 Whenever we talk about baptizing Should we do so in the name of Jesus only or Should we baptize in the name of the Father the Son and the Holy Ghost? Well, I don't think it should be that big of a problem I do see and understand why people have a little bit of a little bit of a difficult a little bit of misunderstanding as it As it relates to that Especially when you look at this passage and Compare it to that passage we seem to have two different passages or a couple different passes Matter of fact more than just two different passages that state different things different ways of going about doing it and I'm going to show in the end where It really almost is kind of a moot point. It's almost a dead issue and you'll you'll see it in the beginning But we're in the end, but now remember What we're talking about here We're talking about baptism and the question is does baptism save? Well, the answer is yes baptism saves. The answer is no baptism does not say two answers Because it depends on what do you mean by baptism? Are we talking about a water of physical baptism? Well, Peter tells us that is that's not the baptism that saves us It's not that in first Peter 3. So it's not that kind of that water baptism It is a different type of baptism that saves us. We're speaking about the Holy Spirit and so John states that baptizing that he baptizes in water And matter of fact, let's put up on the screen I want to put up a different different accounts where John talks about this. He says so in John 3 11 I mean sorry not John Matthew 3 11 says I baptize you with water for repentance But he who was coming after me speaking of Jesus, obviously is Mightier than I whose sandals I am not worthy to carry He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. He says in Mark 1 8 I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit Luke he says that I baptize you with water But he was mighty that mighter than I is coming the straps of whose sandals I'm not worthy to untie He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire now We also understand what what he's speaking up. Obviously John's baptism was not for salvation Now they were making a declaration the people that would do so that would come to be baptized But that didn't mean that you were saved that didn't mean that you received eternal life Now the question is going to be matter of fact, let me ask this question. Let me just pose this question to you all is Baptism what saves what saves a person? Well Should we say that if you haven't been baptized that you're not saved Well, if you have not been baptized in the Holy Spirit, then you have not been saved Right, if you have not been baptized in Holy Spirit, you have not been saved Should we say if a person has not repented is that person saved? Well, sure if a person Is repentant that person saves if you have not repented you are not safe Well, what about confess if you don't have faith if you don't have faith then you are not saved You don't have faith if you don't believe then you are not safe and so What we see is we see different ways of explaining Salvation and I'm gonna get to the whole issue of being baptized in Jesus name But I kind of want to lay the at the groundwork So if you have not believed you haven't had faith then you are not safe if you have not Confessed if you haven't repented then you are not saved if you have not been baptized in the Spirit You have not been saved if you are not a disciple of Christ a true disciple you are not saved Well, why do I say that because we look through the scriptures and we see different passages? Let me just pull a couple of them up right here We see different passages that seem to say that this is what it takes to be saved This is what it takes to have internal life We were told in Romans 10 9 that if you confess with your mouth that Jesus Lord Then you shall be saved The same thing is said in 1st John 9 says that if you can fit if if you confess Your sins Then he is faithful and just to to to cleanse you To forgive you to cleanse your ball and righteousness and so we see on one hand Confession or faith is necessary You have to believe if you do not believe and don't confess and acknowledge that Jesus Lord You don't believe that you are not safe, but then we also have other passages say repent Now when you see repent the word repent you're gonna see other things added to it such as Repent and turn now I'm saying that because I want to introduce something to you that might be a little bit foreign It's what's called an ep something that's ep exegetical Fancy term all it really means is just giving added information to explain something and so for example in Was a passage in I'm sorry in acts 3 9 or 19 it says repent and turn well Repent does mean to turn it means to turn your mind change your way of thinking and so if you're gonna be a believer You have to have repented you have to have changed your mind about what not your actions Because those will follow suit if you change your mind. Well, the problem is how do I change my mind? Okay? And so to repent and turn is basically saying the same thing again It's it's a way of saying two or three or four different things to make one statement You see that all throughout scriptures and so when when the Bible talks about how to be safe One passage may say just repent. We have that we're just as just repent