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An Apostolic Fellowship
The Name "Christadelphians"
A Distinctive Foundation
The Whole Bible
God, Creator and Father
The Vital Earth
Israel in God's Purpose
Promises to the Patriarchs
The Truth about Mankind
Man is Mortal
The Nature of Jesus
Son of God not God the Son
The Devil and Satan
The Good News
Baptism
The Kingdom of God
When Christ Comes...
The Life of Discipleship
Peace of Mind
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Baptism When this state of mind was
reached, the believers in Christ in apostolic times were "baptized", by total immersion in water. So
they were "buried with Christ in baptism" (Colossians 2:12); they died in symbol with him upon the cross,
and as he rose from the dead to immortal life, so they rose from the waters of baptism to "newness of life".
This remains the requirement for sincere believers today. No authority has arisen since the days of the apostles
with power to alter it.
God, in His grace and mercy, is prepared to accept those who adopt this attitude and to forgive their sins,
bringing them into fellowship with Himself. So, from being alienated from God by sin, sincere believers become
sons and daughters of God by their obedience and faith. They are made heirs of eternal life according to God's
promise. For even if death should overtake them, they die in certain hope of resurrection from the grave in the
day when Christ comes again. The reward of the faithful is in the gift of an undying nature: as Jesus said, "like
unto the angels, to die no more" (Luke 20:35-36). If they should be living in the day of the Lord's return,
and of the resurrection of the dead, the faithful servants will be granted a change of nature, from mortality to
immortality. So will be fulfilled the best-known verse in the New Testament: "God so loved the world, that
he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life"
(John 3:16).
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