God's ONE Baptism For His Body!
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My perspective (if I'm wrong, I apologize, but, also, clarify it for me, and show me a better way):
If we (our inner person) were "in the flesh", we would be "mastered by sin", but, because we are "in Christ", we share in His crucifixion death and resurrection, and we are "one Spirit with Him" Who has "become a life-giving spirit", so we are "in the spirit".
Romans 7
24What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? 25Thanks be to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord!
So then, with my mind I serve the law of God, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
Romans 8
10If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is alive because of righteousness.
If we (our inner person) were "in the flesh", we would be "mastered by sin", but, because we are "in Christ", we share in His crucifixion death and resurrection, and we are "one Spirit with Him" Who has "become a life-giving spirit", so we are "in the spirit".
Romans 7
24What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? 25Thanks be to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord!
So then, with my mind I serve the law of God, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
Romans 8
10If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is alive because of righteousness.
Typical. Acts 2:38-47 says nothing of being baptized into the body of Christ.
You second example? Says nothing of water baptism either.
Galatians 3:26-29
26 So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, 27 for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
I asked for a verse and you cannot provide one.
Galatians 3:26-27
You second example? Says nothing of water baptism either.
Galatians 3:26-29
26 So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, 27 for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
I asked for a verse and you cannot provide one.
Galatians 3:26-27
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Do we need to know the mechanics of it, or just the fact it happens?
Romans 8-9
- Matthew 3:11: "He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit"
- Mark 1:8: "He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit"
- Luke 3:16: "He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit"
Romans 8-9
If we (our inner persons) were "in the flesh", we would be "mastered by sin", but, because the "husband" (the flesh) died (Ro 7), we (our inner persons) were free to "marry" another, Christ, so we share in His crucifixion death and resurrection, and we are "one Spirit with Him" Who has "become a life-giving spirit", so we are "in the spirit".
Romans 7
24What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? 25Thanks be to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with my mind I serve the law of God, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
Romans 8
10If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is alive because of righteousness.
Cornelius is not a good example. Acts 2 and 10 were unique instances where the Spirit fell unilaterally without the laying on ofvthe apostle's hands, and in both cases it was to validate what was occurring, and in both cases, the church began, 1st in Jerusalem and then in Caesarea amongst the Gentiles.
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I mean, on one hand, it seems important, as a doctrinal issue, to define what the Bible is teaching, but, practically, since Protestants practice it anyway, it's a little less important than, say, whether believing in Christ's death and resurrection is a salvific issue. At least I think.
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