That's all I have to do to be safe just repent Okay, and if a person has repented that person is safe But then another passage says that if a person believes and confesses or believes that person is safe So that's all that's all I have to do is just repent. I mean just just believe well, sure Another passage might say that if I am baptized then I am safe. Well, sure now What it really is guys and this is as ep exegetical understanding and we do this even in our own lives We have examples where we can say something we'll say it different ways Or different different types of ways or may say it add to a three different adjectives to it or descriptive terms to But we're only saying one thing right? Get somewhere sit down and shut up Well, what we're really telling the person is to be quiet. Just just chill out, right? And so we might use other things of the adjectives of the verb to really convey one thought I want you one thing Right and the same is true in other languages and in other cultures and at other times in History, okay, and so out of me say you got to confess you have to believe you have to be baptized you have to repent Now one passage that brings us up matter of fact couple passes. I've talked about this in John 3 I won't go to I won't go through it again But where Jesus says to if a person wants to be to be born again You have to be born of water and spirit right this whole issue of being born again And it's using two two two things water and spirit and that's what you have to be born of Okay, well, it's not they're two different elements But it's what's called that in this case of exegetical Kyve two elements in this case separated by Kyve the word and To say one thing to refer to one thing now We're gonna see this because it comes up in two passages And we forget about another passage and again I don't think this is that big of issue when it comes to Should a person be baptized in Jesus's name only or does it matter if the baptism happens in the name of the Father? So I'm the Holy Spirit. Well again, let's just let let's let's be clear. I want to be clear before we go any further We're talking about water baptism here We're talking about when someone is being on On the profession of their faith Having being being dipped or submerged in water, that's where the word baptismal comes from means to be emerged and It is his public confession however, if We're thinking that that's what saves a person Then we got a problem We got a problem if we're thinking that that particular act is what saves a person then we've got a problem The Bible says it's not of works. Let's say you mentioned both And of course that is a work that is something that you have to do to be saved If I'm saying that I have to do this to be saved well, then that's a work now Someone's gonna come back and say well, what about faith? I have to do something to be saved if I'm believing in faith in faith There's a something to do so is in faith a work will know faith is not a work Why because who causes the faith in us? according to Philippians we're told that By by by grace we've been saved and faith not of not of our own our own doing It is a gift of God and so he used the neuter to encompass the whole body of that passage And so the salvation and the faith for it all comes from God and then that's what Jesus explaining in John 3 That before you even want to think about making this legitimate profession of faith The first thing that has to happen is you must first be born again You must be born from above your heart must be regenerated, which is what we also see again in Ezekiel Okay, and then Jesus Expounds that even in John 1 where he says that all of us who have been born Including Jews and Gentiles are all believers. We're all in the kingdom. So now that being stated so no faith Though it might be something that we do it is preceded by something that he does But if we're saying though that baptism we have to do that to garner salvation. Well Now I think we're that that's a bridge too far Do you think that's what John meant when he says hey, I'm baptized you with water But Jesus is going to baptize you in or with the Holy Spirit And what does that mean when it says that Jesus has baptized you in with the Holy Spirit? That's the issue here, but now let's just assume For a second, I want I want to cover someone's statement to my buddies to my big bosom buddies I'm pretty sure I am on their Christmas mailing list. I'm pretty sure I'm pretty sure This year I'm going to get a Christmas card from these two brothers that being Geno Jennings and That also being Marcus Rogers So I want to I want to play some clips from them And I want you all to see where they go off and where this problem comes around With this issue of having to be baptized in Jesus name only or the father something the Holy Spirit Yeah, I got a I got to fix this Because I did not put my picture up here. I want to I want to be able to talk through this I want to kind of go through this with you guys. And so now this is Geno Jennings He's talking about him watching Something with Charles Stanley and Charles Stanley was was putting on a demonstration about baptism. So Let's listen Okay, so there's the first issue that he has He says, who do you know name father? He's gonna say, who do you know? Uh, name He's misunderstanding What name actually means? Okay, the