Christ Did Not Send Me to Baptize?

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Originally Posted by Daniel Alicea

One is baptized in Jesus name by the authority and power he gave when he commissioned his apostles in Matthew given to Him by the Father.

There is no evidence that the verbalization of a proper name by a third party or the believer validates or nullifies the baptism.

You cannot provide any examples of a baptism that was performed in this way either ... Yet it's the cornerstone to your salvational doctrine.

Welcome to the party, DA.

Hmmm... baptizing into "the name" doesn't imlply invoking the actual "name"; it refers to "the authority"... blah,blah, blah. Yeah, heard that one before.
I'm not going to run down that rabbit trail with you Daniel, but nice try anyway.

Now sticking to the matter at hand...the issue in question was simply can a person [properly and scripturally] baptize himself by calling Jesus' name and jumping into the water, as Joelel is trying to say.

The answer is simply no.
Or to put another way...These are the 5 examples of people baptizing themselves in the New Testament:

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Since that's a fairly simple matter which really can't be refuted, I think I'll just move along.