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Old 09-28-2011, 08:39 PM
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Re: Our Trinitarian Brothers and Sisters in Christ
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Originally Posted by deltaguitar View Post
I have heard my pastor say this and he pastors one of the largest churches in the US. He believes that being baptized in the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost is no different than the Acts 2:38 baptismal formula.

The question was asked in our membership class if they would allow people to be baptized in Jesus name and he stated that FS&HG is being baptized in Jesus name.
technically., it's not. They might believe it, but it's not

As has been said by Trinitarians "in the name of Jesus" refers to authority. Jesus is the name of the person where we get that authority.

It's like my first pastor used to say, if he signed his check "son", it would not get cashed even though he is a son. That's not the authority of the person.
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