Proper Authority and Ministering to the People

Proper Authority and Ministering to the People

Baptism is a wonderful expression of love and obedience.  When we are baptized we are partaking in a saving ordinance that is necessary for eternity.  Like it says in the scriptures “No unclean thing can enter into the kingdom of God”.  The following will teach and testify of the true order of baptism as taught by the Apostle Paul.  This is how we can truly follow Jesus Christ.

Study Acts 19:1–12; 20:7–12; and list five priesthood ordinances Paul performed. Answer the following questions in writing:

•             Baptism, with authority, in the name of Jesus Christ

•             Laying on of hand to give the gift of the Holy Ghost

•             Blessings unto the sick

•             Sacrament

•             Raised the Dead

1.            What did Paul do for the Corinthian saints because it hadn’t been done right the first time?

a.            He baptized them with proper authority in the name of Jesus Christ and then gave unto them the Holy Ghost.

2.            How does this help answer the question many nonmembers have about the need of being baptized when they have already been baptized?

a.            The expression of love and willingness to obey one shows is wonderful and I am sure is very pleasing unto God but what I love about these verses is that it teaches that there is specific instruction when being baptized (Mainly; being baptized by one who holds the priesthood authority to do so, being baptized in the name of Jesus Christ and then to receive the Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands).

3.            In what way did Paul bestow the gift of the Holy Ghost?

a.            With authority and by the laying on of hands

4.            On what day of the week did the saints meet to break bread?

a.            On the first day of the week (Acts 20:7)

5.            What evidence is there in John 20:1, 19 for why the Sabbath day was changed?

a.            In John 20: 1 you learn that on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came early… “when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre”

b.            Then in verse 19: “ the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.”