CELEBRATING RESURRECTION DAY
ON THE SCRIPTURAL FOUNDATION.
No colored eggs, no a funny bunny, no only a few hours in the tomb for our Savior instead of what He said that He would
be …three days and three nights…, no a pagan name for such a great day; and so, as the words …SEPARATION
OF CHURCH AND STATE… are not on the Constitution of the U.S.A. so it is with the words …baptizing in the name
of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit… they have never been part on the original Hebrew text of The
Great Commission.
Back East, somebody is or was holding a parade under the slogan: “it its enough” or “enough is enough,”
protesting about something that should be stopped.
I think I have the right to say also but for different case, IT IS ENOUGH; God had say in the past, that He, was going
to perform a thing that when somebody tell us, our ears will tingle. I don’t know if this is that, but the eyes of the
reader may be burning for what he already read about the popular baptismal phrase; and that is not all there is to it, there
is more to it; here it is what The Lord Jesus said: GO AND TEACH THEM TO CARRY OUT ALL THINGS WHICH I HAVE COMMANDED YOU FOREVER.
(Hebrew text) No a commandment to baptize, but an order to carry on His teachings for ever!
This also the reader must remember because it has been mentioned in previous writings, that the Sacrament of baptism, since
the beginning of the Church on the day of Pentecost was with CALLING (INVOQUING) THE NAME OF THE LORD TO BE SAVED.
In my last letter “Things that happened later part of first century and later part of second century in Church History,
was mentioned what Peter, Paul and Jude said that things were to happen after their departure. And things happened such as
them Apostles mentioned, but who were the protagonists that made those things to be? Some of the Christians that suffered
persecution were descendents of the very Apostles; In our day, when explosions occurred in Moslem territories, most of the
times some groups assume the responsibility, but about those religious atrocities no a group has ever confessed their ancestors
were the protagonists of such crimes. But History knows it happened, the question is why they happened.
A pagan philosopher by the name of Justin got converted to Christianity around that time, we assume that he was baptized
as everybody else at that time because he wrote about baptism was for remission of sins, unto a new birth, obtaining in water
the forgiving of sins, have the desire to be born again, and have repented of their sins… But even so, he wrote his
own formula to baptize others , but why? That formula didn’t last and was replaced by another formula, and they performed
replacements again and again but why? Then some began to baptize in the name of the Father, and of The Son and of The Holy
Spirit; they even declared …HE THEREFORE THAT MUST BE SAVED SHOULD (CALL ON) THE TRINITY.
Now days, some people repeat that very secure of what they say, I happen to watch a big preacher on a guess speaker for
Evangelist Billy Graham saying in a Ministers’ Conference …“ if you do not preach the Trinity of Matthew
28:19 you are not preaching The Whole Counsel of God… .
We already mention how serious Justin was about baptism, nevertheless, he proclaimed that Socrates and Plato were Christians!
He wrote that he was a friend of the Apostles, that, said to me, that he was well acquainted with the Apostles’ writings
but just like Eusebious the historian, they both wrote nicely about Jesus , even called Him ETERNAL FATHER… but second
God after The First God, The Father; and that knowing the Greek Scriptures writing without comas and italics etc. as this
salutations of Apostle Paul to individuals and churches:
Romans 1:7 …Grace to you and peace from God father of us and Lord Jesus Christ.
1a. Cor. 1:3 Grace be unto you and peace from God father of us and Lord Jesus Christ.
2nd. Cor. 1:2 Grace be unto you and peace from God Father of us and Lord Jesus Christ.
Gal. 3:1 Grace to you and peace from God Father of us and our Lord Jesus Christ.
Ephe. 1:2 Grace to you and peace from God Father of us and our Lord Jesus Christ.
Phil.1:2 Grace unto you and peace from God Father of us and Lord Jesus Christ.
Col. 1:2 Grace unto you and peace from God Father of us and Lord Jesus Christ.
1a. Thess. 1:1 …to the church of … in God Father and Lord Jesus Christ grace to you and peace…
2nd. Thess. 1:2 …in God Father of us and Lord Jesus Christ grace to you and peace from God Father and
Lord Jesus Christ.
1a. Tim. Grace, mercy and peace from God Father and Christ Jesus the Lord of us…
2nd. Tim. 1:2 Grace mercy and peace from God and Christ Jesus the Lord of us.
Tit. 1:4 Grace and peace from God Father and Christ Jesus the Savior of us.
Phile. 3 Grace to you and peace from God Father of us and Lord Jesus Christ.
It is very interesting to notice that in each of this salutations, the word …AND … before the word …Lord…
or …Christ… in the original Greek is the word KAI which means EVEN or ALSO, to make it read: GRACE TO
YOU AND PEACE FROM GOD FATHER OF US EVEN LORD JESUS CHRIST.
This being the case, Paul Wrote about ONE, WHO HE CALLED … “GOD THE FATHER ALSO OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST”.
incredible, yet true it is.
Therefore, Jesus is the One Paul wrote in 2nd. Cor. 6:18 saying from heaven …I be a Father unto you…
. And John in Rev. 21:7 …HE THAT OVERCOMETH SHALL INHERIT ALL THINGS AND I WILL BE HIS GOD AND HE SHALL BE MY SON…;
take notice that this promise is ONLY to the overcomer. The ones that overcome twisted doctrines, half truths doctrines and
the antipathy for sound apostolic doctrine. Then, and only then, one is able to celebrate the Resurrection of our Lord God
Savior just as the Apostles did it acknowledging Him as they did it; resurrected, glorified, exalted to the Highest= ...Christ
in God... ...God in Christ...= ...Almighty God... ....Everlasting Father...!
Well. Justin the Martyr did the change of the Apostolic words for baptism into something else as already has been shown,
but who did change the words of the risen Savior for their own words? That question must be answered, but for years and years
it have been almost the best keep secret in Christendom for ignorance or for convenience but, … nothing can be done
against truth but by truth… Jesus stated that!. May the God of all truth help more and more those who desire no to be
content and satisfied with twisted truth.; Jesus also said that truth shall made believers free, yes, believers free from
the antipathy against full truth.
Gabriel Mendez.
