Thanks for your thoughts.
1 Cor 12:
13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
Rom 10:
9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Eph 1:
13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
“For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether
we be Jews or Gentiles, whether
we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. “
right this spirit that God ordained to baptize and filled John the Baptist with to baptize people and prepare them for Christ and receiving the gospel themselves …..
“But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife
Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John. And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth. For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and
he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb. And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God. And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Eliajah , to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”
Luke 1:13-17 KJV
What Paul is saying is there is one holy spirit one baptism the one baptism that God sent John the Baptist to do
by the Holy Spirit that filled him from his mothers womb the spirit of Elijah the prophet promosed at the conclusion of the ot
you are acting as if God didn’t send John the baptizer to baptize or that the baptism God established by his holy spirit isnt the right one the same he witnessed in the prophets beforehand
You also can’t answer this question Jesus posed because you read of baptism and think there are different ones one that Gods spirit didn’t ordain and another which isn’t in scripture that is spiritual baptism is the one God established in the gospel it’s the only real baptism there is it’s always been of the holy spirit
“And he answered and said unto them, I will also ask you one thing; and answer me:
The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men?”
Luke 20:3-4 KJV
The answer is it was established by the purpose and Will of God and is witnessed in the prophets along with Christ
“Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.”
Malachi 3:1 KJV
the only difference is that after Jesus ascended he began giving
the gift of the holy spirit to all believers this doesn’t replace baptism for remission of sins
you can receive the Holy Spirit and then are commanded to be baptized in his name for remission of sins in water like the example I showed you
“While Peter yet spake these words,
the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word.
(after that )
Can any man forbid
water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we? And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.”
Acts 10:44, 47-48 KJV
receiving the Holy Spirit isn’t a replacement for baptism into Christs death and resurrection for remission of sins in his name
There’s no reason in scripture to create a second baptism this reference
“I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear:
he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:”
Matthew 3:11 KJV
Is a simple reference to Pentecost when the spirit would be poured out on the flesh of man and women
“
…but
wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.
For
John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. But ye shall receive power,
after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judæa, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.”
Acts 1:4-5, 8
John was foretelling this
“And there appeared unto them
cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And
they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
…But
Peter, standing up with the eleven,
lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judæa, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words: But
this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, And your young men shall see visions, And your old men shall dream dreams: And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:”
Acts 2:3-4, 14, 16-18
That’s what John meant by “ he will baptize you with the Holy Ghost “ it doesn’t change baptism for remission of sins in any way it’s only that now we know
the name we are baptized into who died for our sins in other words
“Know ye not, that
so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?”
Romans 6:3 KJV
receiving the Holy Spirit isn’t about his death for our sins it’s about rebirth through his resurrection afterwards being forgiven and born anew
a ring baptized is about God severing our past sins from existance through death his death in stead of ours all we have to do is
believe this
“For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that
Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;”
1 Corinthians 15:3 KJV
“for this is
my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.”
Matthew 26:28 KJV
“Know ye not, that
so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?”
Romans 6:3 KJV
And then just act like we believe it it’s always going to lead us to act if we hear and believe what’s being said in scriptire
“Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.”
Acts 2:38-39, 41 KJV
To reduce it to basics
“And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and
preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.”
Mark 16:15-16 KJV
Through hearing and belief of the gospel we receive the holy spirit , through herring about baptism we will act in that faith of we believe it but many simply don’t do we try to subtract it from wha to being said it means to us and there’s way more we could learn about baptism but we can’t because we won’t even accept that it’s doctrine the same baptism Jesus partook of is the right baptism the one God established by John filled with his Holy Spirit an ordained from before his north to establish the ministry of baptism for repentance and remission of sins
“John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.”
Mark 1:4 KJV
The baptism that would be in full effect at pentocost which Peter preached in acts three just as John preached just as Phillip performed in acts 8 just as Paul partook of after he received his sight after three days blind , just as Peter
commanded the gentiles in acts chapter 10 who received the spirit by belief
because remission of sins is different than receiving the holy ghost those are two different things one is an act of faith tone who hears this and believes it ll get baptized gladly and with joy because of Jesus promise in it
preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.”
Mark 16:15-16 KJV
faith is to hear and believe the good news like that “
believe the gospel and get baptized and you shall be saved “ said the lord of all things in heaven and earth
Who of they believed this wouldn’t just simply go believing and get baptized ? The one spirit filled John the baotizer sent of God to establish baptism there’s absolutely no reason to not accept baptism Jesus did all his disciples did ll the later converts to the church did l the apostles did the Ethiopian in acts 8 did the gentiles in acts 10 did
the right baptism in Christ is the one he partook of as an example for his followers