WHY?

Nowadays every person is their own denomination

True.
John 10:34 KJV
Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?

If its "mere speculation" why are you not able to post even one verse from any bible that states that Peter and those in the upper room were water baptized on the "day of Pentecost'?

Its because its easy to innsinuate....., but its not so easy to prove what you can't prove, mustaphadrink.

'being baptised for the remission of sins'. ...

Dont take this verse all on its lonesome.

Compare it with vast amounts of scripture with no baptism in them, that are about receiving eternal life. As I've posted before.. have a look at most of the book of John...

It is about assuring believers have eternal life, and most verses in John about eternal life,

Have. No. Water. Baptism.

But back to being baptised for the remission of sins. The Greek term behind 'for' is 'eis'... 'eis'... Like... Because of... In regards to... In reference to.

Being baptised in water by immersion because of already having been given eternal life.

Last.. baptism is a work . Works before getting saved do nothing to get it. We are dead in sin before regeneration so any work before being saved is just making the dead in sin look nice.. still dead.

Where does your that disagree with Scripture? And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.”

When I posted this article, I knew that one thing was going to happen for sure. There would be plenty of people who would say that baptism in water is irrelevant. All sorts of interpretations would be put forward to show why water baptism is irrelevant.

When I am doing exegesis of scripture i tend to start at the beginning and work my way forward from there.

On the day of Pentecost, which was the first day of the New Testament Church, Peter made it very clear what had to happen. Repent and be baptized. They were the first people to become part of the New Testament Church.

if that was the requirement to become a member of the Kingdom of God, and I don't see anywhere where the scripture says you can dispense with the baptism bit, then today it is still repent and be baptised. To do otherwise is to do half measures which by the way the present-day church is very good at.

Yes, they are. Also note that according to the book of Hebrews, baptizm is compared tl circumcision, which was done to converts when converted but children of the house at 8 days old.

I...But what the Apostles practiced offer a greater insight. And even when Peter became over zealous and carried out a water baptism (Act 10:47) ....he corrected himself (Act 11:16).
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Actually there is not a problem with Matthew 28:19. It is not a stand alone scripture contradicting other scriptures relevant to water baptism. Jesus' commanded water baptism "IN THE NAME OF..." The singular name is JESUS as revealed by the acts of the apostles. The Apostles understood Jesus' command and obeyed Him.

That won't tell you much because not everyone uses that word.

they were told to get baptized BECAUSE they had RECIEVED remission of sin.

Peter only told those who0 repented and recieved the spirit to be baptized. If you studied more, you might see this

Your OP is a fine example of WHY. Everyone wants to replace salvation by faith with salvation by ritual.

The apostles understood Jesus' command and obeyed Him by baptizing in the name of Jesus.

Is God stupid?

I ask because everyone who preaches this "only baptism in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ is valid" doctrine has to believe God to be a complete retard.

So you mean to tell me that someone who reads Matthew's Gospel and gets baptized in the name of the Father, The Son and the Holy Ghost is actually NOT baptized properly? God is too dumb to figure out, who is the SON there?

You make the case that you can't make a doctrine out of one verse, well, the book of Acts is not exact either, is it Jesus or Lord Jesus or Christ Jesus or Jesus Christ? What name?

I could easily make a counter argument and say: The book of Acts is a historical book and uses an abbreviation of the baptismal formula. As we know from the didache the early church DID baptize in the name of the Father/Son/Holy Ghost and have been doing so throughout centuries.

I am making the point that "name" does not mean JOHN DOE necessarily, name means in the authority of something. For example "stop in the name of the law", no one is going to wonder what NAME law has, what is law's name? is it Ryan? You have to ask the officer that.

All this to say, don't fall for this cultic interpretation and know that God is not an idiot, if you were baptized according to Father/Son/Holy Ghost baptism your baptism is VALID. If you were baptized according to Jesus' name baptism your baptism is VALID. Both are in the Bible and God knows the intention and God sees you OBEYED from your heart that which you saw in the Scriptures

Is I recall, the RCC practice was begun due to fear a baby would die lost if baptism was not administered. However, they did not take into account that the New Testament baptism command had to be preceded by belief in Jesus being the Son of God as evidenced by His death, burial and resurrection. A baby does not have the mental capacity to do that. Also, there is an age of accountability that assures the command does not apply to infants or young children.

When Jesus ascended back to Glory (Heaven) He called Paul personally, saying "He is a chosen vessel"..... for the "time of the Gentiles".
We are in the "time of the Gentiles". Paul is the "apostle TO the Gentiles".
Paul wrote most of the NT epistles and all the doctrine for the "body of Christ". (The Church)
Jesus is our Savior, and Lord.
Paul is the apostle who gave us. "The Gospel of the Grace of God", which came from Jesus to Paul.

Paul is the only apostle who told you this.

"be a follower of ME, as i follow Christ".

Pauline Theology is THE Theology for the Born again.

