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Thursday, August 11, 2011

Did Paul get baptized in the name of the Lord?


Acts 22:1-18

Paul gets baptized in the name of the Lord. Paul relates how he found out that Jesus Christ is the name of the Lord God Almighty of heaven and earth whom he had persecuted. Paul was baptized in the name of the Lord following his encounter with Jesus Christ (verse 16). Jesus told Paul to leave Jerusalem because they would not believe his story.

Note: The story - God spoke personally to Paul out of heaven and gave Paul his highest and glorious name – Jesus Christ. Paul got baptized in the name of the Lord for remission of sins because he believed on Jesus Christ and the revelation of God.  Paul knew from his traditional Jewish training that God is one Person and only God or an angel speaks out of heaven, no one else.  Therefore, Paul asks God his name and God told Paul his name is Jesus whom thou persecutest; (Acts 9:5, I Corinthians 10:4, Hebrews 1:3, 8, I John 1:1-2, Revelation 1:8).

Question? Why would Paul preach or teach any other way to get baptized if he was personally baptized in the name of the Lord, the only name whereby we are saved ? (Acts 4:12, 22:16, Galatians 1:6-12).  The "Jesus name baptism" is the solid rock, and one of the keys, upon which the church is built and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it (Matthew 16:18-19, Acts 2:38).

There is no record of anyone getting baptized in God's titles - the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost (Matthew 28:19). Baptisms in the New Testament were always in the name of the Lord (Acts 22:16), in the name of Jesus Christ (Acts 2:38), or the name of the Lord Jesus (Acts 19:5). All water baptisms by the apostles were in the name of Jesus Christ in some form. Paul and the apostles always preached the same thing about baptism.  God's name remits sin by the blood of Jesus Christ and is the foundation and the solid rock of our salvation. There is solid proof that God's name was always used by Paul and the apostles to baptize new converts (Acts 4:12, Romans 6:3-6, Colossians 3:17).

This is an edited excerpt from my book, "Understanding the Trinity, Three Persons vs Three Manifestations".  To order call 1-888-280-7715

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