This document discusses John the Baptist's baptism as described in the Bible. It notes that John was sent by God to baptize with water and that his baptism was meant to reveal Christ to Israel. It argues that rejecting John's baptism would be rejecting God's counsel, and that baptism by immersion in water under proper authority has been a dividing issue between Baptists and other Protestants since the 4th century AD. The document also discusses the causes of persecution against Baptists in the Middle Ages.