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Originally Posted by OldPathsII
You're calling being identified with Christ through the calling of His precious name a baptism a magic formula? That is so offensive, I'm not even sure how to respond!!! God help you and your profound disrespect to the name that is above all other names, the strong tower in which the righteous run into and are safe, the only name by which there is salvation, the name by which we do everything!!!
No, calling on the name of Jesus is not a magic formula but it is the only name that can be said at baptism which will result in the remission of our sins and thereby prepare us for eternity! Without the name of Jesus called upon at baptism, there is no heaven and only eternal suffering!
Brother, please take back your disrespectful statement! I fear for you!
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That's exactly what I
don't call it
Second bolded statement -- I disagree. We are saved by grace through faith. Your second bolded statement has turned that "precious, glorious, wonderful" name into a magic formula. The words aren't saving you. Jesus is. The entire point of someone being baptized, in a Christian setting, is because of Christ. It's a given that they are being baptized as a disciple of Jesus.
I practice and preach baptism into the name of Jesus. Our candidates profess their faith publicly, in a testimonial-type way. But I don't, not even for a minute, think that saves us.