One Baptism

The one baptism is Spirit baptism of which water baptism symbolizes.

It's very simple. Look back at the original of NT baptism. John was baptizing in the Jordan River. The baptism of John is no different than the one described in Acts 2:38 except the later was n the name of Jesus Christ or in other words, by his authority, and for the remission of sins, to receive the gift of the Holy Ghost, and to be added to the body of Christ which is his church. The Ethiopian eunuch was baptized in water. More can be said, but this is sufficient. Why would you NOT think it was immersion in water? If it's something other, it's so stated in the respective texts.

so we ignore the fact John said as he was baptizing that the one who comes after him will baptize with the HS and fire (insinuating that that would be a more important baptism that his)

as for acts 2: 38, it does not say what you think, it is a poor translation. you need to study it some more. Peter said be baptised on the account you recieved remmission of sin based on the fact you repented and recieved the HS. not in order to get it.

Jesus tells us in John 3 how to be born again, He did not mention baptism once. God is not an author of confusion

Conflation

You are not understanding John's statement. I recently posted a clear explanation of what his statement meant and who it pertained to due to the current day misunderstanding of it and related scriptures involving spiritual gifts or manifestations of the Spirit. I'll repost here for your review and edification.


REPOST

Start with Luke 3:16 and Luke 24:47-49 both restated in Acts 1:4-5. What's it say? One will come that will baptize with the Holy Ghost and with fire, in Luke 3:16, and in Luke 24:47-49, it says repentance and remission of sins should be preached starting at Jerusalem and to tarry there until they received power from on high. And what's Acts 1:4-5,say? It restates both of these.4And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. 5For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.And in Luke 24:47-49, who was this addressed to? Starting in verse 36 of Luke 24, Jesus appears to the APOSTLES and verses 47-49 is his instructions to them, the apostles.

47And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 48And ye are witnesses of these things. 49And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.

Then Acts 1:8 says the following

8But 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 Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth

It's clear that the falling of the Holy Ghost with fire was meant for THE APOSTLE'S as well as the power from on high, and that this occurred as recorded in Acts 2; read it all carefully.

Futher, Acts 10 was also a unique demonstration of the Holy Ghost and unilaterally by the Holy Ghost falling on the Gentiles first and unlike Acts 2 where it fell on the apostles, but also as a sign and validation from on high which there validated it was God's plan to bring the Gentiles into the body of Christ. In that case, it was validation to Peter and company. It fell on the Gentiles prior to baptism but they were then immediately baptized. Why? Because that's how you become part of the Lord's body; you're baptized into Christ as noted in scripture such as Acts 2:38-47 and elsewhere.

The power from on high and the miraculous manifestation of the gifts of the Spirit, not the Spirit itself, but it's gifts as noted in 1 Cor 12:8-10, are manifested by the laying on of the APOSTLE'S hands as noted in Acts 6:6, Acts 8:18 and Acts 19:6, and it was the apostles who performed the miraculous gifts of the Spirit as noted in Acts 5:12 and those that they laid their hands on such as Stephen as recoreded in Acts 6:6.

The scriptures prove themselves.

I understand it completely.

Matt 3: 11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. 12 His winnowing fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor, and gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

John uses a farming term here. a winnowing fan.

The fan (represented by the baptism of the spirit) seperates the children of God (the wheat) from those who are not his children (the chaff)

the wheat will be placed in the barn (heaven)

the chaff will be burned with a fire that shall never be quenched (Hell fire)

so everyone will be baptized by God.. you need to chose. by the spirit or by fire.

I understand it completely.

Matt 3: 11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. 12 His winnowing fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor, and gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

John uses a farming term here. a winnowing fan.

The fan (represented by the baptism of the spirit) seperates the children of God (the wheat) from those who are not his children (the chaff)

the wheat will be placed in the barn (heaven)

the chaff will be burned with a fire that shall never be quenched (Hell fire)

so everyone will be baptized by God.. you need to chose. by the spirit or by fire.

Wayne gave scripture as proof of his argument.

