Unto What NAME Were You Baptized?
NEVER was anybody in the entire pages of the Bible, was ever
baptized in the TITLES of Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Look up for it, and
you’ll never find one. Jesus never said to baptize in the NAMES, but in the
N-A-M-E, singular. It takes a revelation from God to know this commandment.
JESUS taught that “REPENTANCE and REMISSION of sins should be preached IN HIS
NAME, beginning at
The apostles knew what most religious leaders today failed to recognize. First:
that the NAME of the Lord Jesus Christ is the FAMILY NAME of all Christians
both in heaven and on earth (Read Eph.3:15). And that there is NO OTHER NAME
under heaven whereby we must be SAVED only in the Name of JESUS (Acts 4:12).
Second: that the FULLNESS of the Godhead dwelleth
BODILY in CHRIST (Col. 2:9). And third: that BAPTISM must be performed in the
NAME of the CRUCIFIED (Read 1 Cor. 1:13). The Bible
tells us plainly that “Whatever you do in word or in DEED, do all in the NAME
of the LORD JESUS CHRIST” (Col. 3:17).
PETER, having the keys to the Kingdom, obeyed Him and said to the JEWS, “REPENT
everyone of you and BE BAPTIZED in the NAME OF JESUS
CHRIST for the remission of sins” (Acts 2:38) “and you shall receive the gifts
of the Holy Spirit.”
PAUL, the apostle of Jesus Christ, REBAPTIZED the disciples of John the Baptist
in the same manner saying, “Have ye received the Holy Ghost SINCE you believed?
They said, ‘We know not whether there be any Holy
Ghost.’ Paul said, “How was you baptized?” They said,’
We’ve been baptized unto John.’ Then said Paul, “John
verily baptized with baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they
should believe on HIM that should come after him, that is ON CHRIST JESUS.”
WHEN THEY HEARD THIS, they were baptized in the NAME of the LORD JESUS” (Acts
19:1-5).
PETER AND JOHN did the same to the SAMARITANS as well,” And he commanded them
to be BAPTIZED in the NAME of the LORD JESUS” (Acts 8:14-16).
The GENTILES were also baptized in the same way, in the house of Cornelius
(Acts 10:46-48), “For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnified God.
Then answered PETER, “Can any man forbid water, that these should not be
baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we? AND HE COMMANDED
them to be BAPTIZED in the NAME of the LORD JESUS” (NIV). All persons in the
Bible: Jew, Gentiles and Samaritans, were ALL baptized in the NAME of JESUS
CHRIST.
WHAT ABOUT MATTHEWS 28:19?
The above Scriptures are not given to refute Matthew 28:19 where Jesus told the
apostles to baptize in the NAME of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy
Ghost. They merely show HOW the command was interpreted and obeyed by the disciples
in the entire Bible.
THREE TITLES TO ONLY ONE NAME
The apostles understood that it was not a LITERAL
command, just as when Jesus said, “Except you eat My flesh and drink my blood,
you have no life in you,” would make cannibals and vampires out of us, if it be
followed LITERALLY. It was revealed unto them WHO really was the Father, the
Son and the Holy Ghost, and what the NAME really was.
Father, Son and Holy Ghost are THREE TITLES. Yet there is only ONE NAME. It was
revealed unto the apostles that salvation alone goes in the NAME of JESUS
CHRIST (Acts 4:12). The Bible teaches that there is NO salvation in any other
name, title or places, ONLY in the NAME of JESUS CHRIST (Acts 4:12). Yet He is
the “Rose of Sharon”, “Lily of the Valley”, “Morning Star”, “Alpha and Omega” -
HE IS ALL THESE THINGS, yet there’s NO SALVATION in any of these titles; ONLY
IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST.
God has so many TITLES: “Our Righteousness”, “Our Peace”, “Ever-Present”, “Our
Father”, “Our King”, “Prince of Peace”, “Son”, and “Holy Ghost”. BUT He has
ONLY ONE HUMAN NAME, and that NAME is JESUS - by which Name every knee shall
bow and every tongue shall confess that He is King of kings and Lord of lords.
Everyone that is BAPTIZED with the TITLES of Father, Son and Holy Ghost is
baptized in NO NAME AT ALL. They are TITLES like Minister, Reverend, Doctor, whatevermore, Father, Son, Daughter, Wife - TITLES. You may
say it does not make a difference. Then put your TITLE on your check and not
your NAME, and try whether the BANK would encash it -
say, “I sign this check in the name of the Husband”... That just make sense as
it would to disbelieve God’s Word when the revelation is laying right here
before your eyes. That NAME is also the Password to heaven.
WERE ST. PETER AND
Both St. Peter and
They knew that JESUS CAME in the FATHER’S NAME: “I am come in My Father’s Name,
and ye receive Me not” (John 5:43). And they also knew
that the Holy Ghost was the SPIRIT of JESUS CHRIST that would come in His Name
(John 14:26).
