“for in one Spirit we were all BAPTIZED INTO ONE BODY - Jews or Greeks, slaves or free- and all were made to drink of One Spirit”
again no symbolism here, it says WE WERE ALL BAPTIZED INTO ONE BODY.
NO SYMBOLISM, BAPTISM PLACES US INTO THE BODY OF CHRIST. Paul says the same thing in Romans 6:3 and Galatians 3:27.
NO SYMBOLISM, NO FIRST ACT OF OBEDIENCE.
“for in one Spirit we were all BAPTIZED INTO ONE BODY - Jews or Greeks, slaves or free- and all were made to drink of One Spirit”
IN ONE SPIRIT. We were baptized IN ONE SPIRIT into one body.
Anyone who has not been immersed in the Spirit is not a Christian. Anyone who has, is. For Jesus baptizes his own in the Holy Spirit.
I’m a baptist, and strongly believe in water baptism for a new believer - but it isn’t water that saves, as Peter noted:
“Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ...”
Baptism, according to Peter, corresponds to the flood waters that separated Noah from the sinful generation God destroyed. Water baptism has value for sanctification, but not for justification.
Read the very verse you posted.
The baptism is IN THE SPIRIT.