Sovereign Grace
Puritan Board Sophomore
And it happened that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the inland country and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples. And he said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” And they said, “No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.” And he said, “Into what then were you baptized?” They said, “Into John's baptism.” And Paul said, “John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, Jesus.” On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they began speaking in tongues and prophesying. There were about twelve men in all.[Acts 19:1-7]
Let me preface this by saying I do not believe in multiple baptisms, but only one...
This thought came to me the other day in regards to baptism. I do believe in "one Lord, one faith, and one baptism", per Ephesians 4:5. How do I reconcile that with the passage found in Acts 19:1-7? The thought came to me as I was pondering a denomination I was once a member of who would not receive anyone into their fellowship who was not baptized by them. In other words, if you sought membership with them and elders of their denomination had not baptized you, unless you were rebaptized by them, they denied you membership. I find that heretical to the core, but as I thought of how two (or more) baptisms are not taught in all of God's holy writ, how can I reconcile this? Any info would be greatly appreciated.
Let me preface this by saying I do not believe in multiple baptisms, but only one...
This thought came to me the other day in regards to baptism. I do believe in "one Lord, one faith, and one baptism", per Ephesians 4:5. How do I reconcile that with the passage found in Acts 19:1-7? The thought came to me as I was pondering a denomination I was once a member of who would not receive anyone into their fellowship who was not baptized by them. In other words, if you sought membership with them and elders of their denomination had not baptized you, unless you were rebaptized by them, they denied you membership. I find that heretical to the core, but as I thought of how two (or more) baptisms are not taught in all of God's holy writ, how can I reconcile this? Any info would be greatly appreciated.