word name in Greek And again, we're talking about from their understanding from their standpoint from their culture The word name it does also mean a person's name nomenclature, but it also means reputation What they do what they're about Okay, uh, how do I know that because if we say if we want if we want to be That wouldn't with that interpretation Then when we say do something in my name, does that mean that we literally are saying his name every time we're doing something Okay, no, no, uh, it means based on or according to or Uh, because of the authority or based on the authority Of Jesus or in this case, what do you say about the father that's on the Holy Spirit? So based on the authority or according to what they're doing. That's what it means Why is that important? Well, let me ask you guys a question You all feel free to put it in the chats if you want to or put in the comments, but The one who got on the cross and died for us What is his name? The one who bore our sins, what what is his name? What is what is his name? What what is what is the common nomenclature ascribed to him? I'm sorry, not the common the proper nomenclature That's to be ascribed to him What's his name? What what what is his name and okay? I see I see Yeshua. I see Jesus. Guess what guys? No, that's his title That's who he is. That's what he does You do realize that there are other people in the in that day and even since then and before then Who had that name Jesus? Even in the Old Testament in Jewish Culture, you would see the name Yeshua Even the name Joshua, which is the same as Yeshua you would see that name Well, we're told that when he comes back He's going to have a name that we don't even know we've never seen and can't pronounce So he's got a name But we've got to call him something on earth, right? And so we call him Jesus or we call him a Jesus or we call him a Yeshua So Obviously, that's what he would refer to if you called him anything on the earth And and so as a matter of fact, I see someone putting in a manual The bible says that his name should be called one for counselors names to be called He should be called a manual which is now we didn't go around calling him a manual But the point is this is who he is he is with us is God That's what a manual means with us is God God with us And so the point that I'm trying to bring out is that the word Onoma Means not it refers to obviously a person's name like my name is Cory But it also refers to what the person does for example if I talk about the president mr. President Hey president Who am I talking about? Well at this moment for these four years It is Joe Biden Previously if I called. Hey, we're talking about the president. Who is it? We're talking about Donald Trump There have been plenty of people who have gone by that name But it's not their real name, but it's how they're identified. It's what they do same thing with Jesus He he saves us. He is the Lord who saves which is literally what the word means Which is why it's okay to call him Yeshua Which is why it's okay to call him Jesus, which is why it's okay to call him Uh, Jesus because it means the Lord who saves the Lord saves. That's the point so now He has this a misunderstanding that Uh, that's what we're talking about He has this misunderstanding. Gino Jennings does that that's what we're talking about So let's let's go ahead and finish. Let him sing it out. Name son. God is the holy ghost, but that's not his name That's a function So viewers When the preacher say I therefore baptized this candidate He's telling you he's going to do it in the name of the father and of the son and of the blessed holy ghost Then he baptized you and praying you up You just wet well Do you all agree with that? He says it all if if if when you back when you get baptized you decided, you know what now let's let's look at this I decide, you know what I want to I want to give my life to the Lord. It's it's it's about time I'm tired of running. I'm out here in these streets I want to I want to get saved I want to live right and I believe that Jesus died on the cross for me And I want to place my faith in him and and and I want to live right and and all those good things that That I see the preacher talking about and people at church talking about and that's what I want and so I I I don't know I said a prayer I believe that I had faith in what I said I believe that he died for my sins and so forth Someone asked what is Jesus name in Aramaic? It's it's the same as in in uh in Hebrew Both of those are Semitic languages and so it is it's still Yeshua and and um In in Aramaic so anyway, but someone says that I I I do all that now What's next and now you have to be baptized you got to be baptized now you understand in geno's case And as well in Marcus's case You're not safe until you're baptized You're not safe until you're baptized so I go up to get baptized And now the evidence of my salvation is going to come at the end which they're going to talk about But uh, I go up I get baptized And when I get baptized Someone is going to take me down in water And they're going to say over me Uh, I baptized you in Jesus name And then come up and then whoopee I'm saved And then uh, I get the Holy Spirit After that and the evidence of the Holy Spirit is me speaking in tongues I won't deal with the issue of the uh the speaking in tongues part