WATER BAPTISM
IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST
NEVER was anybody in
the entire pages of the Bible, was ever baptized in the TITLES of Father, Son
and Holy Ghost. Look
up for it, and you’ll never find one. Jesus never said to baptize in the
NAMES, but in the N-A-M-E,
singular. It takes a revelation from God to know this commandment.
JESUS taught that "REPENTANCE and REMISSION of sins should be preached IN
HIS NAME,
beginning at Jerusalem, to the uttermost parts of the world" (Luke
24:47)."He that believeth and is BAPTIZED shall be saved" (Mark
16:16).
The apostles knew what most religious leaders today failed to recognize. First:
that the NAME
of the Lord Jesus Christ is the FAMILY NAME
of all Christians both in heaven and on earth (Read Eph.3:15). And that there is
NO OTHER NAME
under heaven whereby we must be SAVED only in the Name
of JESUS
(Acts 4:12). Second: that the FULLNESS of the Godhead dwelleth BODILY in CHRIST
(Col. 2:9). And third: that BAPTISM must be performed in the NAME
of the CRUCIFIED (Read 1
Cor. 1:13). The Bible tells us plainly that "Whatever you do in word or in
DEED, do all in the NAME
of the LORD JESUS CHRIST"
(Col. 3:17).
PETER,
having the keys to the Kingdom, obeyed Jesus and said to the JEWS, "REPENT
everyone of you and BE BAPTIZED in the NAME
OF JESUS CHRIST for the
remission of sins" (Acts
2:38) "and you shall
receive the gifts of the Holy Spirit."
PAUL,
the apostle of Jesus Christ,
REBAPTIZED the disciples of
John the Baptist in the same manner saying, "Have ye received the Holy
Ghost SINCE you believed? They said, ‘We know not whether there be any Holy
Ghost.’ Paul said, "How was you baptized?" They said,’ We’ve
been baptized unto John.’ Then said Paul, "John verily baptized with
baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe on HIM that
should come after him, that is ON CHRIST JESUS." WHEN THEY HEARD THIS, they
were baptized in the NAME
of the LORD JESUS"
(Acts 19:1-5).
PETER AND JOHN did
the same to the SAMARITANS as well," And he commanded them to be BAPTIZED
in the NAME of the LORD
JESUS" (Acts 8:14-16).
The GENTILES
were also baptized in the same way, in the house of Cornelius (Acts 10:46-48),
"For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnified God. Then answered
PETER, "Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which
have received the Holy Ghost as well as we? AND HE COMMANDED them to be BAPTIZED
in the NAME of the LORD
JESUS" (NIV). All
persons in the Bible: Jew, Gentiles and Samaritans, were ALL baptized in the
NAME of JESUS CHRIST.
WHAT ABOUT MATTHEWS
28:19?
The above Scriptures are not given to refute Matthew 28:19 where Jesus told the
apostles to baptize in the NAME of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy
Ghost. They merely show HOW
the command was interpreted
and obeyed by the disciples in the entire Bible.
THREE TITLES TO ONLY
ONE NAME
The apostles understood that it was not a LITERAL command, just as when Jesus
said, "Except you eat My flesh and drink my blood, you have no life in
you," would make cannibals and vampires out of us, if it be followed
LITERALLY. It was revealed unto them WHO really was the Father, the Son and the
Holy Ghost, and what the NAME really was.
Father, Son and Holy Ghost are
THREE TITLES.
Yet there is only ONE NAME.
It was revealed unto the apostles that salvation alone goes in the NAME
of JESUS CHRIST (Acts
4:12). The Bible teaches that there is NO salvation in any other name, title or
places, ONLY in the NAME of
JESUS CHRIST (Acts 4:12).
Yet He is the "Rose of Sharon", "Lily of the Valley",
"Morning Star", "Alpha and Omega" - HE IS ALL THESE THINGS,
yet there’s NO SALVATION in any of these titles; ONLY
IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST.
