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To: Zuriel
Yes, marko, you may label me 'oneness', if you please. For 28 yrs I was 'threeness', but the confusion was overcome, thank God.

Well, good for you. I hope you have a good life with your belief system as it is.

As I said in my previous post, if you are a 'oneness' believer, it would be completely illogical for you to baptize using a Trinitarian formula, as you don't believe in the Blessed Trinity.

But we still have to deal with the question I asked in my earlier post. If you believe in baptizing like they did in the book of Acts, which formula do you use?

Acts 2:38 And Peter said to them, "Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Acts 8:16 For He had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

Acts 10:48 And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to remain for some days. (Note: the Stephens Text says "in the name of the Lord")

Acts 19:5 On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

So which is it? Baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus, baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, or baptized in the name of the Lord?

If you use a more modern tranlsation of the Bible, you have a choice of one of two. If you use a KJV, you have a choice of one of three. So which is it?

Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to attack your beliefs, I just see that there are two (or three) possible variants, and was wondering which you use?

1,710 posted on 03/12/2007 3:05:29 AM PDT by markomalley (Extra ecclesiam nulla salus CINO-RINO GRAZIE NO)
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To: markomalley

**So which is it? Baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus, baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, or baptized in the name of the Lord?**

As long as Jesus verbally gets the credit, I don't care if someone is baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ from Nazareth of Galilee. At a baptismal, we use "baptise you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of your sins" (Acts 2:38)

Is 'Lord' a name? IMO, 'Lord' is a title. They knew that they were to speak the name of the Lord, which is Jesus. I believe they did. I presume you are head (lord) of your household, but that's not your name.

I do appreciate not being attacked. I also appreciate not being the subject of covert operations. [;-D


1,778 posted on 03/12/2007 7:25:04 PM PDT by Zuriel (Acts 2:38,39....nearly 2,000 years and still working today!)
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