Who was I baptized by?[1] Some think you should never ask this question, that it is questioning their integrity. They somehow think that it is the sincerity of the fact that you got baptized because they or someone read it in the Bible. Reading is good, studying is better.[2] It is amazing that some will blindly follow a little truth, but think they are doing the will of God by rejecting the whole truth of a subject.[3] These blind leaders and deaf hearers are not rooted and grounded in an informed faith. the Jewish religious leaders thought that they were right and Jesus was wrong. When the knowledge of God comes to them, they, being teachers with itching ears, would rather kill the messenger, than to test the spirits.[4] Jesus said it is because the word of God had no place in them. therefore, they get easily offended if the truths of God’s word are expounded. They will not endure sound doctrine the way darkness cannot endure light that is shined upon it. Jesus wanted to show the way of God more perfectly, but they would not receive the New Testament. [5] The question, who was I baptized by, is meant for you to sincerely examine the act of such a good work and see if your baptism is as approved of God as it is of men.[6] What honour is there to stand before God with a baptism not supported by the Scriptures?[7] Jesus was baptized by John because that was the Baptist administrator the Father authorized to baptize. There was no other Baptist, until God sent his Son. It is spiritually important to study and answer the questions of who was John. Why did Jesus seek him out? By what authority, by what mode, by what processes did God baptize believers? If I went to john, or Jesus in those days, what would be the original baptism? Were the Baptist administrators preachers of the gospel, then baptizers? Was the gospel pattern to go and preach the gospel, then the God called, God sent preachers baptized the believers? Those questions will be answered. But for now, thanks for reading.
[1] Luke 7:28-31, mat 21:23-27, Acts 7:21-22, Mat 3:13-15 Nobody but John had the Father’s authority, or commission, to baptize.
[2] Neh 8:8
[3] Mat 13:20-21, Isa 58:1-2, Isa 29:13, Isa 48:1, Mark 4:16-17, 2 Chr 26:15-16, mat 23:24
[4] 1 Tim 4:1, 1 Jn 4:1, Mat 21:23-27, Mat 21:38, Luke 22:2, John 5:18, John 8:37
[5] 2 Cor 3:14 Acts 18:26, 2 Tim 4:1-4, Prov 9:9, Acts 8:30-31, Acts 28:23, Prov 25:12, James 1:19 If we enter a conversation knowing what we know, but closed to other, deeper understanding, we could become deaf to spiritual instruction much like the Pharisees whom John the Baptist, the greatest Prophet sent from God, would not baptize because they would not hear the word repent without feeing insulted.
[6] 2 Tim 2:15, Mat 15:7-9
[7] 2 Tim 3:16, Luke 6:46-49
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