DO NOT BE DECEIVED by false doctrines and man-made creeds. Do not let any
church theology bind you from this true revelation. If you
have not been baptized in the NAME of the LORD JESUS CHRIST, YOUR BAPTISM IS
WRONG. You have to be REBAPTIZED AGAIN in order for you to receive the
Spirit of God.
Acts 2:38 plainly states to, “REPENT, everyone of you,
and BE BAPTIZED in the NAME of JESUS CHRIST for (What?) the REMISSION OF SINS -
(You are still in your sins if you are not baptized in the NAME of the LORD
JESUS CHRIST for no other Name is given whereby we must be saved) - “and you
shall receive the gifts of the Holy Spirit”.
And the word “BAPTIZE” (Greek Word “Baptizo”) means
to IMMERSE. For the first thirteen hundred years from the death of Christ,
baptism was always performed by IMMERSION of the person UNDER WATER. “And they
went both down INTO the WATER, both Philip and the Eunuch; and he baptized him”
(Acts 8:39). “John also was baptizing at Aeneon
because there was MUCH WATER there” (John 3:23). “They came up OUT OF THE
WATER” (Acts 8:39).
GOD IS CALLING ON YOU TODAY, SINCERE CHRISTIAN, to be restored back to the
original faith that was once delivered to the saints; as Romans 8:30 says,
“Whom He did predestinate, them He also CALLED: and whom He called, then He
also justified: and whom He justified, them He also glorified.” If you are
God’s predestinated seed, you will recognize this Message to be the Truth. And
you will not wait long until you are baptized in the NAME of the LORD JESUS
CHRIST. Get right with God now. “Obedience is better than sacrifice” (1 Samuel
15:22).
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HISTORICAL FACTS AND RECORDS***
BRITANNICA ENCYCLOPEDIA - “Everywhere in the oldest sources, it states that
baptism took place in the Name of Jesus Christ.” (11th Edition/Vol.3/p.82)
CANNY ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RELIGION - “The
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Part 2
Baptism has
been a part of the Christian Church since John the Baptist came to forerun the
first coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. John was baptizing in the River Jordan
for repentance (Matthew 3) and his Message was to prepare the hearts of the
people to receive Jesus Christ as Lord (Isaiah 40: 3). Jesus Himself was
baptized by John (Matthew 3: 13-15) and He is our example.
Many who confess Jesus Christ today as saviour and
Lord have been baptized in their churches in the titles of Father, Son and Holy
Spirit, on the authority of the Word of God (Matthew 28: 19): "Go ye
therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and
of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit."
These same persons, who acknowledge every Word of God to be true, deny or put
aside Acts 2: 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 Spirit," because the teaching of their
church, not having the revelation of Acts 2: 38, considers the words of Peter
as secondary to that of our Lord.
Jesus Himself said in Matthew 4: 4,"Man shall not live by bread alone, but
by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of
God". Therefore the question arises are the words spoken by Peter in Acts
2: 38 contrary to what Jesus said in Matthew 28: 19?
God's Word is not contrary within itself, yet according to men's understanding
it would appear that the infallible Word of God has two opposing statements.
Please consider these thoughts. There must be an answer because the Word of God
is Truth (John 17: 17) and this truth must be a revelation to you personally if
you are to know the Lord Jesus Christ and be known of Him. His coming for His
Church is very near.
The reason sincere people are misled and in some cases
confused, is that the theology of the organised
churches, has replaced the revelation of God's Word by the Holy Spirit.
What is the NAME of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit? Many who
will be reading this have already been baptized in a denominational church, by
sprinkling or immersion according to Matthew 28: 19, and yet they do not know
that Name. Others will be considering baptism in water and you should know that
Name before you are baptized.
Father is not a name, Son is not a name; Holy Spirit is not a name.
Would it not be strange to sign a cheque on your bank
account with the word father, son or grandfather? You know that such a cheque would have no authority; then why be baptized in the
titles of Father, Son and Holy Spirit?
You may say, "Jesus said to be baptized this way and that's good enough
for me." It is true Jesus gave that commandment, and in verse 20 of
Matthew 28 confirmed that if this commandment was taught and observed He would
be with us always.
Was it not the same Jesus who met Paul on the road to
When Jesus said in Matthew 28: 19 to be baptized in the name of the Father and
the Son and of the Holy Spirit, He was speaking of the truth of the Revelation
of Himself and of His name, and every born again Holy Spirit filled child of
God will know their Heavenly Father's name, and be baptized in water in that
name. Jesus manifested the Father's name. (John 17: 6).
