Artfuldodger
Senior Member
1 Corinthians 1:17
For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel--not with wisdom and eloquence, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.
In the new dispensation water baptism was to give way to the Holy Spirit; the Holy Spirit is the baptizer and he baptizes believers into the Body of Christ 1 Cor. 12:13. It is an operation of God, not man. Water baptism was for Israel, and it is going to go out with Israel as the Nation is set aside. The commissions were also set aside, they included among other things, water baptism.
http://members.peak.org/~albimb/pg01.html
For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel--not with wisdom and eloquence, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.
In the new dispensation water baptism was to give way to the Holy Spirit; the Holy Spirit is the baptizer and he baptizes believers into the Body of Christ 1 Cor. 12:13. It is an operation of God, not man. Water baptism was for Israel, and it is going to go out with Israel as the Nation is set aside. The commissions were also set aside, they included among other things, water baptism.
http://members.peak.org/~albimb/pg01.html