because that is clearly flawed If you saw the video that I did about geno, I just laid out I was a six or seven Passage in the scripture to show that people have believed became believers in Christ and did not speak in tongues So that being said, uh, geno is a bit misunderstood He's a bit flawed in his thinking and I'm being nice. He's more than a bit flawed in his thinking But he says all you deal with just go get wet. But that's the that's the scenario that I'm laying out for you That's what he just says Now before I go to Marcus is let's let's go ahead and put up on the screen What minute mark? We don't want to make sure I go back to the right spot. We're at 111. Okay. So now I want to put on the screen the passage that they're that they're dealing with Okay, geno, uh, is referencing acts 238. So let's go to acts 238. Matter of fact, Marcus is going to reference acts 238 as well He says Peter said to them repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus christ For the forgiveness of your sins and you will receive The gift of the holy spirit Now what he's talking about or what what he's talking about Matter of fact what Marcus is saying also is this issue in the name of Jesus christ For the forgiveness of your sin and you will receive the holy spirit. So now I want to come back to the screen and and There's something that they're missing There's something now. I see why they say what they're saying But there's something glaring that's missing. So let's go back to to geno. Matter of fact, let's let's go to what Marcus is Getting ready to say and let's hear him as well. Let's go to the Here we go Now acts 238 Then Peter said into them repent one action and be baptized two actions every one of you in the name of Jesus christ For the remissions of sins and ye shall receive the gift of the holy ghost That's three separate actions. So now before I let them continue I mentioned a little while ago just a few minutes ago about this term That's called ep exegetical or ep exe Jesus if you look it up It is saying the same thing in many ways. It's getting extra information to explain a point Now what's happening in in acts 238 Is an exegetical statement? It's not three different things that are taking place. It's one thing Signified by three different things three different titles three different ways of saying it Okay, so let's put it back on matter of fact before I put one screen. Let's just read it and I'll let him finish playing Then we'll go back to the screen. Uh, he says so repent Every one of you in the name of Jesus for the forgiveness of your sins and you will receive the holy spirit Okay, so we send there's three things that have to take place. Let's just see if that holds water and then let's look at the absolute Heretical implications of what both of these men are saying and if anyone who believes that you have to be baptized In water for salvation and have the name Jesus verbally said over you It is a heretical teaching and I'm going to show you why it's just it's just silly In the end, but let's continue anybody who tells you all you don't have to be baptized It says clearly that if you're not baptized you will be damned in the bible and mark and it's not talking about Being baptized in the holy spirit. You see here. It's three separate actions. You repent Uh, you were baptized and then you received the holy ghost. Then you received the holy Okay, so he says you repent you baptized and then you receive the holy ghost Now do you all think that uh, that's the formula that we see throughout scripture? There are sometimes there are sometimes But has there everyone has there ever been anyone who received the holy spirit before they were baptized? Has there now again if you say no, uh, there are pastors if it acts as a matter of fact If you go matter of fact, let's do this. Let's go back to ax 238. Let's go back to ax 238 Even in the very passage that they quote The formula is broken up or not explained Very soon after in ax 238. We see what he says then in ax 40 He says and with many other words he bore witnesses bore witness and continue to exhort them saying Uh, save yourselves from this cricket generation So those who received his word were baptized and they were added to the to uh, that day about 3000 Now what didn't happen is they didn't speak in tongues Okay, now that's and I and I pull that up real quick because Uh, it's a situation where, um, he as well as you know, jenny's they'll say that that the evidence of that The way that you know, you were actually baptized and if you received the holy spirit was this speaking in tongues portion But now the question is did everyone Um, who believed did they all get uh, did they all get baptized in water? Well x 13 I I won't spend a lot of time on this because I've done it enough times, but x 1348 Is a is a passage where it states that uh, and when the Gentiles heard this They began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the lord and as many as were pointed to eternal life believed Well, what's missing in this passage? Well, two things that are missing in this passage one, there's no tongues But also two more important to the point is they were not baptized in water here Okay, and so and there there are many passages or there's enough passages to state that that show that Um, believing does not always follow or is not always