JLB
JLB my friend.
I hope your not offended by my question.
I am a bit confused by your statement I have marked quoted here.
Please only JLB answer and no one for Him.
I thought according to Acts 2 :38 and all the examples in the book of Acts of baptism, that we are baptized by a person, like the Ethiopian Eunuch was, and THEN we received the gift of the Holy Spirit, who is a down payment on our conditional salvation or being saved.
Your comment here sounds backwards to me.
Maybe you could explain to me how your statement and Acts 2:38 are in harmony with each other.
What do all those baptisms represent to you?
God bless you all as we walk this road together.
My name is OLIGOS
There are three distinct baptisms, with three distinct baptizer’s.
- We are baptized into Christ, by the Spirit; The Spirit is the Baptizer.
This occurs at initial salvation, when we are born again, and is directly associated with us being saved.
For
by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and have all been made to drink into one Spirit. 1 Corinthians 12:13
We are now “in Christ”, and are a new creation.
2. We are baptized in water by man, in which man is the baptizer.
for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.” Acts 1:5
This is where believers, people who are already saved and are in Christ, are baptized by a human being.
3. We are baptized by the Lord Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, where Jesus Christ is the Baptizer.
I indeed baptized you with water, but
He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.” Mark 1:8
Paul teaches this truth from the Old Testament.
Moreover, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware that all our fathers were under the cloud, all passed through the sea, all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.
1 Corinthians 10:1-2
- all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea
Moses is a type of Christ. - Baptized into Christ
The cloud is a type of the Spirit - Baptized with the Spirit
The sea is a type of water - Baptized in water
JLB