Is every believer baptized by the Holy Spirit into the body of Christ, even carnal Christians?
Yes. Paul writes that by one Holy Spirit all believers—not merely a favored few or spiritual elite—are baptized into the one body of Christ. This includes every believer, whether weak or strong, spiritual or carnal, because the Spirit places all believers into that one body.
Les explains 1 Corinthians 12:12–13 using the human body analogy: one body has many members, yet all are controlled by one central nervous system, one mind, one brain. So also is the body of Christ. Verse 13 says, "For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body." The capitalized Spirit refers to the Holy Spirit. Les emphasizes that Paul always writes to believers, and the next word is "all"—not just a favored few, not a special elite, but all. Of course, that is according to God's determination of who is a believer. Therefore, every believer, whether weak or strong, whether spiritual or carnal, is still all baptized into the one body.
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.
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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.