Baptism Teaching
Baptism
IN THE NAME OF JESUS
HOW DID THE EARLY CHURCH INTERPRET CHRIST'S COMMAND IN MATTHEW 28:19? ACTS 2:38, 8:16, 10:48, and 19:5 are four Biblical references that answer this question. If the Biblical record is not enough, please examine the findings of the educated, scholars, and historians.
"The formula used was "in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ" or some synonymous phrase." ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RELIGION AND ETHICS (1951), II, 384, 389
"The evidence...suggests that baptism in clearly Christianity was administered, not in the threefold name, but "in the name of Jesus Christ" or "in the name of the Lord Jesus." INTERPRETER'S DICTIONARY OF THE BIBLE (1962), I, 351
"[One could conclude that] the original form of the words was "into the name of Jesus Christ" or "the Lord Jesus." Hastings's DICTIONARY OF THE BIBLE (1898), I, 241
"The New Testament knows only baptism in the name of Jesus." THE NEW SCHAFF-HERZOG ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE (1957), I, 435
"Persons were baptized at first"in the name of Jesus Christ"...or "in the name of the Lord Jesus." Canney's ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RELIGIONS (1970), PG. 53
IS IT AN ABSOLUTE NECESSITY THAT THE NAME OF JESUS BE SPOKEN WHEN A CANDIDATE FOR WATER BAPTISM IS BEING BAPTIZED?
For the answer to this question, please read Acts 15:17 and James 2:7 [Greek Interlinear]. First Century Christians INVOKED OR CALLED the name of Jesus over believers in water baptism. If, as some say, "the name of Jesus means the authority of Jesus", then so much more should the NAME, rather than titles, be called over an individual in baptism. Read Matthew 28:18, Acts 4:12 and Colossians 2:9. Jude 1:3 is an exhortation to "CONTEND FOR THE FAITH ONCE DELIVERED TO THE SAINTS." See Galatians 1:8-9 also. Should anyone dare to change what CHRIST and the Apostles established?
Baptism
IN THE NAME OF JESUS
HOW DID THE EARLY CHURCH INTERPRET CHRIST'S COMMAND IN MATTHEW 28:19? ACTS 2:38, 8:16, 10:48, and 19:5 are four Biblical references that answer this question. If the Biblical record is not enough, please examine the findings of the educated, scholars, and historians.
"The formula used was "in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ" or some synonymous phrase." ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RELIGION AND ETHICS (1951), II, 384, 389
"The evidence...suggests that baptism in clearly Christianity was administered, not in the threefold name, but "in the name of Jesus Christ" or "in the name of the Lord Jesus." INTERPRETER'S DICTIONARY OF THE BIBLE (1962), I, 351
"[One could conclude that] the original form of the words was "into the name of Jesus Christ" or "the Lord Jesus." Hastings's DICTIONARY OF THE BIBLE (1898), I, 241
"The New Testament knows only baptism in the name of Jesus." THE NEW SCHAFF-HERZOG ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE (1957), I, 435
"Persons were baptized at first"in the name of Jesus Christ"...or "in the name of the Lord Jesus." Canney's ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RELIGIONS (1970), PG. 53
IS IT AN ABSOLUTE NECESSITY THAT THE NAME OF JESUS BE SPOKEN WHEN A CANDIDATE FOR WATER BAPTISM IS BEING BAPTIZED?
For the answer to this question, please read Acts 15:17 and James 2:7 [Greek Interlinear]. First Century Christians INVOKED OR CALLED the name of Jesus over believers in water baptism. If, as some say, "the name of Jesus means the authority of Jesus", then so much more should the NAME, rather than titles, be called over an individual in baptism. Read Matthew 28:18, Acts 4:12 and Colossians 2:9. Jude 1:3 is an exhortation to "CONTEND FOR THE FAITH ONCE DELIVERED TO THE SAINTS." See Galatians 1:8-9 also. Should anyone dare to change what CHRIST and the Apostles established?