The Lord's Command: A Study on Baptism
G. H. Pember; 192 pgs.
What do you understand concerning baptism?
G.H. Pember (1837-1910) gives the 4 objectives of this book:
(1) To prove the accurate meaning of the Greek word for baptism in the New Testament, and prove that it was so understood and practiced until corrupted by the apostate church
(2) To explain the significance of the rite itself
(3) To distinguish it from the baptism of the Holy Spirit
(4) To address the problem of infant baptism
As with all of G. H. Pember’s writings, it is very thorough and compelling.
George Hawkins Pember was born in 1837. He was educated at Cambridge University where he took his M.A. in Classics at age twenty-six. Upon his conversion to Christ, Pember determined to devote his scholastic talents to a close and comprehensive study of the Scriptures for the benefit of God's people. His penchant for meticulous scholarship, extensive knowledge of ancient cultures, and keen spiritual insight combined to produce works of a quality and depth with few parallels in Christian expository literature.
G. H. Pember died in 1910, leaving a rich legacy of reclaimed spiritual truth, upon which subsequent reformers such as J. N. Darby, Watchman Nee, G. H. Lang, and T. Austin-Sparks would build.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
- Preliminary Remarks
- The Meaning of Bapto and Baptizo
- The Verdict of History
- The Argument from Mosaic Sprinklings
- The Argument from Joel 2:28; Ezekiel 36:25; and Isaiah 52:15
- The Argument from 1 Cor. 10:1, 2; 1 Peter 3:20, 21
- The Baptism of John
- The Baptism of the Three Thousand
- The Baptism of the Eunuch
- Burial with Christ in Baptism: Romans 6:3, 4; Col. 2:8-12
- Born out of Water and Spirit
- The Subjects of Baptism
- A Problem and its Solution
- A Final Word