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Originally Posted by donfriesen1
If an authorized baptism is the only valid baptism, what does this say of the power of the Word, or the power of the Name? Doesn't saying so add a step in the validation process of baptism which isn't clearly commanded in Scripture? Would adding a step to the validation process be undermining the power of the Name?
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The only valid authorized baptism is when a repentant believer is baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins. I can't find the verse that says "only specially appointed Christians may baptize a person". The church of God doesn't have "clergy" like the world's religions.