Monday | 17 November 2025
As partakers of the divine nature, we are to participate in the life and fellowship of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit as sons of God who belong to the bride of Christ. This is what it means to abide in God and to be made complete in Christ. Col 2:9‑10.
Abiding in God is the implication of baptism into the name of the Father, the name of the Son, and the name of the Holy Spirit. Jesus said to the apostles, ‘All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.’ Mat 28:18‑20.
We see that a person is baptised into the Father, Son and Holy Spirit as they are made a disciple and are taught the culture of Yahweh’s fellowship. By definition, a disciple is a learner who walks, or conducts, themselves in a manner that is consistent with that of their teachers. They are established in, and equipped for, their participation in the life of Yahweh’s fellowship by receiving and obeying the word of Christ that is proclaimed by messengers proceeding from the fellowship of a presbytery. 1Jn 1:1‑4. Heb 12:25‑29.
Those in whom God abides, and who then abide in God, are disciples. They are made disciples because messengers baptise them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. They are being taught by these messengers to observe all things that Christ has commanded them. Mat 28:19‑20. We see that baptism is not a sacramental action of immersing a person in water, thereby identifying them as a believer or as a member of a church. Rather, baptism is the process of discipleship.
Further Study:
Matthew 28
References:
Col 2:9-10
For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you are complete in Him, who is the Head of all principality and power.
Mat 28:18-20
And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, ‘All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.’ Amen.
1Jn 1:1-4
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, concerning the Word of life— the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare to you that eternal life which was with the Father and was manifested to us— that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ. And these things we write to you that your joy may be full.
Heb 12:25-29
See that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if they did not escape who refused Him who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from Him who speaks from heaven, whose voice then shook the earth; but now He has promised, saying, ‘Yet once more I shake not only the earth, but also heaven.’ Now this, ‘Yet once more’, indicates the removal of those things that are being shaken, as of things that are made, that the things which cannot be shaken may remain. Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. For our God is a consuming fire.