Paul THEN laid hands upon them in order for them to receive the Holy Ghost and they spoke in tongues. (Acts 19:1-6) This is yet another parallel of the requirements contained in the message recorded in Acts 2:38.
This is circular reasoning because you still haven't exegeted
Acts 2:38 to show me that it is referring to
water baptism.
Ananias' instruction to Paul in Acts 22:16 specifically says be baptized and wash away your sin calling upon the name of the Lord.
Again, you have pulled out a verse that you
think involves water baptism to justify your interpretation of
Acts 2:38.
repentance and remission of sin (connected to water baptism
Of course, they are connected, but the passage does not describe or define which comes first or how one affects the other. They are merely associated. This passage does not help or hurt your position.
Peter's exchange with the Gentiles, "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.
(Acts 10:48)
Um...read that again, brother.
““Surely no one can refuse the water for these to be baptized who have received the Holy Spirit just as we did, can he?”” (Acts 10:47)
1. This actually
is a reference to water baptism under the new covenant, so bravo for using a relevant passage for this discussion.
2. They already had received the Holy Spirit before their water baptism. Water baptism comes
after receiving the Holy Spirit.
This is because baptism is a command (
Acts 10:48), and we cannot obey His commandments unless we love Him (
John 14:15), and we cannot love Him unless we are born of God (
1 John 4:7, 5:1)
Kindly, I think I've pointed out enough to throw a wrench in the theology you've proposed. Now I will share what I think you and many Christians have missed... There is another baptism besides water baptism and the baptism of the Holy Spirit:
"By one Spirit we were all baptized into one body,
whether Jews or Greeks,whether slaves or free” (1 Corinthians 12:13)
This is the baptism into Christ, by which we have access to the Holy Spirit because He indwells us when we first believe.
So put simply, here are the three baptisms:
1. (salvation) The Holy Spirit baptized you into Christ
2. (obedience) Water baptism (another believer baptized you to symbolize the baptism that already happened internally (#1))
3. (empowering) Christ baptizes you with the Holy Spirit
Number 2 and 3 sometimes happen simultaneously or in different orders, as we see that from the book of Acts. There's no fixed order for the second and third baptisms.
You (like many) haven't yet seen the distinction between the first two.
The baptism mentioned in Rom 6:3 is not water baptism.
It is also not "the baptism in the Holy Spirit" (Acts 1:6, Acts 2:4).
The baptism that Paul speaks of in Rom 6:3 is the same as he described in Acts 2:38, Gal 3:27 & 1 Cor 12:13, etc, where the believer is baptized IN Christ, BY the Holy Spirit, at the moment of faith=salvation. This is a baptism of YOUR spirit...The Holy Spirit baptized you INTO Jesus. That's how a person is "IN Christ" because they've been baptized into Christ.
Not only are there 3 baptisms. But these 3 are foreshadowed in the OT, pointing towards what would be available for us today. For someone to approach God in His fullness, they would have to offer a sacrifice on the bronze altar (representing the first baptism, which is (technically) symbolic of being baptized in the blood of Christ. Then one would proceed to the bronze laver, to wash with water, which is representative of water baptism and an outward expression of clensing. And finally one would enter the tent where God's Spirit dwelt, which is representative of the baptism of the Holy Spirit.
3 baptisms... of blood, water, and spirit.
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