Zobel said:
There is no way to separate baptism from baptism, to create two baptisms from one. You don't ever see the apostles doing this in the scripture. They baptize with water, every indication we have in church history from the beginning has Christians baptizing with water. People who have been baptized into Christ did so through the sacrament of baptism.
Your first "interpretive option" creates a false dichotomy where there is none. The simple answer is to baptize people (which means immerse) in the name of the Trinity.
One goal of Luke's gospel is to write a consecutive account.
Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile an account of the things accomplished among us, just as they were handed down to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word, it seemed fitting for me as well, having investigated everything carefully from the beginning, to write it out for you in consecutive order, most excellent Theophilus; so that you may know the exact truth about the things you have been taught. Luke 1:1Jesus was baptized by John in Luke 3. In Luke 12, Jesus says he has another baptism to go through.
Luke 12:49 "I have come to cast fire upon the earth; and how I wish it were already kindled!
50 But I have a
baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!
Is Jesus talking about a water baptism here?
Let's observe:
A baptism in Water
and they were being
baptized by him in the Jordan River, as they confessed their sins. Matt 3:6
A baptism with the Holy Spirit and Fire
"As for me, I
baptize you with water for repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, and I am not fit to remove His sandals; He will
baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. Matt. 3:11
A baptism in the name "can be water her, can also be a baptism in a name"
Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,
A baptism of Repentance
Paul said, "John
baptized with the
baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in Him who was coming after him, that is, in Jesus."
A baptism into Christ and baptism into His death (notice the distinctions)
Or do you not know that all of us who have been
baptized into Christ Jesus have been
baptized into His death?
Baptism in the name of Paul
Has Christ been divided? Paul was not crucified for you, was he? Or were you
baptized in the name of Paul?
Baptism into Moses, a cloud, and the sea
and all were
baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
The term "illegitimate totality transfer" is a mistake in interpretation which assumes a word means the same every time it's used. People often assume "baptism" refers to water baptism every time it's used and as one can see above, this is not the case Biblically.
To clarify my position, once a person believes in Jesus, they receive the Holy Spirit or are baptized (not by water) into Christ, His death, and resurrection, into the body of believers. One act of obedience after that point is to be baptized publicly (with water). Failure to be baptized in water doesn't mean one has not been baptized into Christ.