God has so many TITLES:
"Our Righteousness", "Our Peace", "Ever-Present",
"Our Father", "Our King", "Prince of Peace",
"Son", and "Holy Ghost". BUT He has ONLY
ONE HUMAN NAME, and that
NAME is JESUS
- by which Name every knee shall bow and every tongue shall confess that He is
King of kings and Lord of lords.
Everyone that is BAPTIZED with the TITLES of Father, Son and Holy Ghost is
baptized in NO NAME AT ALL.
They are TITLES
like Minister, Reverend, Doctor, whatevermore, Father, Son, Daughter, Wife - TITLES.
You may say it does not make a difference. Then put your TITLE on your check and
not your NAME, and try whether the BANK would encash it - say, "I sign this
check in the name of the Husband"... That just make sense as it would to
disbelieve God’s Word when the revelation is laying right here before your
eyes. That NAME
is also the Password to heaven.
WERE ST. PETER AND ST.
PAUL WRONG?
Both St. Peter and St. Paul BAPTIZED in the NAME
of the LORD JESUS CHRIST all
throughout the Bible. Were they misled? NEVER. For Peter holds the KEY to the
Kingdom that, "Whatever he binds on earth shall be bound in heaven";
and Paul proclaimed that "though WE (that includes preachers, priests,
evangelists, pastors) or an ANGEL from heaven preach any other gospel THAN THAT
WHICH WE HAVE ALREADY PREACHED unto you, LET HIM BE ACCURSED" (Galatians
1:8). See?
They knew that JESUS CAME
in the FATHER’S NAME:
"I am come in My Father’s Name, and ye receive Me not" (John 5:43).
And they also knew that the Holy Ghost was the SPIRIT
of JESUS CHRIST that would
come in His Name (John 14:26).
DO NOT BE DECEIVED
by false doctrines and man-made creeds. Do not let any church theology bind you
from this true revelation. If you have not been baptized in the NAME
of the LORD JESUS CHRIST,
YOUR BAPTISM IS WRONG. You
have to be REBAPTIZED AGAIN
in order for you to receive the Spirit of God.
Acts 2:38
plainly states to, "REPENT,
everyone of you, and BE BAPTIZED in the NAME of JESUS CHRIST
for (What?) the REMISSION
OF SINS - (You are still in
your sins if you are not baptized in the NAME of the LORD JESUS CHRIST for no
other Name is given whereby we must be saved) - "and you shall receive the
gifts of the Holy Spirit".
And the word "BAPTIZE" (Greek Word "Baptizo") means to IMMERSE.
For the first thirteen hundred years from the death of Christ, baptism was
always performed by IMMERSION
of the person UNDER WATER.
"And they went both down INTO the WATER, both Philip and the Eunuch; and he
baptized him" (Acts 8:39). "John also was baptizing at Aeneon because
there was MUCH WATER there" (John 3:23). "They came up OUT OF THE
WATER" (Acts 8:39).
GOD IS CALLING ON YOU
TODAY, SINCERE CHRISTIAN,
to be restored back to the original faith that was once delivered to the saints;
as Romans 8:30 says, "Whom He did predestinate, them He also CALLED: and
whom He called, then He also justified: and whom He justified, them He also
glorified." If you are God’s predestinated seed, you will recognize this
Message to be the Truth. And you will not wait long until you are baptized in
the NAME of the LORD JESUS
CHRIST. Get right with God
now. "Obedience is better than sacrifice" (1 Samuel 15:22).
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***HISTORICAL
FACTS AND RECORDS***
BRITANNICA ENCYCLOPEDIA
- "Everywhere in the oldest sources, it states that baptism took place in
the Name of Jesus Christ." (11th Edition/Vol.3/p.82)
CANNY ENCYCLOPEDIA OF
RELIGION - "The Early
Church always baptized in the Name of the Lord Jesus until the development of
the Trinity Doctrine in the 3rd Century." (Pp. 53).
HASTINGS ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RELIGION> - "Christian Baptism was administered
using the words "In the Name of Jesus". The use of a Trinity formula
of any sort was not suggested in the early church history. Baptism was always in
the Name of the Lord Jesus until the time of Justin Maryr when triune formula
was used." (Volume 2/PP. 377-378.)
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