followed by being baptized And so when someone says that they are just wrong now again Well, they're making the point that water baptism is is what saves that's the whole reason why there's this issue about What name verbally should be? Called out over a person when they're being saved. I mean they've been baptized So let's go to mark 16. Let's see what he says in mark 16 and I won't I won't belabor the point about um The the ladder the longer ending of mark 16. We'll I've discussed that before we'll discuss it some other time in the past But again, um, you won't find a lot of scholars are going to take the view that mark 16 the latter ending nine through 20 Was in the original manuscript, but for the sake of this, let's say it is and so let's just deal with the text And so mark 16 16 says whoever believes Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved all right That seems pretty straightforward. It says whoever believes and is baptized will be saved Here's an example of the ep exegetical chi Whoever believes and is baptized shall be saved The ep exegetical chi Tells us that this is not two different things that you have to do to be saved In other words, one thing you have to do to be saved is believe But then the second thing you have to do also is to be baptized then you're saved Because if that's the case and what about the other things that are missing like such as being becoming a disciple or repenting That's not mentioned here. Well, Repent in order to be a Christian you have to have you have to have repented you cannot be a Christian without repent You cannot be a Christian without believing you cannot be a Christian without being baptized all of those three are the same Work in the same way in the same thing. They're all part of the same process. Now. Is there an order? We don't know. There's no way to know You repent first and then you are baptized in the spirit or your backpack It may be that they're all simultaneously. They're all saying the exact same thing. They all mean the same thing Um, soteriologically speaking There's no way to know for sure because the bible doesn't divide that for us We just know that um, each one of those things each one of those things are required But each one of those things aren't always spoken of at the same time So it must mean that each one of those things either are the same thing Or are all a part of the same process. Are you with me? but he says that you must believe and Whoever it believes and is baptized and if we take it that he's talking about two different things Then we got a problem with the latter part of this pastor because he says Whoever believes and his baptizer says but whoever does not believe will be condemned. Well, wait a minute What about the person who believes but is not baptized? If the person who believes and is not baptized are they also condemned? It just says the latter portion whoever does not believe will be condemned Well, here's why it says that because believing when a person believes What has happened with the with the person that's believed they have been baptized into the holy spirit? That's the point that the writer is getting at. That's the whole point of this It's not a water baptism that he's speaking of it is a spiritual baptism now going back because if we're going to take John and jesus at their word John says that I baptize you with water. That's this Dipping you down and pulling you back up. That's that water baptism. Well, that never saved you Paul Paul John Contrast that with what Jesus is going to do. That's the baptism that saves us again according to first Peter 3 You are baptized by who who does the baptism? Who who who does the baptism? It's jesus, right? It's not it's not pastor so-and-so. It's not bob so-and-so. It's not so-and-so According to the passage according to the passage is according to the bible It is john that does the baptism I mean, I mean it's jesus that does the baptizing. He baptizes you. He is the one that literally dips you into the holy spirit Now i'm not making that up. They like to say i'm in bible. Well, we we covered that Jesus is the one that's going to baptize you not anyone else Okay, now that being said so let's go back to the passage and let's see something he says so Whoever believes and is baptized these are two different um thing two different verbs as a matter of fact Uh if you've done these two things you'll be safe but but but Something is missing whoever does not believe but doesn't say whoever does not believe and who is not baptized so There is this exegetical understanding that's missing oftentimes so now we do with our own language We do it in english. We do it in every other language and they also do it in greek Okay, uh matter of fact when you get some time after this Go ahead and type in ep exegetical and get the understanding. It's not it's not a greek terminology It's a it's a language terminology and so but anyway Yeah, jesus was baptized and john tells us why jesus was baptized John says that i did not know him but that he should be revealed to all israel That's why i came baptizing in water because the one who sent me that being god said that The one who you baptize and when you see the spirit descending upon him like a dove You'll know that's the one and so what does john do john's going around the countryside baptizing? Nope, you're not the person