What Is Baptism?

[Nathan]

Then you are mistaken. That is exactly what He was talking about.

We DO read of it elsewhere. The book of Acts reports that new believers were consistently Baptized IN WATER.
(Like the Ethiopian Eunuch: Act 8:36 And as they went along the road they came to some water, and the eunuch said, "See, here is water! What is to prevent my being baptized?")
I just posted 3 examples of baptism in water for you.
I don't understand why you don't get it.

"knock, knock" have you not heard I do believe in water baptism?

Where do we find that when someone is baptized they recite the phrase "In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit"? In fact, you never hear that repeated again when baptism is mentioned.

 

[Jim Parker]

Exactly! A ritual is a required act.....just saying........

I don't think tat was at all what you were saying.
You said that the Pharisees were the ones who were making up rituals. Jesus was not a Pharisee.
A ritual is essentially an act which has the form of holiness but is actually of no positive consequence and might be the source of a negative consequence by making the person performing the ritual imagine that they were doing God's will.

If I were to 'baptize' someone in the "name of the Father",....

And why would you do that since Jesus commanded that we baptize in the name of the Father AND of the Son AND of the Holy Spirit.
IF you you baptized "in the name of the father" you would be fabricating a ritual.

I'm stating we miss the point of what baptism really is. Its a transformation.

Paul explained exactly what baptism is at Romans 6:3-5.
Do you not know that

all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?

We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death,

so that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father,

we too might walk in newness of life.

We know that our old self was crucified with him

so that the sinful body might be destroyed,

and we might no longer be enslaved to sin.

That is the transformation spiritually (sacramentally) accomplished in water baptism.
The death and burial of the body of sin.
The resurrection to new life in Christ.

iakov the fool

 

[Jim Parker]

"knock, knock" have you not heard I do believe in water baptism?

Sure could have fooled me.

Where do we find that when someone is baptized they recite the phrase "In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit"? In fact, you never hear that repeated again when baptism is mentioned.

Does your Bible not have Mathew 28:18-20 in it? Jesus said:
All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; ...
Q: What did Jesus command them to do that all disciples should observe?
A: Jesus commanded them to baptize everybody "in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit."

Is Jesus God?
Should we do what He commands?

That's what the Church has been doing for almost 2000 years in obedience to Jesus' command.

iakov the fool

 

[Nathan]

Yea, we are on way different wave lengths. Let me approach it from a different angle.

If I said "I immerse in water, but He who comes after me immerses in the Holy Spirit"

Would you consider immersion different than water?

So, when I said, "Go and make disciples, overwhelm them in the name of the Father, and Son, and Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe....", would you for a moment consider the idea that I was not speaking of water? Would there be a tiny thought that maybe I was saying "really overwhelm them with the understanding of who the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is?




It might not you, because you are locked onto an idea already. But I understand this is what Jesus was saying. That does not mean we should not baptize also with water. What it does mean is that we should not neglect to make true disciples of people, and apart of that is immersing them into who God is, in totality.

I find that people who are so concerned about water baptism don't have the same concern about discipleship. Water baptism can be accomplished in a few mins, the baptism Jesus speaks of takes a lot longer. It's no wonder the meaning of the passage got lost. People like to do the easy thing.

 

[Douglas Summers]

1. The baptism of the spirit --- which is conversion. (1 Corinthians 12:13)

Conversion and regeneration are two difference things. What you described above is regeneration. Regeneration is only done once by God (baptism of the Holy Spirit). Conversion means to (turn, or turn again or turn from). This is what man does when he hears the Gospel and conversion is done many times in our life as we struggle with the old man. The importance to understanding this is this example of conversion but not regenerated. (Matt. 12:43-450)

CONVERSION and REGENERATION

Excerpt from Book # A9, Chapter 8



Conversion and regeneration are two totally separate entities. Scripture shows the distinction between them. Peter was regenerated. MAT 16:16-17 says, "And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven."

 

[Jim Parker]

If I said "I immerse in water, but He who comes after me immerses in the Holy Spirit" Would you consider immersion different than water?

