The name of Jesus (Sixth part)
Verse of the day: Matthew 28:19 “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit”
In the first part, we ended the meditation by saying that a child of God must acknowledge Jesus before men because if I deny Him before men, He will deny me before His Father in heaven.
Today, I wish to talk about baptism in the name of Jesus because I noticed that there is a huge confusion among God’s children. All started with a doctrine saying that any baptism that is not done in the name of Jesus is a wrong baptism. People justify this by leaning of the verse of the day (Matt 28:19) when Jesus said to the disciples to baptize in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. They say that everywhere in the New Testament, all the baptisms have been done in the name of Jesus and not in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Let’s take the example of Acts 2:38 “Peter replied: 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”. Let’s try to discover the revelation on the subject in order to avoid all kind of confusion. Let’s first examine the verse of the day: “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” (Matt 28:19). Jesus did not ask to baptize the disciples in the names (Plural) of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit but rather in the name (Singular)…which means that He wasn’t talking about three names of three people but one name of one God.
Baptism is a sign of obedience by accepting to die and to rise up with Jesus (Romans 6:3-4) and what counts is the faith with which we do it. Therefore, if one person is baptized in the name of Jesus and another person is baptized in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, both are baptized according to the command of the Lord.
Here is the end of the teaching and this is what must be remembered the most: we need to pray in order to get the revelation of the powerful name of Jesus because without it, it’s almost impossible to get a spiritual victory.
All that power in the name of Jesus is only possible to those who accepted Him as their Lord and their Savior.
Word of encouragement
If you really believe God is the controller of your life, tell me why you’re afraid in the middle of trouble? Fear is the enemy of Faith! The devil always uses fear to attack your faith. If you can dominate fear in your life, then your faith becomes strong.
Don’t worry about what will happen tomorrow or in the future because God takes care of it. Don’t wonder what people would think about your situation because your situation is supposed to be the situation of Christ if He really lives in you (Gal 2:20). If you totally surrender your life into His hands, you’d challenge Him to be responsible of every detail of His life in you and if something terrible happens to you, it’s ONLY because He allowed it to happen for a reason (if you’re connected to Him of course).
From that point, life will be enjoyable and less stressful. That’s the rest of God preached in Hebrews 4.9-10. Everything should be covered by a prayerful life
