'Endeavouring to keepWhere did you come up with this bizarre notion?
Water baptism and the end of the age are in the same context, and those are the words of Christ. Therefore Christians have been baptized since Pentecost and continue to be baptized. Both water baptism and Spirit baptism are necessary.
MATTHEW 28
18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world [the age]. Amen.
the unity of the Spirit
in the bond of peace.
There is -
.. one body, and
.... one Spirit, even as ye are called in
...... one hope of your calling;
........ One Lord,
...... one faith,
.... one baptism,
.. One God and Father of all,
Who is above all, and through all, and in you all.'
(Ephesians 4:3-6)
Hello @Enoch111,
* This is the sevenfold unity of the spirit that we are exhorted to 'keep'.
* During the Acts period there were two baptisms operating in unison, now, at the end of the Acts period One Baptism is in force, and that is a baptism in which the flesh has no part; but is by the operation of the Holy Spirit Himself; in which we are identified with Christ in His death, burial, quickening and resurrection.
Praise God!
In Christ Jesus
Chris
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