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Originally Posted by Michael The Disciple
Unbelievable. Some of you folks do not believe in baptism in Jesus name nor the Oneness of God. Why are you even on this forum period?
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Baptism in Jesus' name?
I think we all believe in that.
We all believe that Jesus authorized His disciples to baptize in
Matthew 28:19 so when we baptize we do so by His delegated authority or "in His name." Some believe the way to baptize in His name/authority is to repeat the words that He spoke to those who would be doing the baptism in His name/authority. What words did He speak in
Matthew 28:19? Some of us may just see this differently than others.
Oneness of God?
Yes, we believe in His oneness. We also believe in His threeness. We do not believe the Bible contradicts itself so we try to reconcile His threeness and His oneness and we come up with differing theories and explanations and arrive at different conclusions. Then we think we have to argue that our own personal understanding is the only right one.
I can't speak for the motives of everyone here but I think we all love the Lord and have a desire to serve Him. We just honestly do not see eye to eye on some of these issues from an intellectual standpoint.