Question about baptism?

Question

In Matthew 28:19 Jesus commands his disciples to "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost"

In Acts 2:38, Acts 10:48, Acts 19:5 the disciples baptized in the name of Jesus.

Is there a contridiction? Did the disciples get it wrong? Is the "name of the Father, Son, Holy Ghost", JESUS?

Answer 1

You have to remember the bible was written by several people from several points of view.  Just like witness testimony what people see and hear are different even if they're standing right next to each other.  In my experience babies are always baptized In the name of The Father, The Son and The Holy Ghost.  

Answer 2

No, the sacred writers did not get it wrong. They know that Jesus cannot be separated from the Father and the Holy Spirit. If the Bible was written to satisfy the demands of legalists with precise and detailed explanations for everything, no one whould be able to carry the book because it would be too big. They followed the Trinitarian formula.

For a sacrament to be valid, three things have to be present: the correct form, the correct matter, and the correct intention. With baptism, the correct intention is to do what the Church does, the correct matter with which to do it is water, and the correct form is baptizing "in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit" (Matt. 28:19).

Not all religious organizations use this form. Jehovah’s Witnesses sometimes use no formula at all in their baptisms, and an even larger group, the "Jesus-Only" Pentecostals, baptize "in the name of Jesus." As a result, the baptisms of these groups are invalid—they are not Christian but pseudo-Christian.

Both groups also reject the Trinity. Jehovah’s Witnesses claim that Jesus is not God, a heresy known as Arianism (after its fourth-century inventor, Arian), and the "Jesus-Only" Pentecostals claim that there is only a single Person, Jesus, in the Godhead, a heresy known as Sabellianism (after its third-century inventor, Sabellius).

"Jesus-Only" Pentecostals note that Jesus told the apostles to baptize in "the name" (singular) of the Father, the Son, and the Spirit, but they make the mistake of assuming that name is Jesus. In reality, if the term name is to be taken literally in this passage, the single name shared by the three is likely Yahweh (the personal name of God in the Bible).

This name is applied to both the Father and the Son in the New Testament. In Acts 2:34–36, Peter quotes Psalm 110:1, applying the term Lord to the Father, but in the Old Testament original, the term Lord is actually Yahweh.

In Philippians 2:10–11, Paul quotes Isaiah 45:19–24, applying a prophecy about the Lord to the Son. And in the Old Testament original, the term Lord in this passage is Yahweh. Jesus also applied the name Yahweh ("I Am") to himself in John 8:58. His audience understood exactly what he meant and tried to stone him for claiming equality with God.

Since the Bible applies the name Yahweh to the Father and the Son, it is almost certainly possessed by the Spirit and thus is a name of all three persons of the Trinity.

"Jesus-Only" Pentecostals also argue that the New Testament talks about people being baptized "in the name of Jesus," but there are only four such passages (Acts 2:38, 8:16, 10:48, and 19:5). Further, these passages do not use the same designation in each place (some say "Lord Jesus," other say "Jesus Christ"), indicating that they were not technical formulas used in the baptism but merely descriptions by Luke. These four descriptions are not to be considered as a substitute for or contradiction of the divine command of the Lord Jesus Christ to "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).

The early Church Fathers, of course, agreed. As the following quotes illustrate, Christians have from the beginning recognized that the correct form of baptism requires one to baptize "in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit."

"The Didache

After the foregoing instructions, baptize in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, in living [running] water. If you have no living water, then baptize in other water, and if you are not able in cold, then in warm. If you have neither, pour water three times on the head, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit" (Didache 7:1 [A.D. 70]).

This predates the book of Revelation by 25 years, and most of the Apostles were still alive. Protestant theories about the Catholic Church changing the rules of baptism in the 2nd century are totally false.

Answer 3

THEY  GOT  IT  RIGHT.THE  APOSTLES   BAPTIZED  ONLY  IN  THE  NAME  OF  JESUS  WHICH   IS  THE  NAME  OF  GOD  THE  FATHER  GOD  THE  SON   AND   THE  HOLY GHOST  IS  THE  SPIRIT   OF  JESUS.   THANK  YOU  D'S

Answer 4

If it shows baptism both ways, then the same "rules" apply today, I would think.  We have the freedom to baptize either way.  This is not something to consider as a contradiction. We were not given baptism with rigid ceremonial rules to follow. Those days are gone, I don't know why we keep looking to go back to the Old Testament with this rite.

Answer 5

Water baptism cannot save, and water baptism is not required for salvation.  Look at the thief on the cross.  He was never water baptised, but he is in heaven.

Faith alone in what Jesus has done, is what saves.

The truth is that the only way to be saved and to get into heaven and avoid being sent to eternal h**l is by believing in faith alone that Jesus, who is God, died for our sins on the cross and rose from the dead (1 Corinthians 15:1-4). Believe this and you are saved!

Please pray now: "Jesus, please forgive me of my sins. I believe that You died on the cross for my sins and You rose from the dead. Thank You for eternal life!" You will be in heaven with Him forever when you die.

Answer 6

Jesus is nothing more than a character in a fairy tale.

Answer 7

No contradiction. According to the Trinity Doctrine of the Christian faith, Jesus, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are all one. (Jesus being the Son in Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.)

Answer 8

Jesus is the Son.  There is no contradiction.  He is the only way to heaven and He has already paid the price for our salvation.  Baptism is simply our obedience to His command - it does not save you, nor does it keep you saved.  It simply shows the world that we are His.

Answer 9

The name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost is Jesus. Jesus is God existing as a man.

Act 4:12  Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

Act 9:3  And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven:

Act 9:4  And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

Act 9:5  And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

Act 22:16 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

Col 2:12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.

Rom 6:3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?

1Co 6:11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

justified in the name of Jesus= water baptisn in Jesus name.

1Co 1:13 Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?

1Co 1:15 Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name.

Mat 28:17  And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted.

Mat 28:18  And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

Mat 28:19  Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

Mat 28:20  Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

Noticie that the disciples worshiped Jesus. Jesus also said because all power is given unto me "Go ye therefore."

It is obvious that the apostles carried out the Lord's command. They babptised in the name of Jesus.

Answer 10

There's no contradiction.  It's likely the interpreters have it that the disciples acted on Jesus' instruction to baptize "in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit" much as the Catholic Church continues to do the same today.