Water Baptism-What is in a Name?

I read the website for Revival Fellowship. It sounds like a Oneness Pentecostal cult.

You know nothing.
The many official websites (most assemblies have their own website) do not teach Oneness nor the secretive cut off from the world
cult structure that sects ruled by one dominant person have.
You are writing complete

The Revival Fellowship is trinitarian and we baptize in accordance with Matthew 28:19
Also we are a Pentecostal Fellowship were people come and go as they please.
It is you U.S. Americans that have problems with your whacko christian sects mate, not Australia.

I think I agree if I understand you correctly.

The sinful man is justified by faith, and not by works of any type. However, works flow from a genuine faith, because the saved person has been united with Christ. Due to his union with Christ, he produces good fruit to glorify God.

Christians have all manner of magical incantation, from the sinners prayer to baptismal name dropping, the Lord's prayer, even the ceremony of the church service. It's legalism!
Salvation is believe in you heart and confess with your mouth not sinners prayer or baptism nor being inducted into the church via ceremony of any kind.
that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.
ROMANS 10:9‭-‬10 NASB.
In other words if I and some other poor soul are trudging across the desert and I witness and testify to this fellow and he believes and confesses as stated above, and we both die of exposure and dehydration and starvation having never crossed even a puddle of water to dunk him in. His belief and confession unto salvation is all then he is saved and we will see him in eternity after with my Lord. No magical formula or incantation or ceremony required.

Christians have all manner of magical incantation, from the sinners prayer to baptismal name dropping, the Lord's prayer, even the ceremony of the church service. It's legalism!
Salvation is believe in you heart and confess with your mouth not sinners prayer or baptism nor being inducted into the church via ceremony of any kind.
that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.
ROMANS 10:9‭-‬10 NASB.
In other words if I and some other poor soul are trudging across the desert and I witness and testify to this fellow and he believes and confesses as stated above, and we both die of exposure and dehydration and starvation having never crossed even a puddle of water to dunk him in. His belief and confession unto salvation is all then he is saved and we will see him in eternity after with my Lord. No magical formula or incantation or ceremony required.

Jesus said unto him, "Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise".

Great way of saying it.

Seems like the idea that is being portrayed is that baptism CAUSES the union, rather than DISPLAYING the union.

I think I agree if I understand you correctly.

The sinful man is justified by faith, and not by works of any type. However, works flow from a genuine faith, because the saved person has been united with Christ. Due to his union with Christ, he produces good fruit to glorify God.

Water baptism is the acting on our repentance and the beginning of submission to God's will and commandments.
Union with God is through the baptism of the Holy Spirit which is then maintained through praying in tongues > that is
praying in the Holy Spirit.

I would also recommend Wayne Grudem's Systematic Theology for a very clear explanation of baptism as well.

Water baptism is the acting on our repentance and the beginning of submission to God's will and commandments.
Union with God is through the baptism of the Holy Spirit which is then maintained through praying in tongues > that is
praying in the Holy Spirit.

I recommend the indwelling (if you have) Spirit of truth and the holy scriptures.

caused by this false believe regarding speaking in tongues. Since he couldn't speak in tongues at different times, his theology basically caused him to fret about his relationship with God.

Union with Christ isn't maintained by praying in tongues. Would you show me biblically where you are getting that from?

His explanation has copious references to Scripture, unlike yours.

I recommend the indwelling (if you have) Spirit of truth and the holy scriptures.

That why praying in tongues is also described as praying in the Spirit ...
18 They said to you, “In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.”
19 It is these who cause divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit.
20 But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,
21 keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life.
Jude 1: