if you notice, even the people who already been baptized before were commanded to again be completely and entirely be --- Re Baptized for the second time / again,
I've seen this nonsense so many times...
NO, they were NOT "rebaptized".
Acts 19:1-7 (AKJV/PCE)
(19:1) And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples, (19:2) He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost. (19:3) And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism. (19:4) Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus. (19:5) When they heard [this], they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. (19:6) And when Paul had laid [his] hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied. (19:7) And all the men were about twelve.
Verses 4 and 5 were Paul talking about the PAST... i.e., what happened with John the baptizer and THOSE that HE was talking to in the PAST did in the PAST!
Paul did NOT "rebaptized" them.
Re baptized all over again, in the Name Of The Lord Yahashua Anointing
GA 3:27...... For as many of you as have been BAPTIZED into Christ, have put on Christ.
There is NO WATER in Gal 3:27.
CO 1:13...... Is Christ divided? .. was Paul crucified for you? or were ye BAPTIZED in the name of Paul?
Here Paul is commanding to baptize DIRECTLY .....in JESUS NAME.... clearly.
No, Paul never commanded that anyone be baptized with water.
RO 6:3...... Know ye not, that so many of us as were BAPTIZED into Jesus Christ were BAPTIZED into his death?
Baptized INTO HIS DEATH is not talking about WATER.
AC 8:16...... (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were.. BAPTIZED in the name of the Lord Jesus.)
AC 8:12...... But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and in the name of Jesus Christ, they were BAPTIZED.
Philip was one of the TWELVE that will sit on TWELVE thrones judging the TWELVE tribes of ISRAEL... so YES, THEY had water baptisms. We in the body of Christ have ONE baptism and it's NOT water.
We are baptized BY THE SPIRIT INTO THE BODY.
Eph 4:4-6 (AKJV/PCE)
(4:4) [There is] one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; (4:5) One Lord, one faith, one baptism, (4:6) One God and Father of all, who [is] above all, and through all, and in you all.
ONE baptism... and
HERE it is:
1Cor 12:12-13 (AKJV/PCE)
(12:12) 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. (12:13) 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.
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
Indeed, there was water baptism for God's program with Israel. As a many of fact, they made MANY baptism (some on which were water)...
But the body of Christ has ONE baptism and it does NOT include water.
I understand completely what you are saying and it makes allot of sense. I do agree with you for a large part of what you say but I am not seeing the Apostles in Scripture in agreement with the Idea and WATER BAPTISM is no longer important..
You have water on the brain. You're not alone, much of Churchianity has a fixation on this Jewish religious ritual.
Merry Christmas and my the truth find you.
