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Got Questions --- 
'''Got Wrong'''

1) The “one baptism” of 

[[Ephesians 4.5]]  

[[Ephesians 4]]

is not a water baptism, 
but a spiritual one.

2) The [[church]] did not begin with John the Baptist 

but with the Spirit’s baptism on the [[Day of Pentecost]] ---'''WRONG'''


:the Church was empowered

[[Acts 1.8]]

::8 But ye shall receive power,

::after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you:

::and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem,

::and in all Judaea, and in Samaria,

::and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

:This is talking to the Church

:not individuals

:Those baptized believers already had the Holy Spirit

:on the Day of Pentecost



:The '''Church was started'''

:'''when Jesus was baptized'''

:He was a member and head of His Church

[[Acts 11.15]]-16  

[[Acts 11]]

3) The baptism of John is not sufficient for the New Testament [[church]] 

:Baptism is by the authority 

:of a New Testament [[church]] 

:A man does not have authority to baptize

:Only baptized believers are members of the [[Church]]

[[Acts 18.24]]-28  

[[Acts 18]]

[[Acts 19.1]]-7   

[[Acts 19]]

4) The church is not just a local body 

:churches are local visible bodies

but a worldwide entity comprised of all believers, '''WRONG'''

with Christ as their Head 

:[[Backdoor Baptist]]

[[Ephesians 1.21]]-22  

[[Ephesians 1]]

5) Scripture lists three categories of people: 

unsaved Jews, unsaved Gentiles, and the church 

:It does not say '''unsaved'''

:There are '''saved''' Jews

:Paul was a Jew

:There are '''saved''' Gentiles

:I am a Gentile


[[1 Corinthians 10.32]]

[[1 Corinthians 10]]


The “[[family of God]],” therefore, is not separate from the [[church]] {of God}

:[[Kingdom of God]]

The “Baptist Bride” [[church]]es, 

:[[Bride of Christ]]

with their emphasis on the ordinance of baptism, 

are surely missing the point of 

[[1 Corinthians 1.10]]-17

[[1 Corinthians 1]]

There, Paul rebukes the [[church]] for the schisms 

arising over who had baptized whom. 

:A man does not have authority to baptize


Paul goes so far as to say, “Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel.”
 
Strange words, indeed, 

if water baptism is what makes one part of the [[Bride of Christ]]

:Water baptism by the authority of a New Testament [[church]] 

:makes a man a member of the [[Bride of Christ]]

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