You are not understanding John's statement. I recently posted a clear explanation of what his statement meant and who it pertained to due to the current day misunderstanding of it and related scriptures involving spiritual gifts or manifestations of the Spirit. I'll repost here for your review and edification.


REPOST

Start with Luke 3:16 and Luke 24:47-49 both restated in Acts 1:4-5. What's it say? One will come that will baptize with the Holy Ghost and with fire, in Luke 3:16, and in Luke 24:47-49, it says repentance and remission of sins should be preached starting at Jerusalem and to tarry there until they received power from on high. And what's Acts 1:4-5,say? It restates both of these.4And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. 5For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.And in Luke 24:47-49, who was this addressed to? Starting in verse 36 of Luke 24, Jesus appears to the APOSTLES and verses 47-49 is his instructions to them, the apostles.

47And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 48And ye are witnesses of these things. 49And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.

Then Acts 1:8 says the following

8But 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 Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth

It's clear that the falling of the Holy Ghost with fire was meant for THE APOSTLE'S as well as the power from on high, and that this occurred as recorded in Acts 2; read it all carefully.

Futher, Acts 10 was also a unique demonstration of the Holy Ghost and unilaterally by the Holy Ghost falling on the Gentiles first and unlike Acts 2 where it fell on the apostles, but also as a sign and validation from on high which there validated it was God's plan to bring the Gentiles into the body of Christ. In that case, it was validation to Peter and company. It fell on the Gentiles prior to baptism but they were then immediately baptized. Why? Because that's how you become part of the Lord's body; you're baptized into Christ as noted in scripture such as Acts 2:38-47 and elsewhere.

The power from on high and the miraculous manifestation of the gifts of the Spirit, not the Spirit itself, but it's gifts as noted in 1 Cor 12:8-10, are manifested by the laying on of the APOSTLE'S hands as noted in Acts 6:6, Acts 8:18 and Acts 19:6, and it was the apostles who performed the miraculous gifts of the Spirit as noted in Acts 5:12 and those that they laid their hands on such as Stephen as recoreded in Acts 6:6.

The scriptures prove themselves.

“John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. And all the country of Judea and all Jerusalem were going out to him and were being baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. Now John was clothed with camel’s hair and wore a leather belt around his waist and ate locusts and wild honey. And he preached, saying, “After me comes he who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.””
‭‭Mark‬ ‭1‬:‭4‬-‭8‬ ‭ESV‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/59/mrk.1.4-8.ESV

When John the Baptist told people that Jesus would baptize them with the Holy Spirit was that not true? He isn’t saying this only to Apostles and the House of Cornelius. This is what he was preaching to everyone.

Precious friend, you do realize, of course, That God Actually Has:

Thirteen Bible baptisms { and, some are Not water! }

Amen.

You are not understanding John's statement. I recently posted a clear explanation of what his statement meant and who it pertained to due to the current day misunderstanding of it and related scriptures involving spiritual gifts or manifestations of the Spirit. I'll repost here for your review and edification.


REPOST

Start with Luke 3:16 and Luke 24:47-49 both restated in Acts 1:4-5. What's it say? One will come that will baptize with the Holy Ghost and with fire, in Luke 3:16, and in Luke 24:47-49, it says repentance and remission of sins should be preached starting at Jerusalem and to tarry there until they received power from on high. And what's Acts 1:4-5,say? It restates both of these.4And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. 5For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.And in Luke 24:47-49, who was this addressed to? Starting in verse 36 of Luke 24, Jesus appears to the APOSTLES and verses 47-49 is his instructions to them, the apostles.

47And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 48And ye are witnesses of these things. 49And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.

Then Acts 1:8 says the following

8But 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 Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth

It's clear that the falling of the Holy Ghost with fire was meant for THE APOSTLE'S as well as the power from on high, and that this occurred as recorded in Acts 2; read it all carefully.

