<TITLE>23. Par 260-270</TITLE>L-260 But take the Foxe "Book of the Martyrs," there's a good authentic. Foxe "Book of Martyrs," how many ever read it? Sure. The Pember's "Early Ages," or--or Hislop's "Two Babylons," or--or some great authentic. Or the--the most greatest we have is the Nicene Council, the Pre-Nicene Council and the Nicene Council. And you find out there, that was never mentioned, no persons...
Take the Holy Scriptures and see if there ever was anybody in the Bible ever baptized using those titles name "Father, Son, and Holy Ghost." It denotes three gods. It's for a pagan ceremony. And Catholicism is nothing else in the world but a--a pagan form of Christianity. And from the Catholic church come Martin Luther, John Wesley, Baptists, Presbyterians, and so forth.
But in the last days there was a door set between there, that opened up the Truth again, that "The Bible said so." And the great prophet that was to come on the earth in the last days, and we believe he's coming... Watch, and he'll have a church. Now, we'll see this.

L-263 Now--now, remember, this is the Revelation. You cannot take from It. Now, what a challenge. Find one person in the Bible, one place they ever baptized anybody in the name of "Father, Son, and Holy Ghost," or ever sprinkled anybody (Find that in the Bible.) for the remission of their sins. They never. And every person, no matter how they was baptized, had to come and be baptized over again in the Name of Jesus Christ to get the Holy Ghost.

L-264 Acts 19, "Paul passed through the upper coast of Ephesus, finds certain disciples." He said... "Disciples," they were having a great meeting. They were following a man by the name of Apollos, who was a converted lawyer, a Baptist who believed on John the Baptist, and was proving by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.
Paul passed through and seen Aquila and Priscilla (in the 18th chapter of the Acts.) And then he went over to have a dinner, or something another with Aquila and Priscilla. They told him about this great man. They went to hear him; he listened at him that night. He said, "He's very well. That's very fine. That's good," but said, "have you received the Holy Ghost since you have believed?"
What about you poor Baptists back there believe you received the Holy Ghost when you believed?
He said, "Have you received the Holy Ghost since you believed?"
Someone said, "That wasn't written in that."
I defy that. I've got the authentic Greek right here, Hebrew too. The Bible says in the Greek, and both Hebrew, and also in the Aramaic. All three of them, I got them right here, that say, "Have you received the Holy Ghost since you believed?" That's right. "Have you received the Holy Ghost since you believed?"

L-270 Now, he said, "We not know whether there be any Holy Ghost."
Then he said, "Unto what was you baptized?"
They said, "We've already been baptized by the man that baptized the Lord Jesus Christ. We've been baptized unto John's baptism (same hole of water, perhaps the same man)."
Paul said, "That won't work; He only baptized unto repentance, not for remission of sins."
Now, some of you Oneness people come around and--and baptize that wrong. You baptize that unto--for salvation. Water don't save a man; it's the Blood, repentance. Not through baptism unto regeneration, no, sir. Regeneration comes by the Spirit. Baptism is a--is a outward expression that a inward work of regeneration has been done. See?


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