baptizing person look up. Nope. No holy spirit following this person baptize another person Nope, nobody no holy spirit. Jesus coming. He knows who jesus is He knows who jesus is and even says i need to be baptized by you But to verify everything to make sure everything is is only up and up and that everything will be fulfilled He baptizes jesus and then what does he see the spirit descending on him like a dove A voice from heaven god saying this is my wealth. This is my son. I'm beloved and so the next day What does john do? Hey y'all look everybody? That's the son That's the lamb who takes away the sins of the world and then two of his disciples andrew and peter follow jesus Okay, so that's why jesus jesus didn't get baptized because he needed to whatever wherever the function of then a baptizing Uh is for us Jesus didn't need that Jesus didn't get anything extra by being baptized. He was still who he was and was still going to do what he's going to do Okay Now that being said so the issue is The greater issue is if a person is being baptized in water does that save? Well, no, that's not what's safe It's the believing part and we just proved it in the past that they looked at mark 1616 the person who believes And synonymous with believing according to this passage is not the physical water baptism Remember guys, there are two types of baptism at play here We get to thinking about this physical water baptism and that's not what they're talking about He's talking about this spiritual baptism Because if the water baptism was so important and they hold to mark 1616 so strongly Why then why then did he leave out in the latter portion mark 16? And is not baptized. He just says whoever does not believe So that means that mean that if you believe but you're not baptized you still be saved Well, because baptism and belief are the are part of the same thing They go hand in hand. It's like getting the water with the wet Okay, it's the water with the wet the wet with the water So the baptism and the believing go together when a person believes That person has been dipped into the holy spirit How do I know because according to paul in first corinthians 12? He says that all believers have been baptized into the water all believers have been dipped into the same holy spirit Well Who dips the all the believers into the holy spirit? This is easy Who is the person that baptizes us all if you're saved? Who is the one that baptizes you into the holy spirit? Jesus does well. When did Jesus literally come down and grab you and dip you well at the moments you believed? When you believe you were baptized into the holy spirit How do I know that how can I make the statement? That the moment that you believed that you were baptized into the holy spirit And i'm getting to this whole issue of in the name of jesus or the father of the holy spirit But how can I make a how could I possibly make a statement that at the moment that you believe That you were baptized into the holy spirit How can I make that statement? Well, because paul says that all believers all of us All of us who have been saved all of us who have believed have been baptized Who does that include the person that just got that just believed a second ago? That also includes a person that that uh believed 100 years ago And everybody in between all of those people who have been baptized if that's not the case in paul lot paul was wrong paul did not say that all of those who believed Must get baptized into the spirit. He says all of those that believe have been have been past tense That's uh first crimson's chapter 12 first second I'm not going there for because I want to go ahead and get to the point and get to this heretical implication Now I want to just know before I get there as I'm making my way there I'd love to know in the in the chats in the comment section How many of you guys think that it's important that when you're baptized In water that you have to have the name verbally Jesus in jesus name or in the name of jesus spoken over you How many people believe that you must if you believe that you must have the name In jesus name spoken over you or in the name of jesus or the lord jesus Put a yes, please. I'd love to know if you believe that that is important Now me I say no, that's not important at all At all as a matter of fact my point is that when he makes this statement in the name of jesus He's not talking about someone's name. He's not saying something Uh that must be spoken verbatim like it's a magical formula. Let me give you an example when we pray Jesus tells us that when we pray that when we pray this in my name or in the name of jesus Can I ask you guys a question? May I ask you guys a question how many prayers after jesus gives us this this uh this way that we ought to pray How many prayers after that in the bible end in in jesus name or uh in the name of jesus There are no more. There are no prayers that end that way Why does jesus say to to uh when you pray to say in jesus name or to pray in my name But then we don't see a prayer that ends in the magical words in jesus name. Why is that? Well because because that's not what he meant that may be how we understand it That may be how we see it, but remember guys we're in 2022 We're far removed distance wise and time wise as well as culture And that's never that is never what they meant when