Once
again – what
YOU and your fellow
“Oneness” friends
fail to grasp is the
meaning of the term,
“In the name of”.
It does
NOT mean
“recite the actual name” – otherwise, you
wouldn’t baptize in the name of
“Jesus Christ.”
“Christ” is a
TITLE – not a name.
This not only
destroys your position – but completely
supports the notion that
“in the name of” is simply talking about
AUTHORITY.
Philologists have
ALWAYS recognized this to be the case.
According to English Language & Usage Stack Exchange/:
Putting all religious contentions aside for the sake of our language, the etymology of name offers a good place to start understanding: Old English nama, noma "name, REPUTATION," from Proto-Germanic *namon
(cognates: Old Saxon namo, Old Frisian nama, Old High German namo, German Name, Middle Dutch name, Dutch naam, Old Norse nafn, Gothic namo "name"), from PIE *nomn- (cognates: Sanskrit nama; Avestan nama; Greek onoma, onyma; Latin nomen; Old Church Slavonic ime, genitive imene; Russian imya; Old Irish ainm; Old Welsh anu "name").
We've all experienced the power of namedropping in our lives. People respect us and our opinions if they believe we are connected to someone with GREATER REPUTATION AND AUTHORITY.
In all cultures, people of authority have always lent their REPUTATION and their AUTHORITY to their delegates. The founders and leaders of religious movements use the same delegation strategies as the founders and leaders of nations. The English phrase in the name of simply asserts the REPUTATION and AUTHORITY of another person.
English Reports Annotated - Pages 1505-2672, 1505, page 2048:
...an action on a board given to trustees of an industrial society before the act may, after registration under the act, be brought in the name of the newly -incorporated body.
“In the name of” meaning:
Macmillan Dictionary
1. representing someone or something
2. using the authority given by someone or something
Collins Dictionary
1. in appeal or reference to
2. by the authority of; as the representative of
Idioms.TheReferenceDictionary.com
1. Based on the authority of someone or something. We proclaim these things in the name of God. In the name of King John, I command you to halt.
2. With someone or something as a basis, reason, or motivation.
Thesaurus.com
- through - at the hand of
- supported by - through the agency of
- via - with
- through the medium of
- under the aegis of
- with the assistance of
As I indicated before – Jesus
commanded the Apostle to Baptize
in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Peter and the
rest of the NT Church
understood that Baptizing
"in the name of Jesus" was Baptizing by His
AUTHORITY.
Here are a few points you need to consider...
1. Baptism is “for the remission of sins”, or to “wash away sins” ...
Acts 22:16 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on
the name of the Lord.
2. The name of Jesus is the only name given for remission of sins. “Through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins” (Acts 10:43). Thus the proper way to seek remission of sins at baptism is to
invoke the name of Jesus in faith. Acts 2:38 and Acts 22:16 not only connect remission of sins with water baptism, but they specifically connect
remission of sins with water baptism in the name of Jesus.
3. Baptism is part of our salvation (Mark 16:16 and I Peter 3:21), and the name of Jesus is the only name given for salvation. “Neither is there salvation in any other:
for there is none other name under heaven given among men,
whereby we must be saved” (Acts4:12). Thus the proper way to integrate water baptism with the New Testament salvation experience is to invoke the name of Jesus.
4. Baptism is a burial with Jesus Christ. To be buried with Jesus Christ is to be baptized in His name...
Romans 6:4 Therefore
we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
Colossians 2:12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
5. Baptism is part of our personal identification with Jesus Christ. “So many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death” (Romans6:3). “For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ
have put on Christ” (Galatians 3:27). If we seek to be identified with Him, we need to take on His name.
6. Baptism is part of our
spiritual circumcision, or initiation into the new covenant. Under the old covenant a male child officially received his name at his physical circumcision. Water baptism is the time when our
new family name is invoked upon us
at our spiritual circumcision.
Luke 1:59 And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.
Luke 2:21 And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
Colossians 2:9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. [10] And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: [11]
In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: [12]
Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.[13] And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
Sooooo you can DENY Jesus all you wish. But remember, he will deny you too!
God Bless!