born of water

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Originally Posted by mfblume

To go in the name of the Lord in the Old Testament, as when David did not go against Goliath with sword or spear but in the name of the Lord, or Asa did not defeat the monstrous Ethiopian army with his own army but in the name of the Lord, is to believe God for His power that is greater than anything to deliver us!

So, baptism in the name of Jesus not only recognizes JESUS IS THAT ONE LORD GOD of the Old Testament, but that His POWER is what we are calling upon by actually speaking His name, to overcome this huge monster of sin and REMIT IT! But it's not merely calling the name, for the sons of Sceva did that and got no where in casting out devils. But it is speaking the name at the same time we TRUST in God's GREATER POWER to remit sins when our own works could not scratch the surface of sin!

I think we need to keep that in mind as well!

It is seeing God's power actually work in baptism, making it far from a mere outward sign of an inward work.

So if we say "I baptize you in the name of the Lord", is that OK? It worked for David, huh?