(Lesson 691)(07-11-13) Today's lesson is a reference to the usage of a form of the term "baptize" that is found in Acts 8:16, however, for context we will quote verses 14-17, "Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John: Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost: (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.) Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost."
In this reference, the term "baptized" refers to what those Samaritans had been taught, which was the doctrine off Jesus Christ. But, had not yet received the power of Holy Ghost. In our modern English it would read, 'those Samaritans had been taught of, or "baptized" in, the sacrifice of Jesus Christ for remission of sins, but had not yet received the gift of the Holy Ghost'.
Again, this usage of the term "baptized", deals only with the doctrine (baptism) of, or into, Christ, and has nothing to do with water Immersion.~
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