Baptism of Grace
Baptism: is it from men or from heaven?
This is the same question Jesus asked the Pharisees in Matthew 21:25 and the same question we must answer today.
This is a book for the committed follower of Christ and not the casual inquirer. It is an examination into the comprehensive truth of what the Bible teaches regarding God’s administration of baptism upon His people.
Mark David Cooper performs a deep analysis of God instilling His grace on His followers through a fivefold baptism: living water, the Trinity, the Holy Spirit, fire, and Christ’s blood. He challenges the reader to move past common, elementary understandings and grasp the mature, biblical concept of one gracious (fivefold) baptism from God.
After reading this book, the reader will appreciate the impact of what God does for us through His lavish grace.
There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all. —Eph. 4:4–6
God wants us to have unity and fellowship in love, which is more valuable than any physical ritual. He provides one baptism. What is this one baptism? In this book, I am proposing that the one baptism is the Baptism of Grace. There are five unique
baptisms that are found in the Bible: water, Trinity, Holy Spirit, fire, and blood. In the Hebrew, the number five represents grace. This book will provide the biblical support for each of the five baptisms and then discuss the significance of the number five and
how it represents God’s grace.
The conclusion of this work is that God baptizes His people with His grace, which is the one baptism the Word of God communicates.