Futher, Acts 10 was also a unique demonstration of the Holy Ghost and unilaterally by the Holy Ghost falling on the Gentiles first and unlike Acts 2 where it fell on the apostles, but also as a sign and validation from on high which there validated it was God's plan to bring the Gentiles into the body of Christ. In that case, it was validation to Peter and company. It fell on the Gentiles prior to baptism but they were then immediately baptized. Why? Because that's how you become part of the Lord's body; you're baptized into Christ as noted in scripture such as Acts 2:38-47 and elsewhere.

The power from on high and the miraculous manifestation of the gifts of the Spirit, not the Spirit itself, but it's gifts as noted in 1 Cor 12:8-10, are manifested by the laying on of the APOSTLE'S hands as noted in Acts 6:6, Acts 8:18 and Acts 19:6, and it was the apostles who performed the miraculous gifts of the Spirit as noted in Acts 5:12 and those that they laid their hands on such as Stephen as recoreded in Acts 6:6.

The scriptures prove themselves.

read the rest of my previous comments regarding who John's comments referred to. It referred to the APOSTLES, and it DID happen as recorded in Acts 2.

Luke 24:47 is absolutely a very important verse. We see it translated “repentance and forgiveness of sins”. If you look at the oldest manuscripts of Luke (P75, Sinaiticus, Vaticanus) you will see that the greek word used is eis and not kai. If you translate eis like it is translated in Acts 2:38 you have ”repentance for the forgiveness of sins.” This is the way you will find Luke 24:47 in the ESV. Is this what Jesus told the Apostles to proclaim in his name, “repentance for the forgiveness of sins”? If so, then why do we see baptism for the forgiveness of sins being proclaimed?

I believe this passage gives some insight into this problem.

“And he commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one appointed by God to be judge of the living and the dead. To him all the prophets bear witness that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.””
‭‭Acts‬ ‭10‬:‭42‬-‭43‬ ‭ESV‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/59/act.10.42-43.ESV

Isn’t this Peter remembering what Jesus taught the Apostles in Luke 24:44-49? Since metanoia/repentance means tho think differently or have a change of mind, isn’t repentance for the forgiveness of sins the same as believing and receiving forgiveness of sins?

What about the prophecy in Joel from Acts 2?

“But this is what was uttered through the prophet Joel: “‘And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams; even on my male servants and female servants in those days I will pour out my Spirit, and they shall prophesy. And I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke; the sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the day of the Lord comes, the great and magnificent day. And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.’”
‭‭Acts‬ ‭2‬:‭16‬-‭21‬ ‭ESV‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/59/act.2.16-21.ESV

Who are the sons and daughters, the young men and the old men, the male servants and female servants?

It's a thing.

Eph 3:
2 If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:
3 How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,
4 Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)
5 Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;

►►► Paul Was Not Sent to {water} baptize! Why Not?: ◄◄◄

You eat beans, if you say you eat beans you do not mean you ate corn.. so to say eating beans means you ate corn and beans does not make sense you ate beans no mention of water

in the same token, if your baptized in Christ, it does not mean you were baptized in water. saying you were baptized into water in Christ makes no sense, it says you were baptized into Christ.

Ate and Baptize are both actions verbs, you are doing something or some action is done to you.

If you say you ate beans, you do not add corn, because you did nto say you ate corn

if you say you were baptized into christ. you do not say you were baptized in water, because you did not say water.

you have completely, or conveniently, overlooked the PURPOSE of what Paul was saying. It was not that he was not supposed to baptize anyone, it was his rebuttal of anyone claiming to be superior to someone else simply because "Paul baptized me" He was saying that his main task was to evangelize..... if he was not supposed to baptize, why did he do it?

so we ignore the fact John said as he was baptizing that the one who comes after him will baptize with the HS and fire (insinuating that that would be a more important baptism that his)

as for acts 2: 38, it does not say what you think, it is a poor translation. you need to study it some more. Peter said be baptised on the account you recieved remmission of sin based on the fact you repented and recieved the HS. not in order to get it.

Jesus tells us in John 3 how to be born again, He did not mention baptism once. God is not an author of confusion