As a fitting close to this brief examination of a most important

subject let us place side by side the unity which has already been made by

God Himself, and the corresponding unity which the believer is enjoined to

Ephesians 2:13 -18

Ephesians 4:1 -6

`But now in Christ Jesus ye who

`I therefore, the prisoner of the

sometimes were far off are made

Lord, beseech you that ye walk

nigh by the blood of Christ. For

worthy of the vocation

He is our peace, who hath made

wherewith ye are called, with all

both one, and hath broken down

lowliness and meekness, with

the middle wall of partition

long suffering, forbearing one

between us; having abolished in

another in love; endeavouring to

His flesh the enmity, even the

keep the unity of the Spirit in the

law of commandments contained

bond of peace.  There is one

in ordinances; for to make in

body, and one Spirit, even as ye

Himself of twain one new man,

are called in one hope of your

so making peace; and that He

calling; one Lord, one faith, one

might reconcile both unto God in

baptism, one God and Father of

one body by the cross, having

all, Who is above all, and

slain the enmity thereby: and

through all, and in you all'.

came and preached peace to you

which were afar off, and to them

that were nigh.  For through Him

we both have access by one

Spirit unto the Father'.

To reinforce what has been shown in this examination and honouring the

Berean spirit, and so leaving the final decision with the reader, we subjoin

two ways of `endeavouring to keep the Unity of the Spirit in the bond of

Evangelical members of the Church of England believe in the christening

and baptism of unbelieving infants, and the Prayer Book reads, after the

infant has been sprinkled with water and the service has been completed:

`We receive this child into the congregation of Christ's flock and do

sign him with the sign of the cross ... seeing now dearly beloved

brethren, that this child is regenerate and grafted into the body of

Christ's church ...'.

Evangelical members of the Baptist Denomination believe that baptism

shall be by immersion in water, and only to be administered to those who are

manifestly believers in Christ.

These two companies can meet together on a common platform, engage in

Gospel and Biblical ministry, but in order to `keep the unity of the Spirit

in the bond of peace' say nothing about the deep and vital difference that

exists between them in connection with this very subject of baptism which is

Not Left Undiscussed by the apostle in Ephesians 4.  There Paul introduces a

most disturbing factor `There is One Baptism' knowing all the while that

under Peter's ministry baptism was for the remission of sins (Acts 2:38) and

that during the Acts period there were Two Baptisms, one of water, one of

Spirit (Acts 10:44 -48).  It is utterly impossible to `keep the unity of the