John 3:5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water
and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
To be born of the water one must be baptized in water for the remission of sins. Without baptism there is no remission! One must also be born of the spirit and that comes with the infilling of the Holy Ghost with the sign and evidence of speaking in tongues as the spirit gives the utterance!
Mark 16: 16 He that believeth
and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
Acts 19:2-6
2He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.
3And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism.
4Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.
5When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
6And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
Paul talking to Johns disciple established that it is not enough to just believe by asking them "have you recieve the holy ghost since you believed" He then questioned thier mode of baptism and and had them baptized in Jesus name, when they were they begin to speak in other tongues as the spirit gave the utterance. They became born of the water and the spirit!
The reason for Jesus name baptism as stated in
Acts 2:38 and not
Matthew 28:19 is a two fold reason..
Acts 4:12 Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved." We are saved by the name! We are not saved by titles of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
Matthew 28:19 even commands that we baptize in the Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost! It teaches us that there is a singular name for the F,S, and HG. That name is found in
Acts 2:38 when they are commanded to be baptized in JESUS name for the remissions of Sin... Jesus the Name of God, The name given to men by which we must be saved!
Even the disciples understood this because not one disciple or apostle ever baptized in the title of F,S, HG. If you read they all baptized in Jesus name.
So is baptism essential to salvation and does it matter how we are baptized. YES, the bible makes it quite clear! We are to be immersed in water in Jesus name for the remission of sins.
Acts 2:38 is the fullfillment of
John 3:5 when Jesus commands that we be born of the water and the spirit because when you follow
Acts 2:38 you get born of the water and the spirit infills you so you become born of the spirit!
Hopes this helps
God Bless
It is time for us Christians, to face up to our responsibility for holiness. Too often we say we are “defeated” by this or that sin. No, we are not defeated; we are simply disobedient. It might be well if we stopped using the terms victory and defeat to describe our progress in holiness. Rather we should use the terms obedience and disobedience.
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