ThomasCartwright
Puritan Board Freshman
I was recently preaching through Romans 15 and came to v21, "But as it is written, To whom He was not spoken of, they shall see: and they that have not heard shall understand." There the Apostle Paul draws from the OT for a vindication of his ministry of taking the Gospel to the Gentile nations. The interesting thing is that he cited a Messianic text from Isaiah 52:15,
Now, what sprinkling ministry does Christ do through the Apostle Paul among the Gentiles? For immersionists this is problem. If they say water baptism, that throws out their sacred cow of immersion. If they say it is justification, then they have to accept that sprinkling represents perfectly the symbolism of cleansing for NT saints. Therefore, as baptism symbolises the cleansing of a sinner then when it is done by sprinkling this perfectly represents that. Finally, if immersionists say that Isaiah 52:15 represents the filling of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost then that links the baptiso of the Spirit with sprinkling.
So my immersionist-only brethren - which is it?
Just stumbled on McKay's 1881 fascinating polemic against immersion, which some may find interesting:
http://biblical-theology.net/immersion_proved_to_be_romish_invention.htm
So shall He sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at Him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider. (Isa. 52:15)
Now, what sprinkling ministry does Christ do through the Apostle Paul among the Gentiles? For immersionists this is problem. If they say water baptism, that throws out their sacred cow of immersion. If they say it is justification, then they have to accept that sprinkling represents perfectly the symbolism of cleansing for NT saints. Therefore, as baptism symbolises the cleansing of a sinner then when it is done by sprinkling this perfectly represents that. Finally, if immersionists say that Isaiah 52:15 represents the filling of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost then that links the baptiso of the Spirit with sprinkling.
So my immersionist-only brethren - which is it?
Just stumbled on McKay's 1881 fascinating polemic against immersion, which some may find interesting:
http://biblical-theology.net/immersion_proved_to_be_romish_invention.htm