(Edited by staff)
"Baptize in water" describes a specific action of dipping someone in water and raising them out again.
"Baptizing in the Holy Spirit" is a metaphor for the indwelling of the Holy Spirit who is a "person" (hypostasis) of the Trinity.
You can't dip anyone in the person of the Holy spirit.

(Edited by staff)

 

[JohnDB]

The word "Baptism" itself is an old term referring to dyeing cloth or yarn or thread.
When dyeing things it requires a single batch of dye. So if you have multiple batches you have to blend them together before you start. This way the color will be uniform on all articles.

Different clothes and yarns all look different when exposed to the same batch but it's always obvious that it was from the same batch of dye.

Just a bit of trivia.

 

[GodsGrace]

Yea, we are on way different wave lengths. Let me approach it from a different angle.

If I said "I immerse in water, but He who comes after me immerses in the Holy Spirit"

Would you consider immersion different than water?

So, when I said, "Go and make disciples, overwhelm them in the name of the Father, and Son, and Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe....", would you for a moment consider the idea that I was not speaking of water? Would there be a tiny thought that maybe I was saying "really overwhelm them with the understanding of who the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is?

It might not you, because you are locked onto an idea already. But I understand this is what Jesus was saying. That does not mean we should not baptize also with water. What it does mean is that we should not neglect to make true disciples of people, and apart of that is immersing them into who God is, in totality.

I find that people who are so concerned about water baptism don't have the same concern about discipleship. Water baptism can be accomplished in a few mins, the baptism Jesus speaks of takes a lot longer. It's no wonder the meaning of the passage got lost. People like to do the easy thing.

Hi Nathan,

I know what you're talking about here. This is why you had asked some posts ago if the word "baptize" in the bible ever referred to baptism without water.

I checked and could not find any place where it meant to do something WITHOUT water.
John 3 is very specific when Jesus told Nicodemus that one needs to be born of WATER and the spirit.
I used to think that THIS water meant embreonic fluid. The water of natural birth. I'm becoming convinced that it means baptismal water.

The flood was water.
The Red Sea was water.

Colossians 2:11-12 does speak of circumcision, but it says that they were ALREADY baptised in water and so circumcision is not necessary since they had already died with Christ and were resurrected with Him when they came out of the water.

I refer you also to Titus 3:5 which is not mentioned a lot. "By the washing".
I looked up what this washing could be. It should be studied more --- here's one thing I found:

by the washing of regeneration,
and renewing of the Holy Ghost; by the former is meant, not the ordinance of water baptism; for that is never expressed by washing, nor is it the cause or means of regeneration; the cause being the Spirit of God, and the means the word of God: and besides, persons ought to be regenerated before they are baptized; and they may be baptized, and yet not regenerated, as Simon Magus; nor is it a saving ordinance, or a point of salvation; nor can it be opposed to works of righteousness, as this washing is; for that itself is a work of righteousness; see ( Matthew 3:15 ) and if persons were saved by that, they would be saved by a work of righteousness, contrary to the text itself: but regenerating grace is meant, or a being born of water, and of the Spirit; that is, of the grace of the Spirit, comparable to water for its purity and cleansing virtue: hence such who are regenerated and sanctified, are said to be washed and cleansed, having their hearts purified by faith, and their consciences purged from sin by the blood of Christ: by the latter,
http://www.biblestudytools.com/commentaries/gills-exposition-of-the-bible/titus-3-5.html

Must leave soon. Would you care to look into this??
It seems to say what you're speaking about.

 

[GodsGrace]

The word "Baptism" itself is an old term referring to dyeing cloth or yarn or thread.
When dyeing things it requires a single batch of dye. So if you have multiple batches you have to blend them together before you start. This way the color will be uniform on all articles.

Different clothes and yarns all look different when exposed to the same batch but it's always obvious that it was from the same batch of dye.

Just a bit of trivia.

