Are Jews and Gentiles baptized into separate bodies in Christ?
No. Jews and Gentiles are not baptized into separate bodies in Christ. The Holy Spirit’s silent, unfeeling work places all believers into one body, not a Jewish body and a Gentile body. This unity is apprehended by faith, not by outward sensation or legalistic distinctions.
Les explains that the baptism of the Holy Spirit is a silent, unfeeling work—not something you shake your head and get water out of your eyes. You know it happened by faith, just as all Paul’s writings are based on faith plus nothing. The Ephesians were reproved because they lost sight of what God had instructed, blinded by a lack of faith and returning to legalism. Even comprehending that we are seated in the heavenlies is by faith. In the same way, we are all baptized into one body—not a body of Jews and a body of Gentiles, but 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.
More Questions
Does it matter whether you are Jew or Gentile to be baptized into the Body of Christ?
It makes no difference who or what a person is — Jew or Gentile — as long as they are believers, since this baptism is not just for the Jew and not just for the Gentile.
What do Jews, Gentiles, bond and free all share as members of the Body of Christ?
Whether Jews or Gentiles, bond or free, all believers have been made to drink of, or partake of, the same Spirit, and that Spirit is a part and parcel of the Body of Christ.