Let's talk about Baptism.

[UltraCon]

Originally Posted by seekerman

Maybe this point has been brought up before but I haven't seen it if it has.

What does "baptism in Jesus name" mean anyway? Is that teaching that one's salvation hinges on the utterance and performance of another man? WHO'S confession is essential here? The person being baptized or the one doing the baptizing?

Teaching that a preacher, or a priest, must perform some sort of ritual on your behalf or you're not a child of God and not forgiven, is placing that preacher, or priest, and their performance directly between the individual and God. It's teaching that another man's performance must be added to Jesus' finished work in order to 'apply' Jesus to an individual.

This simply isn't true. I challenge anyone to find a single scripture teaching that one's salvation hinges on the baptismal ritual performance of another man. It's not there.

If it didn't matter, Paul wouldn't have rebaptized the disciples of John in Jesus Name.

Because both baptism's were done by immersion in water.

Yes the baptizee must believe on Jesus, OBVIOUSLY. But the Baptizer must also Say in Jesus Name! It matters the name said over you.

Why else did Jesus command THEM to baptize in the name.... It mattered how they baptized the person....