BAPTISM - COMMITMENT TO CHRIST

Matthew 28: 18-20

And JESUS came and spoke unto them, saying, All authority is given unto Me in heaven and in earth. Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you; and, lo, I am will you always, even unto the end of the age.

ALL AUTHORITY, AND POWER IN HEAVEN AND IN THE EARTH  IS GIVEN TO JESUS.

Many times in the Scripture and in our life, today, we find the question being asked,"In whose authority do you do this or that?" The only true response to that question, if you are ministering in the LORD, is "I live, move and have my being; I minister in the authority and power of JESUS". This is the truth for those who are in Christ JESUS.  At the Name of JESUS, every knee shall bow in heaven and in the earth; He is our only authority and power.

JESUS delegated us to do three things in His Name: 1. Teach and preach Christ to all Nations and people, winning them to Christ through the preaching of the Gospel; 2. Baptize them in the Name of the Trinity, JESUS is LORD; 3. Teach them to observe all things commanded by JESUS. JESUS promises to be with us always, this is the promise of GOD.

We are commissioned by GOD to reach out to the lost souls with the Good News of GOD in Christ JESUS. We are to rescue the perishing from the darkness of sin and death, and bring them to JESUS. We are to be the life-line of GOD to every soul. Who has given us the authority to be witnesses of JESUS?

ALL AUTHORITY, AND POWER IN HEAVEN AND IN THE EARTH IS GIVEN TO JESUS AND HE DELEGATES IT TO US.