […]
PHall | July 26, 2021
Martin Luther sought to emphasize a daily renewal in baptism by practicing and encouraging his followers to each morning place their hand on their heads and confirming, “I am baptized”. This method is because he had water sprinkled on him as a baby as did his fellow protesters, hence Protestants. This became comforting because he […]
PHall | May 6, 2021
While Matthew 28:19 is often recited 28:19 before baptizing, Galatians 3:28 was possibly a Pauline “baptismal statement”. Let’s add the other similar baptism statements by Paul. • Colossians 3:11 – In Christ there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave and free; but Christ is all and in all. • 1 […]
PHall | November 19, 2020
Ever notice how many parallels there are between Acts 2:21 and Acts 2:38? Is this a coincidence? Will anyone deny we do not need to “call on the name of the Lord” to be “saved”? Will anyone deny “calling on the name of the Lord” precedes “will be saved”? And yet, many deny we must […]
PHall | April 10, 2020
What’s the definition of seven? Is it the same as six? Is six enough or too little? Is it important to know the definition of seven if God asks you do so something seven times?What if you confessed to God, “I know the power is from you, and not in my obedience, therefore I will […]
PHall | March 9, 2020
What if I told you “not from works so that no one can boast” in Ephesians 2:8, does not include baptism – but not because of why you might think? It wasn’t what I thought either.1. Baptism is not a “work” of man, but is a “work” of God (Colossians 2:12). But that is not […]
PHall | December 17, 2019
Not everyone is “qualified” to be baptized. Does that sound harsh? Then let me explain.The Ethiopian eunuch asked, “What prevents me from being baptized?” On his mind was probably the restrictions placed on people such as himself which kept him from entering the temple or Tabernacle (Deuteronomy 23:1). He was not “qualified”. Philip gives him […]
PHall | July 25, 2019
How is Jesus’s baptism similar, and then different from ours? What meaning should we get from His for ours? Similarities: 1. Water is involved (Mt.3:13; Acts 10:47). 2. Connected to righteousness (Mt.3:15; Romans 5-6). 3. The Holy Spirit is received (Mt.3:16; Acts 2:38). 4. There is a declaration of sonship (Mt.3:17; Galatians 3:25-29). 5. Both […]
PHall | July 19, 2019
Before reading the text understand the following:1. A disciple is a student. 2. Students are taught.3. Students are taught what the teacher teaches.4. Teachers teach what they are authorized to teach.All of that is straight forward. Students in a math class are taught math, not biology; that’s what the teacher is paid to teach. Again straight […]
PHall | June 3, 2019
Genesis 3:15: “I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will strike your head, and you will strike his heel.” (Genesis 3:15)Notice 3 Gospel Predictions:1. Hatred – “hostility, animosity, or ill will. It is used to signify acrimony, as between the woman and the serpent (Gen […]