: John W. Schoenheit
: Baptism The History and Doctrine of Christian Baptism
: Spirit& Truth Fellowship International
: 9780985367442
: Baptism
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Most Christians are blissfully unaware of the bloody history of water baptism, and that Christians have murdered other Christians for baptizing people the 'wrong' way. But is there a 'right' way to baptize? In this book, John Schoenheit examines the historic roots of baptism, and shows why, by the time of John the Baptist, baptism was an accepted practice in ancient Israel. He also examines the history of baptism in the Church, and shows the reasons why some people believe immersion is the correct method of baptism, while other people believe pouring or sprinkling is the preferred method.

John Schoenheit has been researching and teaching the Bible for over 40 years both in the USA and abroad. He is the president and a co-founder of Spirit& Truth Fellowship International, a ministry dedicated to biblically based teaching and fellowship. John has authored and co-authored numerous books on biblical subjects, including, The Bible: You Can Believe It; The Christian's Hope: The Anchor of the Soul; Don't Blame God: A Biblical Answer to the Problem of Evil, Sin, and Suffering; The Gift of Holy Spirit: The Power to Be Like Christ; and The Death Penalty: Godly or Ungodly? John leads tours to Israel and the Mediterranean, and also runs camps and conferences on how to study the Bible. John and his family live in Bloomington, IN.

Chapter One

Baptism and Baptism in the Holy Spirit

Two Types of Baptism

There are two types of baptism in the Bible: baptism in water and baptism in holy spirit. Although the relevance and significance of water baptism is still the subject of much debate, most people know that water baptism in the orthodox Christian Church is the ceremony or rite in which a person is immersed in water, or has water poured or sprinkled on them.

Baptism in the holy spirit is even less clearly understood than water baptism, and so it needs to be diligently studied. As this study develops, we will see that a person is baptized in holy spirit the moment he is saved, and his baptism in holy spirit may or may not be accompanied by a manifestation such as speaking in tongues. When a person is saved (“born again;” “baptized in holy spirit”), he receives the holy spirit born and sealed inside him, and immediately has spiritual power, even if he does not manifest it at that time. To fully understand this, we must clear up a couple of misunderstandings about baptism in the holy spirit. Baptism in holy spirit is not a separate event from being saved. Also, it is usually not immediately accompanied by a manifestation (sometimes called a “gift”) of the spirit, such as speaking in tongues, even though it can be immediately accompanied by such a manifestation as it was with the Apostles in Acts 2.

One of the many mikva’ot (ritual washing pools) uncovered by
archaeologists near the Temple in Jerusalem.

Salvation and Baptism in the Holy Spirit

Baptism in the holy spirit happens to a person the moment he has faith in Christ, and so being baptized in holy spirit occurs at the time a person is “saved.” Being “saved” and being baptized in holy spirit are two aspects of the same event. A “saved” person has received the gift of holy spirit, and thus anyone who has the holy spirit is saved. It was John the Baptist w