Christ Did Not Send Me to Baptize?

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Originally Posted by Alter Ego

But Miss B, Paul deemphasized the importance of his role in baptism. He stated that Christ did not call him to baptize, but to preach the Gospel.

The best we can assume is that he had handlers who performed that Christian rite. And that is an assumption, right?

I don't find the emphasis on performing a baptism correctly in any of Paul writings ... nor a clothesline message ... nor a salvific tithing message ...

One would think that if he was writing to new Christians ... saved from paganism .... he'd at least be more emphatic on the ESSENTIALS that some have placed on the Apostolic message.

The argument that some OPs use that he was already addressing the saved sounds tinny when one thinks about the wealth of counsel and advice Paul painstakenly took to instruct the churches under his care.

Contrast that today w/ the messages found at Apostolic conferences, rallies and campmeetings directed at the saved and one has to wonder if Paul was indeed APOSTOLIC ENOUGH. He didn't beat their drum ... that's fo sho!!!