Who is baptized into one body by the Holy Spirit?
Scripture teaches that every believer—not merely the most spiritual or those who have had a special experience—is baptized by the one Holy Spirit into one body. This Spirit-work places all believers into one body, making them part of the whole new creation of God.
Les explains that because salvation rests on Christ's death, burial, and resurrection, anyone in Christ is a new creation—not merely a new creature. He emphasizes that this new creative work of the Holy Spirit is what makes a believer a believer. Then, citing I Corinthians 12:13, Les says that by one Spirit—the Holy Spirit—all believers, not just the best, most spiritual, or those who have had a particular experience, are baptized into 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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What does it mean that by one Spirit we are all baptized into one body?
In this passage, being baptized 'by one Spirit' into 'one body' means every born-again believer is Spirit-baptized into the universal body of Christ, not into a local church.