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Originally Posted by BroParish
One of my favorite passages of believer's baptism is right here in Acts chapter 8, regarding the Ethiopian eunuch...
29 "Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.
30 And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
31 And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.
32 The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:
33 In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.
34 And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?
35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.
36 And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?
37 And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
38 And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him."
So thanks to our beloved King James Bible, there is the clear doctrine on believer's baptism, like a diamond in the dust. I like the way verse 37 demonstrates the simple plan for this important ordinance which is reserved for all believers. This is why I was baptized after I was saved, even though I was not baptized in a Baptist church, and I was actually baptized long before I ever became a Baptist.
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this is clearly John's Baptism. you will notice a few things though this man is a Gentile he is a convert to Judaism hence why he is reading the OT.
1) Philip never mentions the death Burial and resurrection of Christ for the forgiveness of sins. it only says he preached to him Jesus. you would have to do a lot of assumption to make this the gospel of Grace. but if you will notice what they were preaching and teaching about Jesus from Acts 2-7 you will see that it is that he is their Messiah and King whom they had killed. Philip was teaching the kingdom gospel as he had before with Peter and the rest who had to go to Samaria to lay hands on the converts there to show they were submitting to Jerusalem for their religious authority and not that of Samaria when the kingdom was divided. this is God reuniting the Kingdoms of Israel and Judea.
2) The eunuch never believes on the finished work of Christ for the forgiveness of sins. Only that he is the Son of God.
3) He is not a believer in the Gospel of Grace as you or I are so this is not our believers baptism. this is the believers Baptism as that of John the Baptist those who believed the Kingdom Gospel in that sense only is it believers baptism but not church age believers baptism
The gospel of Grace is not revealed yet it will be in Chapter nine to Paul. again you read into the scripture things that are not there.