There was a fellow by the name of Kenneth McFarland who was voted Number One Speaker in America by the Chambers of Commerce—an outstanding speaker in Topeka, Kansas. On one occasion, he said his dad died and left four boys for his mother to raise. And he said, at times she would ask them to do something and they would say “Why?” and she’d take the time and tell them. But then there were other times when they’d ask “Why?” and she would say, “Now, son, the Lord put me here to be your mother and He expects me to do the best job I know how and this is the best job I know how, and you’ll do it!” He said that, without any explanation, “We did it!”

Well, God doesn’t have to explain why He’s asking us to do it! It’s none of our business why He asked us to do it! If He just said to do it—do it! That’s the real test of faith. You see, “We walk by faith, not by sight,” 2 Corinthians 5:7. Faith has to do with what is “not seen,” [Hebrews 11:1].

The Lord doesn’t operate like He did back in the days of Gideon when dew was put on that fleece, or there was dew everywhere else and not on the fleece [see Judges, chapter 6:33-40]. No, there’s nothing visible. When a man is baptized, do you see anything that has visibly changed? Do you see Heaven open? Do you see the Book of Life up there? Do you see the writing of that name in the Book of Life? No, you don’t see any of that! Well how do you know? How do you know that when a man is baptized into Christ that his name is written in the Book of Life? How do you know that? The only way you know it is because God said it! That’s all! There’s no visible evidence; it’s just His Word. It’s not always easy just to take that Word!

You see, that Word has always been powerful, whether it be written or spoken. It was that Word that put the stars out there in the sky. It was that Word that brought the planets to be. God just spoke and things came into existence, according to Hebrews 11, verse 3 and following. And it is by that same Word that these planets don’t collide in outer space. Why? Because God just told them not to! Even though the other night you saw five planets in a row (which won’t happen again for what?—another 200 years!), those planets will stay where God told them to stay! In Job 38:8-11, God said to the ocean “hither to shalt thou come, but no further.” Somebody described God’s command to the ocean as being a babe in a crib, and God said to the babe, “You stay in that crib—don’t get out!”So there are a few times the babe slobbers a little bit, but what keeps those oceans from coming out of their cribs? It’s because God said, “You stay there!” You know, through all the ages, the coming and going of the tides, their regularity, it doesn’t matter how much rain falls—maybe we’ve had rain all over the nation—you never hear someone say, “Oh boy, that old Atlantic is really overflowing today!” No! “The Pacific is really up today!” No! Or in times of great drought, when it hasn’t rained—you understand that don’t you?—you know a little bit about drought! [New Mexico was in a time of drought at the time of this sermon]—you never hear someone say, “Look at the ocean!” Now, the Rio Grande might be down a little, but not the ocean! You see? Well, who operates it? God does! He said to do it—He said “You do this…,” and it does! He tells gravity, “You pull down!” and it obeys!

Well, isn’t His written Word just as powerful as His spoken Word? If He said something, then you recognize that what He said is, indeed, powerful! There isn’t anything more powerful than the Word of God. The Bible says it [God’s Word—“the Gospel of Christ”] has the power to save us, Romans 1:16. So let’s recognize that!

So if the Lord, then, lets us know there is one baptism, and He gives us all of the evidence that we need as to which one baptism that one baptism is, then we come to the conclusion that any other than that one must be wrong! Someone might say, “Well, I don’t understand why we can’t sprinkle water instead of immersing.” Well, because God said to do it this way [immersion]! Or, “Why can’t we pour water?” Well, because God said to it this way [immersion]! Why…? I’m not going to ask because I don’t even know why. God just said to do it! Our real test is: Do we really believe it? Will we accept it? Or, will we try to explain it away?

So, when God speaks, even though we might not know why He’s doing it or why He arranged it that way, that really ought to be sufficient! We ought to be willing and ready to accept it and not try to change it in any sense. We have no right to change it! God’s Word is right! He “cannot lie,” Titus 1:2. “It is impossible for God to lie,” Hebrews 6:17 and 18. “Let God be true, but every man a liar,” Romans 3:4. The Bible said, “Hath He said, and shall He not do it? Or hath He spoken, and shall He not make it good?” Numbers 23:19. So, when God speaks, that ought to settle the matter!

If we really want to go to Heaven when we die—if we really mean business—if we really are honest—we’re not trying to do what the whole world has done! With only two exceptions in the history of the human race—we’ve mentioned this, but we need to stress it again because people don’t seem to remember it—God’s people, with only two exceptions, have never been in the majority, from Adam until now! Before sin came, Adam and Eve, God’s people, were in the majority! When the flood came, there was nobody left except Noah and his family. God’s people were in the majority! But with those two exceptions, we—God’s people—have always been in the minority! Now, that means that most people—through all these ages—have been wrong! Most people are not right! So there’s no comfort in following the multitudes. Exodus 23:2 says, don’t “follow a multitude to do evil.” Aren’t we told that many more will be lost than will be saved, Matthew 7:13 and 14?