1Cor 12:12-14
(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.
(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.
(14) For the body is not one member, but many.
Acts 1:5
(5) For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.
John 14:20
(20) At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.
I wasn’t referring to the pre-Canon rituals recorded in Acts 2:38 and 22:16. Even these, though, emphasize the power of God the Holy Spirit in His salvation ministry in every believer in the Church Age.
Act 2:38
(38) 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.
Act 22:16
(16) And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
Baptism is an act of identification so when we are Baptized in the name of Christ, we are being identified in the name of Christ.
where does the Bible say Baptism is an act of identification?
answer = no where
my Bible says:
1. Baptism saves us
2. Baptism is for the remission of sins
3. Baptism is for receiving the gift of the Holy Spirit
4. Baptism puts us into Christ.
this is the orthodox, historical, biblical Faith handed down from the Apostles for 2,000 years.
some departed from this Faith in the 16th century.