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Originally Posted by Daniel Alicea
Not to be facecious ... TB ... but this is a serious question based on what you have stated:
So the person officiating the baptism recites ... in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost ... while the person being baptized calls out 'in the name of Jesus' the baptism is now valid?
I do understand you point of obedience .... however ... but many wh are baptized in the titles have not heard our message and believe they are being obedient to direct command of Jesus.
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The part I highlighted is what I am responding to, assuming that is the core aspect of my post you are responding to.
I would say 'YES'; a person who calls upon the name of the one who died for them (Jesus) from the waters of baptism has followed their faith into the works of obedience and identification with their savior.
Any one who attempts to imagine all the subtleties that can nullify the spiritual separation from sin's bondage that occurs in the waters of baptism, based on the circumstance of the one facilitating or administering in the act, has an infinite number of latent sources for doubt and unbelief.
Water baptism is a God thing not a priest thing. Priest's can officiate and be a blessing in the operation of their giftings but what transpires is between the one seeking to be baptized in water and the one who died for them.