John,
This goes along with being one in Christ.
1 Corinthians 12:13
Ephesians 4:3-6
Galatians 3:27

 

[GodsGrace]

Conversion and regeneration are two difference things. What you described above is regeneration. Regeneration is only done once by God (baptism of the Holy Spirit). Conversion means to (turn, or turn again or turn from). This is what man does when he hears the Gospel and conversion is done many times in our life as we struggle with the old man. The importance to understanding this is this example of conversion but not regenerated. (Matt. 12:43-450)

CONVERSION and REGENERATION

Excerpt from Book # A9, Chapter 8

Conversion and regeneration are two totally separate entities. Scripture shows the distinction between them. Peter was regenerated. MAT 16:16-17 says, "And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven."

How do we convert more than one time?

Conversion means to change from one thing to another.

con•ver•sion
(kənˈvɜr ʒən, -ʃən)

n.
1. the act or process of converting; the state of being converted.
2. change in character, form, or function.
3. change from one religion, political belief, viewpoint, course, etc., to another.
4. a physical transformation from one material or state to another: conversion of base metals into gold.
5. the act of obtaining equivalent value, as of money or units of measurement, in an exchange or calculation.
6. a physical, structural, or design change, as in a building, to effect a change in function.
7. a substitution of one component for another so as to effect a change: conversion from oil heat to gas heat.
8. a change in the form or units of a mathematical expression.
9. the transposition of the subject and predicate of a logical proposition, as in converting “No good man is unhappy” to “No unhappy man is good.”
10. the making of an additional score in certain sports, as on a try for a point after a touchdown in football.
11. Psychoanal. the process by which a repressed psychic event, idea, feeling, memory, or impulse is represented by a bodily change or symptom.
12.
a. the process of enabling software for one computer system to run on another.
b. the transformation of data from a form compatible with one computer program to a form compatible with another.

You use Mathew 16:16-17 to show that Peter was regenerated. This is true.
But first he had to CONVERT. He converted when he left fishing to follow Jesus.

It seems to me that one converts one time. He changes from one thing to another --- from being lost to being saved and walking in God's ways.

Regeneration is an ongoing process by which we are made to be more and more like Jesus would like us to be on a continual basis. When a piece of mechanism is regenerated, it is made new by cleaning it and changing parts that need to be changed and making it like new.

When you convert something, like changing a monetary unit for instance, you change it from one thing to another thing.

This is not terribly important to me. I understand it this way.

It's like the word "repent". Many use it to mean "feel sorry for". I repent for my sin. I feel sorry for my sin.
It really does not mean that. One repents ONE time --- changing direction, turning around.

In the end, it's all words.

 

[JLB]

Sure could have fooled me.

Does your Bible not have Mathew 28:18-20 in it? Jesus said:
All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; ...
Q: What did Jesus command them to do that all disciples should observe?
A: Jesus commanded them to baptize everybody "in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit."

Is Jesus God?
Should we do what He commands?

That's what the Church has been doing for almost 2000 years in obedience to Jesus' command.

iakov the fool

• What is the name of the Father, that those who baptize in the name of the Father, can indeed Baptize in His name?
• What is the name of the Holy Spirit, that those who baptize in the name of the Holy Spirit, can indeed Baptize in His name?

• Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Acts 2:38

• For as yet He had fallen upon none of them. They had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Acts 8:16

• When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Acts 19:5

Please show me a scripture whereby anyone, ever baptized in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.



JLB

 

[GodsGrace]

• What is the name of the Father, that those who baptize in the name of the Father, can indeed Baptize in His name?
• What is the name of the Holy Spirit, that those who baptize in the name of the Holy Spirit, can indeed Baptize in His name?

• Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Acts 2:38

• For as yet He had fallen upon none of them. They had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Acts 8:16

• When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Acts 19:5

Please show me a scripture whereby anyone, ever baptized in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.




JLB

Hi JLB

I've posted this two other times and I don't receive a reply to it. Maybe I have and I just don't understand it.
Here again:

Jesus in Mathew 28:19 instructed the Apostles to go and preach the good news and to baptize in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Did Jesus not know what He was saying??

