what is not mandated and you cannot prove biblically that being baptized in water has to be done in Jesus name ONLY.
This idea is new to me. If someone is baptised, they are baptised into God, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit,
because the communion is with God, who is represented by all three. To divide this is to divide the meaning of
communion in our hearts, new birth, walking in righteousness, love ruling everything we do, truth, integrity,
holiness.
I suspect humans suffer from secret knowledge that I know, but you do not, which makes me special and my
group, and we are ok, but you guys are lost, if only you could be with us, feeling. Everything evil is with that
other group over there, but we are safe, loving, and definately got it right.
I wonder if the choice of coat hook is actually random, but the emotional boost one gets by belonging is the
same which proves they have definately got it right. Speak to the flat earthers, and you get it all in one.
I used to go to an open brethren church, and it is easy to absorb this feeling of having it, and doing the special
meetings that convey this sense of belonging.
Other than identifying the problem, members of these groups can take 5 or 10 years to come out of it, and
start to get some balance, so powerful is the effect. But if you begin to see Jesus's love and transcending every
aspect of life, such compromises and stubborness drops away. I only believe this is freedom, because I see my
problems and those of all the groups I belong to, so hopefully I have no delusions of exclusivity and walk in
the light of my weakness and need to follow Jesus in all things. God bless you.