Author Topic: MARK 16:16 BAPTIZED AND SAVED (Read 1179 times)

doug · « **on:** May 04, 2019, 10:35:49 am »

Mark 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

16:16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

Jesus was commanding the twelve disciples to go and preach the gospel. Whoever believed and is baptized shall be saved. Whoever will not believe would not be baptized either.

Isaiah 9:7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.

The gospel they were to preach was the gospel of the kingdom. The kingdom is the prophetic Davidic kingdom on earth promised to believing Israel. This is the kingdom spoken of in Isaiah 9:7 above. The saved in Mark 16:16 are those who will be saved to enter the kingdom on earth.

Luke 9:1 Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases.

9:2 And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.
The twelve were to go preaching the kingdom of God; the prophetic Davidic kingdom.

Luke 7:29 And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.

7:30 But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.

Jesus, in the verses above, was speaking to the people of John the Baptist. Those that heard Jesus and were baptized justified God by believing what they heard. Those who were not baptized rejected what they heard God say. They were baptized with the same baptism that John preached and performed.

The Davidic kingdom was interrupted by the dispensation of Grace (Ephesians 3:2) but will be fulfilled in the future. In the millennial reign of Christ, the gospel of the kingdom will once again be preached along with baptism (Matthew 28:19-20).