1Ceslas Spicq and James D. Ernest, Theological Lexicon of the New Testament (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1994), 568–569.↩

2Since the chart was available as a handout, I am including it at the end of this homily.↩

3Some say AD 251.↩

4Psalm 51:5↩

5Psalm 58:3↩

6Prov. 22:15↩

7Is. 48:8↩

8Psalm 103:17↩

9Psalm 72:4↩

10Isaiah 40:11↩

11Luke 18:15-16↩

12Psalm 22:9↩

13Psalm 147:13↩

14Psalm 78:6↩

15Joel 2:16↩

16Is. 46:3↩

17Gen. 17:1,2,7,10↩

18Acts 7:8↩

19Rom. 4:9↩

20Matt. 3:9↩

21Rom. 4:11↩

22Rom. 2:26↩

23Eph. 2:11-13↩

24Gal. 3:26-29↩

25Eph. 2:19↩

26Rom. 2:28-29↩

27Phil. 3:3↩

28Col. 2:11-12, Amplified Bible.↩

29Gal. 4:1-2↩

301 Cor. 4:2↩

31Prov. 20:7↩

32Deut. 6:6-7↩

33Deut. 31:12↩

34Prov. 14:26↩

35Prov. 20:7↩

36Matt. 18:10,14↩

37Jer. 32:38-39↩

38Jer. 65:23↩

39Is. 40:11↩

40Acts 2:38-39↩

41Acts 16:15↩

42Acts 18:34↩

431 Cor. 1:16↩

441 Cor. 10:2↩

45Numb 8:7↩

46Is. 44:3↩

47Derek Kidner, Genesis: An Introduction and Commentary, vol. 1 of Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries. IVP/Accordance electronic ed. (Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1967), 140.↩

48Geoffrey W. Bromiley, Children of Promise (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans Publishing Co, 1979), 8.↩

49Verse 10 defines these sprinkling ceremonies as Old Testament “washings,” and the literal rendering of washings is “baptisms.”↩

50In John 3:22-24 it is recorded that both John and Christ baptized and that a dispute arose about the other group’s baptisms. Verse 25 continues talking about these baptismal questions saying, “Then there arose a dispute between some of John’s disciples and the Jews about purification [same word as “unclean” in 1 Cor. 7:14 but without the negative]. And they came to John and said to him, ‘Rabbi, He who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified — behold He is baptizing, and all are coming to Him.”↩

51This is why we do not baptize children of parents who are unbelievers. They have not been made “holy” covenantally, therefore they should remain in an unclean state. The child must be made holy and clean.↩

52Donald A. McGavran, The Bridges of God: A Study in the Strategy of Missions (Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 1955), 8.↩

53Jonathan Lewis, ed., World Mission: An Analysis of the World Christian Movement (Portland, OR: CBF Mission Services, 1994), chapter 9, p. 17.↩

54McGavran., 82.↩

55Ibid., 81.↩

56Ibid., 71.↩

57Lewis, ed., 9-16.↩

58Ibid.↩

59Ibid., 9-17.↩

60McGavran., 81.↩