The choice to be baptized in water or not is up to the individual.
Nope.
Baptism, by the Authority of God, is a command to all who are saved.
Peter commanded Baptism here,
"Then Peter said unto them,
Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ
for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost."
Acts 2:38.
First Corinthians 12:13 is the baptism that’s necessary, which is the baptism by the Holy Spirit into Christ, at salvation.
No such thing as,
"the baptism by the Holy Spirit into Christ, at salvation"
and that is certainly not the teaching of First Corinthians 12:13.
The Holy Spirit adds those who become believers to the church
No.
I don’t see anything in Scripture about joining a church, or anyone voting on whether to accept them or conditions thereto.
You don't see it. You credulousness to believe something like,
"the baptism by the Holy Spirit into Christ, at salvation",
as if there is any "baptism by the Holy Spirit", ever, to start with,
much less any, "baptism by the Holy Spirit into Christ",
as if there is ever anything like that to do with "salvation",
has robbed you of appreciating the Bible teachings regarding
the Divinely Instituted local church (the only kind, ever)
and the Divine Ordinance of Baptism, membership, etc.,
by the Authority of God.
If you attend the church, and you give money to support the church, you have joined that church, that is, you are a member, whether they officially recognize it or not.
Negative on
"joined".
there is only one body of Christ, only one church
Speaking of things Divinely Instituted by the Authority of God,
where is that in relation to this thing that I say is just made up,
i.e.,
"the baptism by the Holy Spirit into Christ, at salvation"
"there is only one body of Christ, only one church", etc.?
BTW, have you ever considered the definitions of the words
"body"
and
"church"? that they carried and was their intention to mean,
at the times of the writing of the Bible?
Your
"one body of Christ, only one church"
are desperately attempting to assign them to have some meaning
that the complete opposite of what they express.
You've created a New Doctrine and teaching out of thin air,
by redefining the meaning of these words, from what God revealed?
Man does not decide who is in that one church;
No such thing as,
"that one church".
If there was, it'd be taught in the Bible,
not entirely contrived out of nothing.
God makes the decision about who is water-baptized
into one of His church bodies, to join in membership,
as
"members in particular" (I Corinthians 12:27),
which is what I Corinthians 12:13 teaches.
I Corinthians 12:
18 "But now hath God set the members
every one of them in the body*,
as it hath pleased him."
God makes the decision about who is water-baptized
into one of His church bodies*, to join in membership.
There is your
"body* of Christ and members in particular".
12 "For as the body* is one, and hath many members,
and all the members of that one body*,
being many, are one body*: so also is Christ.
13 "For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body*,
whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free;
and have been all made to drink into one Spirit."
14 "For the body* is not one member, but many."
That would be, "the church of God which is at Corinth,
to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints."
I Corinthians 1:2.
*always talking about a local compact solid assembled 'body',
"the church of God which is at Corinth".
But, you won't get what is called New Testament Church Truth,
as it is written, because you've got your own thing going
all in your head.
Sorry, you've missed out entirely.