someone says to do this in my name so Okay, I see someone says baptism in the name of jesus is essential. Okay, let's just see if that holds up in just a second Let's just see it and and what the implicate this is why and if you hold that belief I'm not saying you're a heretic, but that belief is heretical Christians can have a heretical view But hopefully they understand it and then change, but I'm gonna show you just a little bit why that's a heretical view But let's go back to acts 238 matter of fact jesus before I go there jesus makes a statement before he leaves In matthew 28 y'all knows as the great commission. He says now Uh verse 20 19. I'm sorry. He says go therefore And making this and make disciples of all nations Baptizing them in the name of the father the son and the holy spirit Well, there is a problem right there for some people It says baptizing them in the name of the father the son and the holy spirit now What I want you to focus on again guys. We're going to do a little greek I start I know my This is in the name To patras which is of the father. So in the name of the father to uh, who y'all which is a son Who you which is the son uh, kai to The oh, I'm sorry kai to who you which is the son and then also the holy spirit kai to hagyu Numatas which is of the holy spirit. So But the point is this in the name of In the name of just simply means again guys On the authority based on what has been done or what they're doing The same thing is said for in the name of jesus. So we go to acts 238. We'll see the exact same statement here Let's go to 238. Oh That's why it's not there. I got the wrong one in to Okay, here we go. So it says he says, uh Be baptized every one of you in the name of jesus Okay, and here it is epi to onamati, which is the same thing upon Or uh over or at the name of jesus now If I say Upon the name at the name over the name because of the name To the name. I'm not telling you to verbally state that name I am not telling you to verbally state that name Okay, now Okay If a person believes Like they believe this is why this is heresy. This is why matter of fact, this is why this is why it's absolute I would say with all due respect It borderlines childishness It's just it's just silly. So follow me We say that We say that uh It's not based on works that were saved But now we're saying you have to be baptized And not only that do you have to baptize the name jesus has to be spoken over you have to say in the name of jesus Let me share with you guys how absolutely utterly silly that is So let's say I want to be no, let's say you want to be saved and you place faith in christ and let's just say You do so on a thursday You you you have done everything that you could possibly do you ever pented You have placed your faith in christ on a thursday Church ain't till sunday You'll get baptized on sunday. We got to wait thursday friday saturday. So we got to wait three days Three three full days for you to get there Got your family there waiting there in their suits and everything and then you go up to get baptized Because the process isn't complete Find the the the process isn't it's not quite there yet You got to get baptized. You got to get put in the water Let's pray that the water the temperature of the water is correct, but you got to get put in the water then What happens though the guy that's dipping you He doesn't know Because it's not just your work It's not the works that you do to get saved namely getting baptized This becomes in essence double works salvation Because it's not also dependent upon your works getting baptized. It's also dependent upon his work. The one that's baptizing you He has to say the name of jesus over you Think about that for a second, especially you guys in the chats One person in particular who's not thinking very much today. I'm just being honest If you think that the guy that's baptizing me has to say in the name of jesus Well, now what he does determines if i'm saved Think about that Because i'm not the person is getting baptized isn't speaking I'm not i'm not going under the water and speaking I'm not speaking above the water or below the water. It's the person's actually baptizing me So i've done everything right i've i've had faith i've repented i don't want to live like i used to live I love jesus with all my heart then Joe bob who has baptized me Pastor Joe bob turns around and baptize me and he says i baptize you in the name of jesus And i'm not safe Not because of my faith, but because of his lack of understanding. Is that is that is that what we're is that what we're supposed to believe? Because that's him. Gino said all you did was just get wet Marcus says that you do that then you'll receive the holy spirit and then you're speaking tongues and that's how you know you're safe So it's not dependent upon just me it's dependent upon someone else And what if the pastor who knew to say the right thing? He was out there. He was sick, but the but the backup pastor the assistant pastor or whatever. I don't know Uh, he the other guy he's there And he is his first time baptizing and so he baptizes me in the name of of jesus I mean name of father son the holy spirit and You mean tell me I didn't get wait a minute You mean to tell me I did all of this stuff and didn't I tell you what I tell you what? I don't want to be a christian no more I don't