Going to Jesus

Gospel Tracts

 Select a tract to read:

• Tracts 1-50

  1. How I Received the Holy Ghost 2. Jesus Is Coming Again 3. You Must Be Born Again 4. Stir Up the Gift of God 5. The World’s Most Dreaded Hour 6. What is Salvation? 7. Stand Still in Jordan 9. Grieved Hearts 10. The Second Death 11. The Father and the Son 12. Suffering and the Saints 13. Cancer Conquered 14. The Church? 15. How Shall They Preach, Except They Be Sent? 16. Have You Received the Holy Ghost Since You Believed? 17. Patience 18. Alone With God 19. Tithes and Offerings 20. Prayer 21. The True Sabbath 22. The Besetting Sin 23. The Cry of the Righteous 24. What Will the Harvest Be? 25. Marriage and Divorce 26. Taking the Name of the Lord 27. The Keys of the Kingdom 28. Works 29. Politics and Believers 30. Unequally Yoked in Marriage 31. Coming Out of Babylon 32. The Forgiven Woman 33. The New Earth 34. The Sin of Silence 35. Freedom 36. Gods of the Gentiles 37. Why Some Are Not Healed 38. The Seven Pillars 39. Life, More Abundantly 40. Fear 41. The Comforter’s Testimony 42. This is My Friend 43. Conversion 44. The Time Is Drawing Near? 45. Songs in the Night 46. The Master’s Net 47. Trials are Opportunities 48. Receiving the Messenger 49. Seven Messages to the Seven Pastors 50. Keep Yourself Pure

• Tracts 51-100

  51. The New Birth 52. John the Baptist and Jesus 53. Denying Jesus 54. Bruised Reeds 56. The Wise and the Foolish 57. Holiness 58. Is Jesus God? 59. Christ or Christianity 60. Have Faith In God 61. Worthy to Suffer 63. Four Kinds of Soil 64. Communion 65. The Fullness of Time 66. Baptism 68. No Room 69. Crucified With Christ 70. Homosexuality and the Bible 71. The Kingdom of God 72. The Gospel of Christ 74. Perseverance 75. The Resurrection 76. Salvation 77. Sanctification 78. New Commandments 79. The Sacrifice of Christ 81. The Sound of the Spirit 82. The Wrath of God 84. God’s Compass 85. Perfection 86. The Abomination of Desolation 87. Antichrist 88. The Way of Grace 90. Relationships 91. The Vineyard of God 93. Subdued 94. The Spirit of Christ 95. The Blood of Christ 96. Spirit of a Serpent, Spirit of a Dove 97. Gluttony 98. The Lost Lamb 99. Scripture Burners 100. Bleating and Lowing

 

“In those days, John the Baptizer appeared, preaching in the wilderness of Judea and saying, ‘Repent!  The kingdom of heaven is at hand!’  This is what was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying:  ‘A voice crying in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way of the Lord!  Make His paths straight!”’  This John had clothing of camel hair, and a leather belt around his loins, and his food was locusts and wild honey.  At that time, Jerusalem and all Judea, as well as the whole region around Jordan, were coming out to him and were being baptized in the Jordan by him, confessing their sins.  But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his baptism, he told them, ‘Brood of vipers!  Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?  Produce fruit worthy of repentance, and don’t think to say to yourselves, “We have Abraham as our father.”  I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones!  Even now, the ax is laid at the root of the trees.  Every tree, therefore, not bearing good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire!  I indeed baptize you with water at repentance, but after me comes the one who is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to remove.  He will baptize you with holy Spirit.  His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse what he has threshed and will gather his wheat into the storehouse, but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire!’” (Mt. 3:1–12).

Question #1:  What makes a person a Baptist?

Answer:  The word Baptist means “baptizer”, not “baptized”.  John was called the Baptist because God sent him to baptize others.  Those John baptized were not called Baptists.

Question #2: Who was John, according to the prophet Isaiah?

Answer: John said he was “a voice crying in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way of the Lord,’ as Isaiah the prophet said” (Mt. 3:3; cf. Isa. 40:3).

Question #3:  What did God send John to preach to Israel?

Answer: God sent John to tell the Jews to repent and be baptized because the Messiah would soon appear who would baptize them with the holy Spirit instead of with water (Mt. 3:2; 10a, 11b).

Question #4:  What was the purpose of John’s preaching (which included his baptism)?

Answer: John’s purpose was to introduce Christ to Israel (Jn. 1:31), to prepare the Jews to receive remission of their sins through the baptism Christ would give (Mk. 1:4; Lk. 3:3).  Peter preached the same message to the Jews after Christ baptized him with the Spirit and remitted his sins: “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the holy Ghost!” (Acts 2:38).

Question #5:  Did John baptize everyone who came to him wanting to be baptized?

Answer: No, for “when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his baptism, he told them, ‘Brood of vipers!  Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?’” (Mt. 3:7).

Question #6:  What did John require before he would agree to baptize someone?

Answer: John required repentance of those he baptized (Mt. 3:11a).

Question #7:  If you had lived at John’s time, and a man came to you and said, “I asked John for his baptism, but he would not baptize me,” which of the following would you think?

1. The man had been misjudged and mistreated by John.
2. If John really wanted that man to receive his water baptism, he would have baptized him.
3. John’s baptism, though needed in the beginning, was no longer necessary.
4. That man had not repented.

Obviously, the only right answer is #4.

Now, let us ask the same question, but replace the name “John” with “Jesus”.  The correct answer will again be obvious.

Question #8:  If a man comes to you and says, “I asked Jesus for his baptism of the Spirit, but he did not baptize me,” which of the following do you think?

1. The man had been misjudged and mistreated by Jesus.
2. If Jesus really wanted that man to receive his holy Spirit baptism, he would have baptized him.
3. Jesus’ baptism, though needed in the beginning, was no longer necessary.
4. That man had not repented.

Again, the only right answer is #4.

Jesus is still alive, my dear Reader, and he is still baptizing with the holy Ghost every soul who believes and repents.  May God give us the grace to take advantage of the precious opportunity to receive his baptism and live forever.