How are believers baptized into the Body of Christ?
Believers are baptized into the Body of Christ by the Holy Spirit, not by water or tongues. At salvation, the Holy Spirit immediately places every true believer—Jew or Gentile, bond or free—into that one Body, making them members of Christ, the Head.
Les explains that the Body of Christ is a Pauline term and revelation, not found in the Gospels or used by Peter. Using the human body analogy, he shows that one body has many members, with the head controlling all of them; likewise, believers are members of the Head, Christ, who is in Heaven. In Ephesians 2:13, Paul teaches that by one Spirit all believers are baptized into the one Body. This is not about tongues, and no water is involved. Every true believer, regardless of experience or emotional upheaval, becomes a member of the Body of Christ because the Holy Spirit baptized them into it when they were saved. This baptism by the Holy Spirit immediately places them into Christ, and it is their guarantee that they are Christ’s and He is theirs. Whether Jew or Gentile, bond or free, everyone who believes the Gospel partakes of that one Holy Spirit. A saved Jew is just as much a member of the Body of Christ as a saved Gentile and will go out at the Rapture along with everybody else.
For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
More Questions
Who is a member of the Body of Christ?
Spirit baptism into the Body of Christ is not limited to the most spiritual believers or to those who have had some emotional upheaval; every true believer, regardless of location or the greatness of their experience, is a member of the Body of Christ.
Who is baptized into the body of Christ—only spiritual believers or all believers?
Every believer, not just the most spiritual, is baptized by the one Holy Spirit into the Body of Christ.