The name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit is the Lord Jesus
Christ and the only way that a Christian believer should be baptized is in the
name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Not by sprinkling but by immersion as Jesus was
baptized, by one who has been filled with the Holy Spirit, having this
revelation.
If you have been baptized in the titles, then you should be re-baptized in the
name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Every Christian must be baptized according to
Acts 2: 38, it is God's provided way to receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Colossians 3: 17 says, "Whatsoever ye do in word
or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the
Father by Him." Surely baptism is a word of confession and deed.
There is no reference in the Word of God to a trinity of persons being God.
Trinity doctrine is contrary to Scripture and is error. John 4: 24, "God
is a Spirit: and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in
truth." In Mark 12:29. "Hear, O lsrael; the
Lord our God is one Lord." Also Ephesians 4: 5-6, "One Lord, one
faith. one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is
above all, and through all and in you all."
The trinity doctrine and baptism in the titles of Father.
Son and Holy Spirit, which is the basis of the first denominational church and
other organised churches, came to be accepted as
church doctrine about 325 A.D. at the Nicea Council,
and it is suggested you confirm this in the records of this Council meeting at
your library.
The Revelation of the Lord Jesus Christ is the rock upon which the Church,
being the Body of Christ, is built (Matthew 16: 16-18). However, by the
reasoning of men, the doctrine of a trinity of persons and baptism in the
titles, was substituted for the Revelation of the Lord Jesus Christ and
originated the denominational system as it is to this day.
God is a Spirit (John 4: 24) but has a threefold manifestation, or is revealed
in three offices: as the Father Creator of all things, revealed or manifested
in the body of flesh and blood, of Jesus the Son our Saviour
and as the Holy Spirit to reveal to you the revelation of Himself through His
Word even now as you read.
God is a Spirit who came to redeem, to reconcile to Himself those who were
lost, by coming in the body of flesh and blood of His Son (Hebrews 10: 5). The
Son, as the body, was born of a virgin, as it was necessary to by-pass the
original sin in the Garden of Eden, and she was overshadowed by the Holy Spirit
(Luke 1: 35). Did Jesus the Son have two fathers?
The trinity and oneness doctrine are both in error. The Word of God reveals the
revelation of the Lord Jesus Christ, and every Christian must confess that
Jesus is the Son of God (1 John 4: 15).
Jesus the Son was the body or tabernacle of flesh and blood in which the
Father, a Spirit, dwelt or was revealed. This does not make Jesus the Son a
second part of a trinity of persons, but a manifestation of God (John 1: 1 and
14). The body of flesh and blood was our sacrifice, that through this blood we,
may boldly come into His Presence (Hebrews 10: 19), and be in Him. 1 John 5:
20. "And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an
understanding, that we may know Him that is true. And we are in Him that is
true, even in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal
life."
The Bible says clearly that God was made flesh and dwelt among us and Jesus the
Son said in John 14: 7, speaking to His disciples, "If you had known Me, ye should have known My Father also; and from henceforth
ye know Him, and have seen Him."
If they had known Jesus! Did they know Him? Of course they knew Him, but they
only knew Him as a man, not having the revelation of God a Spirit being
revealed in flesh and blood. As Jesus said, "If ye had known Me, ye should have known My Father also"; and not only
known the Father but would have seen the Father. It is this revelation that God
a Spirit came in the body of flesh and blood of the Son, that
Christ's Church is built upon, and every born again son and daughter
must have this revelation to be with the Lord at His coming.
John 14: 16-20 confirms the same truth when Jesus was speaking about the
Comforter, which was the manifestation of God to and in the believers, after
the body of flesh and blood of the Son had passed through Calvary to redeem us.
The Comforter at that time had not come, but Jesus said they knew Him! Why?
Because Jesus was the Holy Spirit; the Comforter revealed in flesh and blood;
but after
This article is not intended to cover everything that could be said concerning
the Revelation of the Lord Jesus Christ and His name as referred in the
Scriptures, but rather to awaken your attention to the error of the trinity
doctrine and baptism in trinity titles, that you may. search
the Word of God and see that these things be so. (Acts 17:
11).
God promised in His Word, that before the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ for
His Church, He would send a Prophet in the Spirit and Power of Elias to restore
the born again children of God back to the Word, and the truth in this tract
and other truths have been confirmed by the Lord through the ministry of
William Branham. (Malachi 4: 5-6).
May the Lord God Almighty reveal to you the Revelation of Jesus Christ Himself
and His name, the Lord Jesus Christ. John 17: 3 says, And this is life eternal, that they might know Thee the only
true God and Jesus Christ, Whom Thou hast sent."
Jesus further said in Matthew 24: 44, "Therefore be ye also ready: for in
such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh," and if you have not
been baptized in Christian baptism according to the Word of God and you desire
to be ready for the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, may you prayerfully wait
upon the Lord and be baptized according to Acts 2: 38.