{"id":3718,"date":"2023-02-10T09:33:07","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T14:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/?p=3718"},"modified":"2023-02-10T09:33:07","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T14:33:07","slug":"why-my-ultimate-cross-reference-treasury-may-seem-so-controversial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/?p=3718","title":{"rendered":"Why my Ultimate Cross Reference Treasury may seem so controversial"},"content":{"rendered":"<fb:like href='https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/?p=3718' send='true' layout='button_count' show_faces='true' width='450' height='65' action='like' colorscheme='light' font='lucida grande'><\/fb:like><p>Some users may have missed the fact that my Bible study resource, <em>The Ultimate Cross Reference Treasury<\/em> (UCRT) is not generic! I have placed solid evidence for each side of a controversial position.<\/p>\n<p>One user complained that I have denied the explicit teaching of Jesus and His apostles regarding the necessity of baptism.<\/p>\n<p>To that I responded today:<\/p>\n<p>The note at Matthew 28:19, key words <strong>baptizing them<\/strong>, contains a lengthy and thorough note derived from Hibbard on the continuing necessity of water baptism.<\/p>\n<p>I do not recall any material in the UCRT that denies the necessity of water baptism in obedience to the continuing command of Christ.<\/p>\n<p>For those who favor the mode of immersion I have presented the strongest arguments I could find, after much research, at Romans 6:4, key word <strong>bury<\/strong>, the most likely text anyone who holds this view would turn to first in its support.<\/p>\n<p>I developed the Topic Number Index (the first 750 topics) from Charles Simmons, <em>A Scripture Manual. Alphabetically and systematically arranged, designed to facilitate the finding of proof texts. <\/em>New York: Dodd, Brick Church Chapel, 1850. 528 pages. On page 45 Simmons gives as Topic 39, Mode of baptism, the (1) Passages referred to by those who immerse; and (2) Passages referred to by those who sprinkle or pour. That is the starting resource from which I developed more cross references and notes on the themes related to the mode of Christian baptism.<\/p>\n<p>As I have stated in introductory materials, I have given more notes and references on some minority views when such information is often harder to come by in currently published resources.<\/p>\n<p>I trust this will help any user of <em>The Ultimate Cross Reference Treasury<\/em> to more clearly see the purpose and value of including materials on each side of significant or controversial issues.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<fb:like href='https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/?p=3718' send='true' layout='button_count' show_faces='true' width='450' height='65' action='like' colorscheme='light' font='lucida grande'><\/fb:like><span class=\"fb_share\"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/?p=3718\" layout=\"box_count\"><\/fb:like><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some users may have missed the fact that my Bible study resource, The Ultimate Cross Reference Treasury (UCRT) is not generic! I have placed solid evidence for each side of a controversial position. One user complained that I have denied &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/?p=3718\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[274,160],"tags":[5559],"class_list":["post-3718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible-study-tools","category-doctrinal-discussions","tag-why-my-ultimate-cross-reference-treasury-may-seem-so-controversial"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3718\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}