**So all that works for me...**
Yes, your private interpretation certainly seems to work for you.
**even to them that believe on his name:**
If you refuse to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, you have rejected his name.
**Joh 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.**
**This is a reference back to John 1:13...**
Agreed. Both verses mention a first and second birth. But then you say this:
**John 1:13 is certainly not speaking of a natural birth but a spiritual birth...**
Huh? It mentions both, and water is not used as a symbol of first birth.
**Anyone who knows anything about a natural birth knows we were conceived and raised in a bag (for lack of a better term) of liquid/water...**
One private interpretation is as good as another, I suppose.
There is a whole lot of water baptism in Acts, and it was treated as a very serious and urgent matter. (not the pathetic delayed action, “let’s plan on baptizing Bob next week when all of the kin can be here”)
HMMMmmm...
It's strange that St. Paul didn't seem to feel this way.
1 Corinthians 1:17
For the Messiah did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel,