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To: one Lord one faith one baptism
i am still waiting for a verse in the Bible that says “water baptism”

As I have already demonstrated, Acts 8 is water baptism. Play with the words as you will ... it doesn't change the plain meaning of Gods word.

The Bible is clear, Paul says there is only one baptism.

Acts 19 demonstrates conclusively there is more than one baptism ... and it therefore means your understanding of Ephesians 4 is absolutely wrong.

Your understanding of Eph. 4.5 totally ignores the context of UNITY. If you read Ephesians 4 in entirety (not just 4.5 as you have done), this unity is to be based upon solid doctrine.

you do believe Paul in Ephesians when he says there is “one baptism”, don’t you?

Yup, and it refers to the only baptism that is capable of being the basis for the unity that is being commanded in Ephesians 4 ... it is Spirit baptism, the baptism which places us into the body of Christ the moment we believe in Him.

52 posted on 11/04/2011 7:54:14 PM PDT by dartuser ("If you are ... what you were ... then you're not.")
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To: dartuser

1. Acts 8 speaks of baptism, not water baptism. the ones playing word games are adding to Scripture words that are not there.
2. Acts 19 shows there is One Christian Baptism, the one commanded by Christ in Matthew 28 and the one that places us into Christ. Acts 19 shows us the baptism of John is not Christian baptism.
3. Ephesians read in UNITY, still says there is One Baptism.
4. now you have introduced a new nonbiblical phrase, namely “spirit baptism” please tell me where any verse in the Bible talks of “spirit baptism” it’s funny, i am using my wife’s Lutheran RSV and i don’t see “water baptism” nor “spirit baptism” anywhere. all i see is “baptism”


56 posted on 11/04/2011 8:07:03 PM PDT by one Lord one faith one baptism
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