Where In The Bible Will I Find:

The Testimony Of The Water And Blood?

When Jesus was ready to enter upon His public ministry, He was baptized in water, thus fulfilling all righteousness (Matt. 3:15). It was at His baptism that the Father identified Him as "...my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased" (v. 17).

When Christ died on the cross, His blood was shed "for the remission of sins," also water came from His side when pierced by the soldier, thus connecting blood and water. On the evening of His betrayal He established "The Lord's Supper," making the fruit of the vine the emblem of His blood, which was to be, and is now being observed in the church of Christ. Also baptism was ordained by Christ in the divine commission as one of the conditions upon which pardon, remission of sins, could be obtained.

Therefore, in the gospel plan of salvation the water and the blood are so grouped and connected that the benefits of the blood can only be reached by people submitting to water baptism. On our submission to the ordinance of water baptism we enter into Christ, "In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace" (Eph. 1:7).

John, the apostle of love, tells us, "This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spitit is truth. For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one" (I John 5:6-8).

This shows that we have three witnesses on earth to the truth that Jesus is the anointed Son of God. The Holy Spirit bears testimony through the Word of truth; the fruit of the vine in the Lord's Supper, representing the blood of Christ, is also a continual witness to the same truth; while baptism, representing the burial and resurrection of Christ, also bears testimony to Him.

These ordinances would not have been in existence had Christ not been on earth and ordained them. Being connected with the church, these three continue to witness to the great truth that Jesus is the Son of God. "He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son" (I John 5:10).

When we believe the testimony of these witnesses we have the assurance in ourselves, in our own hearts, that He is the Christ, the Son of the living God, our Savior, and the chief Corner Stone of the New and everlasting Covenant. To know God is to love Him, and to love Him is to keep His commandments (John 14:15). God loved us so much that He gave His Son for us, and for this, we should also love one another and love Christ so much that we will give our life in the service to Him.