want to be a christian no more if if you mean to tell me if I can place my faith in christ Then then This other guy who don't know the bible He messes it up for me Well, it's that easy. Well, how can anybody be saved? how Do you all see what i'm saying? Do you see how utterly foolish that is to make the statement that you have to have Someone other than you other than jesus. Oh by the way, let's forget let's not forget Jesus is the one that's supposed to be baptized against. That's why it's a moot point guys That's why it's it's almost a dead issue The one that's baptizing you. I know i know chest chamber not listening, but it's okay though It's okay. Uh, the one that the one that does the baptizing Upon his authority He is baptizing us I think he knows the right formula If I believe Oh, by the way guys if you think that salvation is necessary I know some people who confess christ in the jail cell And can't get baptized I know some people who are going to die really relatively soon or actually end up dying relatively soon After they profess faith in christ Never had the opportunity To go in water They're not saved They're not saved, huh? Y'all recall we talked about how uh, even our good buddy marcus rogers Killed a man or man died because of that A man literally died because he understood or misunderstood the word and thought that marcus did And decided to go get baptized because he'd been baptized also But he wasn't baptized with the name jesus spoken of marcus told him that because the preacher did not say verbatim In the name of jesus or uh in jesus's name Then he wasn't saved And so because of that the guy decided well, I since I don't know my bible I bet I guess I better go get baptized again And he got baptized and running running water and then we don't know the store all the particulars of the story But eventually the man got swept away and run in in this current uh and drowned And he didn't have to be there because he had already Give put his faith in christ. That's that that's the good news of it all that even though he died left his wife and children But at least for him He got to go be with the lord if I I would probably mention to believe that this is a man that was serious because He was just ignorant and ignorance It was of a loss no excuse and it was of a bible excuse and you still can die and he died He died because of his biblical ignorance He died because he was led by someone who thought that you had to be saved by water baptism And you had to be saved by someone literally saying in jesus's name over you That's silly And guys, I don't I you may disagree with me You're not gonna find passages to disagree with me because if you say that you have to do it in jesus's name What jesus says do it in the name of the father son of the holy spirit And the problem is no one ever did it in the name of the father son of the holy spirit Well, how could that be well because that's not what jesus meant jesus did not and no one else took it that way This was not a discussion guys for the early church the early church because it was their culture They understood what was being said They understood that it was clear to them. And so that was not it was not even an issue so Guys, I just want to put that out there So if anyone ever comes you and tells you that you must be baptized in the name of jesus Just tell them jesus did do if i'm safe jesus already baptized me baptized me in the holy spirit As he said he was going to do as the as the scripture said you were going to do and so guys according to the bible If you believe you shall be saved If you believe and if believing Is not enough But you got to be baptized and then you got to repent and you got to do this this this you got to have a checklist Well, then it becomes a works based salvation That's the point that people make when they say when they say something that's a works based salvation And if that's what we're saying well, then again Paul is wrong and it is of works and we can boast But the word of god teaches us that if i'm baptized in the holy spirit i'm saved If i've repented i'm saved if i have confessed or believed in jesus i am saved if you have the sun And you cannot have the sun without having been baptized in the spirit You cannot have the sun without having confessed that he's lord You cannot have the sun without having been repentant and you cannot have the sun without placing your faith in him Those go together and that's why we i bring up this example of the exegetical usage of these words They're saying the same thing And so guys i hope this has been helpful If not listen, i'm not going to fight fight about it if you if you think that's what you have to do to be safe You're missing the boat you're missing you're you're literally right beside the boat you're treading water The boat is bumping you up against the head But you're missing it So but for the rest of us that see the scriptures for clearly as to what they say Jesus is saying jonah said that jesus is the one that's going to baptize us And when he does it it is done all of us have been baptized those of us who have believed All of us have all of us all of us. Let me go ahead and just ban someone real quick Wait a second. I almost ban the wrong person. Let me just ban someone real quick All of us have been baptized Who are believers and I think that's good enough. Amen