There are two NAMES, or TYPES by which one can be baptized:
The baptism of John
The baptism of Jesus

The baptism of John if for repentance.
The baptism of Jesus is for fire and spirit.

Fire, for the strength needed to witness as in Acts 1:8
and for the indewelling of the Holy Spirit, also Acts 1:8

In Acts 2:38 Peter says to be baptized in the name of Jesus to RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT.
(John's type was only for repentance)

In Acts 8:16 there is a laying on of hands to receive the Holy Spirit. They had already been baptized in the name of Jesus --- apparently Samaria did not yet experience the Holy Spirit
Laying on of hands:
to confer blessing
to transfer sin from believer to sacrifice
to commission a person for new responsibility
healing
ordaining or commissioning
imparting of spiritual gifts
(from NIV study bible)

Same as above for Acts 19:5

Mathew is the scripture which tells us the FORM for baptism
Acts tells us the TYPE of baptism.
John for repentance
Jesus for fire and Spirit.

The Apostles and writers of the N.T. spoke about Jesus' baptism, which is the Type.

 

[Nathan]

Hi Nathan,

I know what you're talking about here. This is why you had asked some posts ago if the word "baptize" in the bible ever referred to baptism without water.

I checked and could not find any place where it meant to do something WITHOUT water.
John 3 is very specific when Jesus told Nicodemus that one needs to be born of WATER and the spirit.
I used to think that THIS water meant embreonic fluid. The water of natural birth. I'm becoming convinced that it means baptismal water.

The flood was water.
The Red Sea was water.

Colossians 2:11-12 does speak of circumcision, but it says that they were ALREADY baptised in water and so circumcision is not necessary since they had already died with Christ and were resurrected with Him when they came out of the water.

I refer you also to Titus 3:5 which is not mentioned a lot. "By the washing".
I looked up what this washing could be. It should be studied more --- here's one thing I found:

by the washing of regeneration,
and renewing of the Holy Ghost; by the former is meant, not the ordinance of water baptism; for that is never expressed by washing, nor is it the cause or means of regeneration; the cause being the Spirit of God, and the means the word of God: and besides, persons ought to be regenerated before they are baptized; and they may be baptized, and yet not regenerated, as Simon Magus; nor is it a saving ordinance, or a point of salvation; nor can it be opposed to works of righteousness, as this washing is; for that itself is a work of righteousness; see ( Matthew 3:15 ) and if persons were saved by that, they would be saved by a work of righteousness, contrary to the text itself: but regenerating grace is meant, or a being born of water, and of the Spirit; that is, of the grace of the Spirit, comparable to water for its purity and cleansing virtue: hence such who are regenerated and sanctified, are said to be washed and cleansed, having their hearts purified by faith, and their consciences purged from sin by the blood of Christ: by the latter,
http://www.biblestudytools.com/commentaries/gills-exposition-of-the-bible/titus-3-5.html

Must leave soon. Would you care to look into this??
It seems to say what you're speaking about.

I assure you John 3 is not speaking of physical water. I also used to think that it meant embryonic fluid - meaning 'angels' could not be saved. What Jesus is referring to is truth - more specifically - truth in Him.

1Co 10:1-4
For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers,that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, and all ate the same spiritual food, and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual Rock that followed them, and the Rock was Christ.

Jhn 4:10-14
Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.” The woman said to him, “Sir, you have nothing to draw water with, and the well is deep. Where do you get that living water? Are you greater than our father Jacob? He gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock.” Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”

This is why understanding baptism is crucial I believe. Physical water will do nothing for a man's eternal well being. However, the living water of truth, found in God, will for sure transform a man. This is what Matthew 28 is all about. This is what His command was about. To immerse and overwhelm the disciples they make, in the truth of who God is - fully - so that they are transformed. There is so much that can be said about this - and shown through the Bible. We have to step outside of the physical and into the spiritual - by faith - seeing those things that are unseen - in order to understand.

