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[Mark 1:4 KJV] "John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins."...........John preached water baptism for Israel to be cleansed from sin to enter the earthly kingdom. Believing Israel would be a nation of priests and would have to be clean to become priests. The office of the priesthood demanded the washing of water.......[Exodus 29:4 KJV] "And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shalt wash them with water."........John did not baptize in the name of Jesus.

[John 1:31 KJV] "And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water."............John came to make manifest the Lord Jesus coming to Israel. When John baptized the Lord Jesus, this is when God the Father told Israel Jesus was his Son, and Jesus was made known to Israel.........[Matthew 3:16 KJV] "And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:"
[Matthew 3:17 KJV] "And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."

[Acts 2:38 KJV] "Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost."........Peter preached to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. The name of Christ was to be preached because it was now revealed that salvation was by his name, as can be seen in this verse........[John 20:31 KJV] "But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name."

There were contentions in the Corinthian church over who baptized the members of this church. Peter was baptizing in the name of Christ, and Paul made it clear that he didn't want some to say he baptized in his own name.........[1 Corinthians 1:13 KJV] "Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?"
[1 Corinthians 1:14 KJV] "I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius;"
[1 Corinthians 1:15 KJV] "Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name.".........Paul made it clear he was not sent to baptize..........[1 Corinthians 1:17 KJV] "For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.".........Paul, unlike John the Baptist, was not sent to make known Jesus as their coming messiah. Paul was to sent to preach the gospel of Christ and salvation by the cross.

[Deuteronomy 4:20 KJV] "But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, [even] out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as [ye are] this day.".........When I read this verse Daniel came to mind.

[Daniel 3:17 KJV] "If it be [so], our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver [us] out of thine hand, O king."........The Lord said he delivered Israel from the iron furnace of Egypt and Pharaoh just as Daniel was delivered from the fiery furnace and King Nebuchadnezzar.

[1Timothy 6:10 KJV] "For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows."........This verse doesn't say money is evil, the love of money causes sorrow, and warns of coveting it.

[Matthew 16:21 KJV] "From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.".........Look closely at this verse, Jesus began to show his disciples he must be killed and rise again; he didn't speak of it before this point. So how could he be preaching the cross before here?............[Matthew 4:23 KJV] "And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people."

Jesus didn't reveal his death and resurrection to the apostles until here.........[Luke 24:7 KJV] "Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.".........How could the apostles be preaching the cross here if Jesus didn't tell them about it yet.......[Luke 9:6 KJV] "And they departed, and went through the towns, preaching the gospel, and healing every where."

They weren't preaching the cross in Christ's earthly ministry, but rather, they were preaching the promised millennial kingdom on earth was at hand, not the cross; they were preaching the gospel of the kingdom.

[2Thesalonians 2:13 KJV] "But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:"..............God has not selected individuals to salvation, but rather, he purposed that those who would believe the truth would be the ones chosen for salvation. Those who are damned are the ones who refused to believe the truth.............[2Thesalonians 2:12 KJV] "That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness."
We are called to believe the truth of the gospel for salvation.........[2Thesalonians 2:14 KJV] "Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ."