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To: CynicalBear; Cronos
"and such were some of you; but ye are WASHED, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and BY THE SPIRIT of our God." 1 Cor. 6:11.

We are baptized, sactified and justified by the Holy Spirit. It is a spiritual baptism, justification, and sanctification. Not one done IN water, or WITH water.

"For by ONE SPIRIT are we all BAPTIZED into one body..." 1 Cor. 12:13.

It is the Holy Spirit, in the dispensation of Grace, that baptizes us into Christ, not baptism by water.

"For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ." Gal. 3:26,27.

Once again, it is the Holy Spirit that baptized us into Christ, not water. Spiritual baptism.

Because of Christ's FINISHED WORK for us, we are no longer bound "by the handwriting of ordinances, which were against us." Col. 2:9-14.

All ordinances have been blotted out-done away with. Col. 2:14. "Which stood only in meats and drinks, and DIVERS WASHINGS and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation". Heb. 9:10.

In the dispensation of Grace, it is the Holy Spirit baptizing us into the Body of Christ. This is the ONE BAPTISM that Paul speaks of.

"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." Eph. 4:4-6. Try to make it say two.

211 posted on 02/14/2011 9:03:23 AM PST by smvoice (Defending the Indefensible: The Pride of a Pawn.)
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To: smvoice

Amen and Amen


216 posted on 02/14/2011 9:17:18 AM PST by CynicalBear
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