Physical water, baptismal water, will not do anything for a persons soul. It is simply a fruit of faith that comes from a transformation inside. What will produce that transformation, through faith, is the truth of God. Jesus prayed that His disciples(and the ones who would believe in Him after) would be sanctified by God's truth - His word is truth. God's truth is living water.

Its hard to wrap our minds around this because for so long we have always associated baptism with water. We don't think of what it actually means which is to take one thing and immerse, overwhelm, dip, submerge into another. So if I was to say, I am baptized in my job, I am not saying I go under water in my job - I am simply saying I am immersed and overwhelmed by my job.

So when Jesus said to baptize disciples in the name(s) of God, He was simply stating they were to teach them the truth to the point of being overwhelmed by the truth of who God is. This would produce the life change, and start a spring of water inside that would flow out for others.

 

[JLB]

Did Jesus not know what He was saying??

Yes.


Do we know what He was saying? Maybe not.

There are two NAMES, or TYPES by which one can be baptized:
The baptism of John
The baptism of Jesus

John's Baptism was from heaven.
John Baptized Jesus.

However, John is no longer with us, so we call it Baptism in water, which is done in Jesus name.

The name of Jesus, represents all the fullness of the Godhead: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

In addition, there are three baptisms:

The three different Baptism's in the Bible are:

1. We are baptized into Christ, by the Spirit.
2. A disciple baptizes us in water.
3. Jesus baptizes us with the Holy Spirit and fire.

Paul teaches us this from the old testament types.

Moreover, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware that all our fathers were under the cloud, all passed through the sea, 2 all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, 1 Corinthians 10:1-2

1. baptized into Moses - Into Christ
2. in the cloud - the Holy Spirit
3. in the sea - Water

Remember the cloud [by day] was a fire [by night].

The the Holy Spirit and fire is one baptism, not two.



JLB

 

[WIP]

I think that is what we have to come to view it as.

I believe water baptism - all baptism - is a desire of the believer. I believe it was turned into an 'ordinance' or 'command'.

Submission has the connotation of doing something whether you really want to or not.

I guess submit was the wrong word for my intention. Maybe present would be a more accurate term as to my intended question. This brings up an interesting question. I've used the word submit more than once but now you've got me thinking it was not the correct term for me to use and reminds me of 2 Timothy 2:15 NKJV
Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

 

[Nathan]

I guess submit was the wrong word for my intention. Maybe present would be a more accurate term as to my intended question. This brings up an interesting question. I've used the word submit more than once but now you've got me thinking it was not the correct term for me to use and reminds me of 2 Timothy 2:15 NKJV
Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Present would definitely change the situation. I do think that we present ourselves for baptism - in all its forms.

As it refers to Matthew 28, most definitely the one baptizing, and the ones being baptized, must present themselves. I think that people believe(not you in particular) that receiving truth is some mystical thing that 'happens'. I am not sure if it was said in this thread or another, but someone said receiving truth from God is not like having a download of information. Its a process.

That is why Jesus used the word baptize in Matthew 28.

 

[Douglas Summers]

How do we convert more than one time?

Conversion means to change from one thing to another.

con•ver•sion
(kənˈvɜr ʒən, -ʃən)

n.
1. the act or process of converting; the state of being converted.
2. change in character, form, or function.
3. change from one religion, political belief, viewpoint, course, etc., to another.
4. a physical transformation from one material or state to another: conversion of base metals into gold.
5. the act of obtaining equivalent value, as of money or units of measurement, in an exchange or calculation.
6. a physical, structural, or design change, as in a building, to effect a change in function.
7. a substitution of one component for another so as to effect a change: conversion from oil heat to gas heat.
8. a change in the form or units of a mathematical expression.
9. the transposition of the subject and predicate of a logical proposition, as in converting “No good man is unhappy” to “No unhappy man is good.”
10. the making of an additional score in certain sports, as on a try for a point after a touchdown in football.
11. Psychoanal. the process by which a repressed psychic event, idea, feeling, memory, or impulse is represented by a bodily change or symptom.
12.
a. the process of enabling software for one computer system to run on another.
b. the transformation of data from a form compatible with one computer program to a form compatible with another.