Since there are no contradictions in Scripture we must assume that "in the name of Jesus" is equivalent to "in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit" (possibly an abbreviation). The historical record shows that it is the words of Christ which were used when early Christians were baptized.

Show age of accountability in scripture in any way.
I can show you that infants were circumcised and baptism is the new circumcision which occured at 8 days old. And i can show you several households that were baptised. And i cam show you, "suffer the little children to come unto me, for such as these are the kingdom of Heaven." And ," unless you co.e to me as one of these little children you may no other wise enter into the Kingdom of Heaven".
An infant live totally by faith. There is no other way for them. They cant fend for themselves.
I can also show you John who lept in his mother's womb at the nearness of the yet unborn Christ. Showing that infants even unborn yet are aware, and display faith.

And the papist fear and thus created infant baptism is a myth. Bother to read Polycarp disciple of John baltized as an infant at the behest of John.

Where there is no clear cut evidence of scribal addition (forgeries) in the Word of God …the reliance of historical writings is considered ….but the final authority has got to be the Word of God. Not with assumptions to enhance ones’ personal belief … that burdens us with something that God strictly forbids for obvious reasons…. as is evident by the multiple denominations that have asserted their private interpretation.

As I stated in the previous post #117, Eusebius 260-340 A.D, the Bishop of Caesarea, who is called the father of Church History due to his extensive writings on the subject…. quoted Matt_28:19 as in my name” 17 times. Eusebius is one I lend more credence to…. as he is not rendering a personal opinion as much as quoting what was before him…. But again, the final authority has got to be the Word of God. Opinions are a dime a dozen as noted in the link below that I found …although there is some validity to a few of them …but opinions none the less.

Link → Matthew 28:19 views



The book of Mark also offers a little insight shortly before Jesus was taken up.

Mar 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

Mar 16:16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

Mar 16:17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;

Are the words…. Father Son and holy spirit implied in baptism …. I don’t know…. But for me to assume that…. is way beyond my spiritual pay grade.

The following scripture points to the age of accountability. Those 20 and up had the capacity but chose not to trust God.

"Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me,
Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised." Num 14:29-31


Roman Catholic excerpts concerning damnation of infants not baptized:

St. Augustine declared: ‘Let no one promise infants who have not been baptized a sort of middle place of happiness between damnation and Heaven, for this is what the Pelagian heresy promised them’ (The Soul and Its Origin, Patrologiae Latinae, Migne, 44:475). St. Augusitine and many early fathers held that unbaptized infants go to Hell (the doctrine of limbo will be discussed further down). Thus, the Ecumenical Council of Florence declared: “The souls of those who die in actual mortal sin, or only in Original Sin, immediately descend into Hell” (Denz. 693). This is also the explicit teaching of the Council of Lyons II (Denz. 464).

“Anyone who would say that even infants who pass from this life without participation in the Sacrament of Baptism shall be made alive in Christ goes counter to the preaching of the Apostle and condemns the whole Church, because it is believed without doubt that there is no other way at all in which they can be made alive in Christ’ (St. Augustine, Epistle to Jerome , Journel: 166).

“...I thank Thee for having preserved our existence and allowed us to be born alive to receive Holy Baptism. If we had died before being delivered from Original Sin by the grace of Holy Baptism, which has been the misfortune of many souls, we would never have seen Thy divine face, and we would have been deprived of Thy holy love forever. May the angels and saints bless Thee forever for this most special favor Thou hast accorded us!” — St. John Eudes

The following scripture points to the age of accountability. Those 20 and up had the capacity but chose not to trust God.

"Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me,
Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised." Num 14:29-31


Roman Catholic excerpts concerning damnation of infants not baptized:

St. Augustine declared: ‘Let no one promise infants who have not been baptized a sort of middle place of happiness between damnation and Heaven, for this is what the Pelagian heresy promised them’ (The Soul and Its Origin, Patrologiae Latinae, Migne, 44:475). St. Augusitine and many early fathers held that unbaptized infants go to Hell (the doctrine of limbo will be discussed further down). Thus, the Ecumenical Council of Florence declared: “The souls of those who die in actual mortal sin, or only in Original Sin, immediately descend into Hell” (Denz. 693). This is also the explicit teaching of the Council of Lyons II (Denz. 464).

“Anyone who would say that even infants who pass from this life without participation in the Sacrament of Baptism shall be made alive in Christ goes counter to the preaching of the Apostle and condemns the whole Church, because it is believed without doubt that there is no other way at all in which they can be made alive in Christ’ (St. Augustine, Epistle to Jerome , Journel: 166).

“...I thank Thee for having preserved our existence and allowed us to be born alive to receive Holy Baptism. If we had died before being delivered from Original Sin by the grace of Holy Baptism, which has been the misfortune of many souls, we would never have seen Thy divine face, and we would have been deprived of Thy holy love forever. May the angels and saints bless Thee forever for this most special favor Thou hast accorded us!” — St. John Eudes