Bible Discussion Thread

The correct way to baptize is clearly written in Matthew 28 19. In the name of the Father, The Son, ant the Holy Spirit. Their is one God and this One God is divided in 3. Since the Father, Son and Holy Spirit is one, that explains the "NAME " part of the scripture. We are to mention all three because we take the example of when Jesus himself was baptized.He was the Son, the Holy Spirit descended on him, and God spoke over him. This includes all three. Many people say we must baptize in Jesus name, which is wrong. They refer to the scripture in Acts 2 38 that says to Repent and be Baptized in The Name Of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins. But many don 't know that the word "baptism " or "Baptize " is used 3 different ways in the new testament. In Acts 2 38, the word "baptize " is referring to the baptism into the Body of Christ also found in 1st Cor. 12 13 by accepting God 's gift of salvation by Faith Ephesians 2 8 , Confessing that Jesus is Lord, and believing that God raised him from the dead Rom. 10 9 . Other verses saying that they baptized the name of Jesus did not mean literally baptizing in the Name of Jesus. Since the disciples were preaching the Name of Jesus, they used this phrase which meant "In authority of " because all authority was given to Jesus Matthew 28 18 , and Jesus ' command was to baptize in The Name of the Father, The Son, and the Holy Spirit.