Who gets baptized by the Spirit into the body of Christ?
Every believer is baptized by the Holy Spirit into the body of Christ. Scripture states that all—not merely the most spiritual, clergy, or priests—have been baptized by one Spirit. This spiritual baptism occurs the moment a person believes the Gospel, when the Holy Spirit inundates them in Christ, not by water.
Les explains from I Corinthians chapter 12 that the body of Christ is made up of all believers who have come into it since the beginning of the Church Age. In verse 13, the Holy Spirit is the one who baptizes. This is not limited to a few especially spiritual people, the clergy, or priests; every believer has been baptized. Les pauses to define “baptized” as being inundated or completely filled, illustrating it with a Greek classical writer’s picture of a ship baptized at sea—sunk as water filled every crook and cranny. But this baptism is not water; it is the invisible Holy Spirit inundating us in Christ. That happens the moment we believe the Gospel, and you do not feel a thing.
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.