Featured Baptists disagree on the meaning of baptism in . . .

What Baptists?

 

Buried, by a figure, Picturing What Jesus Did of us when He was Buried and Rose again.

This a figurative usage of the word, 'baptized' to indicate the believer Agrees Jesus Died for them.

My paraphrase, as to 'How 1 Corinthians 12:13 should be 'read':

13 For by one Spirit are we (Believers in Corinth Supernaturally Enabled and Guided to follow the Lord's Example and Command are)

all

(Led to be water) baptized into one body (There is one (Kind of local, assembling, congregated, Divinely Organized) body), whether we be Jews or Greeks {Gentiles}, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink (in Salvation) into one Spirit.

(We believers at Corinth have been Saved by The Same Spirit,
so we can BE LED TO ASSEMBLE, TOGETHER, BY The Same Holy Spirit )

Again: For by one Spirit are we (Believers in Corinth Supernaturally Enabled and Guided to follow the Lord's Example and Command are) all (Led to be water) baptized into one body (There is one (Kind of local, assembling, congregated, Divinely Organized) body), whether we be Jews or Greeks {Gentiles}, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink ( in Salvation) into one Spirit.

My paraphrase, as to 'How Ephesians 4:4-6 should be 'read':

4There is one (Kind of local, assembling, congregated, Divinely Organized) body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;

5One Lord, one faith, one baptism (water),

6One God and Father of all, Who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

Romans 6:3 figurative
and Ephesians 4:6 water baptism; one baptism.

The Holy Spirit has never Immersed or Baptized anything.

There is no 'one body' that anyone could be 'Spirit-baptized' into, even if there was such a thing as "Spirit Baptizing" something.

Hebrews 6:2 pagan rituals

Luke 3:16-17. Jesus Baptized, figuratively, HIS Church at Jerusalem, of His John the Baptist Baptized believers, with ANOTHER COMFORTER ( Anointing The Most Holy, Daniel 9).

This is the ONE TIME Anointing of The Shekinah Glory onto His Assembled church, at Jerusalem, on The Day of Pentecost, to Publically Inaugualate HIS HOLY TABERNACLE and Booth and Tent, to Re-store The Dynasty of David, in The New Testament Age of Churches (all local that are His).

Jesus will baptize, figuratively, those unbelievers John was talking to with FIRE, in The Lake of Fire. See context, before and after, also.

5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
Except a man be born of water
( the natural breaking of water, in Childbirth/ that which is born of the FLESH,
in answer to, 'can a man who is born return to his mother's womb?)

and of the Spirit,
(Born from above to Quicken the dead spirit of an individual to Enable them to Relate to God, WHO is DIVINE SPIRIT, by Adoption into His Family, Given the Seal of The Holy Spirit, and to Partake of The Divine Nature, for the first time)

he cannot enter into the kingdom of God (those who ARE NOT BORN AGAIN & disagree).

 

I understand you to be creating a false dichotomy with scripture holding meaning on multiple levels and teaching parallel physical, topological and spiritual truths.

Already and Not Yet.

 

I think I did that, taking each one, atpollard, right? (although, few will 'get' them)

Please, add any and all you like...!!!

 

O.K, let's see....

John the Baptist was the First Immersionist.

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By "Arguing from Silence" it is possible:

"Some Baptists understand the "one baptism" in Ephesians 4:4-6
to be the Holy Spirit not the water baptism.

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Does anyone care what the Bible Says?

 

Somebody disagrees with every verse of Scripture.

What does The BIBLE Say?

Who cares?(?)

 

There are indeed references to water baptism and Holy Spirit Baptism, and must use wisdom in discerning winch is being talked about!

 

Thus, when counting, we have two baptisms.....

Not, 'one baptism'.

Water.

The Holy Spirit has never baptized anything.

 

He placed the saved into Jesus and into His Body!