Acts 22;16.—Arise and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.—Titus 3;5.—Mark 16;16.—1 Pet. 3;21.—1 John 5;6.
70. What is it to be washed with the blood and the spirit of Christ?
It is to receive of God the remission of sins, freely, for the sake of Christ’s blood, which is shed for us by his sacrifice upon the cross (1 John 1;7); and also to be renewed by the Holy Ghost, and sanctified to be members of Christ, so that we may more and more die unto sin, and lead holy and unblamable lives (1 Cor. 6;11).
1 John 1;7.—And the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.—Rev. 1;5.—Eph. 1;7.—1 Pet. 2;24.
1 Cor. 6;11.—But ye are washed; but ye are sanctified; but ye are satisfied in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.—Rom. 6;4, 6.—1 Pet. 2;24.—Rom. 6;11.—Eph. 4;22-24.—Titus 3;5.
*71. Where has Christ promised us that he will certainly wash us by his blood and Spirit, as we are washed with the water of baptism?
In the institution of baptism, which is thus expressed: “Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost” (Matt. 28;19): “he that believeth and is baptized, shall be saved, but he that believeth not shall be damned” (Mark 16;16). This promise is also repeated, where the scripture calls baptism “the washing of