You use Mathew 16:16-17 to show that Peter was regenerated. This is true.
But first he had to CONVERT. He converted when he left fishing to follow Jesus.

It seems to me that one converts one time. He changes from one thing to another --- from being lost to being saved and walking in God's ways.

Regeneration is an ongoing process by which we are made to be more and more like Jesus would like us to be on a continual basis. When a piece of mechanism is regenerated, it is made new by cleaning it and changing parts that need to be changed and making it like new.

When you convert something, like changing a monetary unit for instance, you change it from one thing to another thing.

This is not terribly important to me. I understand it this way.

It's like the word "repent". Many use it to mean "feel sorry for". I repent for my sin. I feel sorry for my sin.
It really does not mean that. One repents ONE time --- changing direction, turning around.

In the end, it's all words.

OK.

 

[Jim Parker]

• What is the name of the Father, that those who baptize in the name of the Father, can indeed Baptize in His name?
• What is the name of the Holy Spirit, that those who baptize in the name of the Holy Spirit, can indeed Baptize in His name?

The name of the Father, used in baptism, is: "Father."
The name of the Son, used in baptism, is: "Son."
The name of the Holy Spirit, used in baptism, is: "Holy Spirit."
That is the way it has been done since the beginning.

Here's the testimony of Justin Martyr, the Church's earliest apologist.

Justin Martyr (100 – 165 AD) The First Apology, Chapter LXI, “Christian Baptism”
I will also relate the manner in which we dedicated ourselves to God when we had been made new through Christ; lest, if we omit this, we seem to be unfair in the explanation we are making. As many as are persuaded and believe that what we teach and say is true, and undertake to be able to live accordingly, are instructed to pray and to entreat God with fasting, for the remission of their sins that are past, we praying and fasting with them. Then they are brought by us where there is water, and are regenerated in the same manner in which we were ourselves regenerated. For, in the name of God, the Father and Lord of the universe, and of our Savior Jesus Christ, and of the Holy Spirit, they then receive the washing with water. For Christ also said, “Except ye be born again, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.”Now, that it is impossible for those who have once been born to enter into their mothers’ wombs, is manifest to all. And how those who have sinned and repent shall escape their sins, is declared by Esaias the prophet, as I wrote above; he thus speaks: “Wash you, make you clean;...”

And for this [rite] we have learned from the apostles this reason. Since at our birth we were born without our own knowledge or choice, by our parents coming together, and were brought up in bad habits and wicked training; in order that we may not remain the children of necessity and of ignorance, but may become the children of choice and knowledge, and may obtain in the water the remission of sins formerly committed, there is pronounced over him who chooses to be born again, and has repented of his sins, the name of God the Father and Lord of the universe, and of our Savior Jesus Christ, and of the Holy Spirit, ....

iakov the fool

 

[JLB]

The name of the Father, used in baptism, is: "Father."
The name of the Son, used in baptism, is: "Son."
The name of the Holy Spirit, used in baptism, is: "Holy Spirit."

These are titles not names.

No where in the scriptures do we see the Apostles baptizing in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

• Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Acts 2:38

• For as yet He had fallen upon none of them. They had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Acts 8:16

• When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Acts 19:5

If there was any scripture to support your theory, I would be reading them now.


Again, as I said before, the name of Jesus, represents the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, as all the fulness of the Godhead dwelt in Him bodily.

For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. Colossians 2:9



JLB

 

[Nathan]

These are titles not names.

No where in the scriptures do we see the Apostles baptizing in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

• Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Acts 2:38

• For as yet He had fallen upon none of them. They had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Acts 8:16

• When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Acts 19:5

If there was any scripture to support your theory, I would be reading them now.


Again, as I said before, the name of Jesus, represents the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, as all the fulness of the Godhead dwelt in Him bodily.

For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. Colossians 2:9



JLB

Why didn't Jesus just say, in Matthew, to "baptize in my name"?

Don't you think that He was actually telling them something here? Plainly in fact?

As you state, those are titles. Titles give us a clue, a starting point, of understanding about a person.