Before i state my question i want to make a disclaimor..i believe water baptism in the name of Jesus Christ to be absolutely essential to salvation. It is not my intent here to debate this.
I was reading today and going over some of the basic salvation scriptures such as
Luke 24 that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name. Also read over
Acts 1 and how Jesus commanded his disciples to wait for the promise of the Father. He told them that John had baptized with water but that they would be baptized with the Holy Ghost in a few days. Then it occured to me, he told them to wait for the Holy Ghost but not to be rebaptized! He commanded them to go and baptize but not to be rebaptized themselves. Now, it is not scriptural to say that John's baptism was enough for those living in this day because Paul rebaptized John's disciples in Jesus name in
Acts 19. Is it possible that even though it is commanded for us to be baptized in Jesus name, it was not required of the Apostles? Or do you suppose that they may have been rebaptized and it was just not recorded?
Opinions anyone???
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