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As many as are interested in the message will inquire the way by which they can attain this; and the answer must be that the full acceptance of discipleship must be indicated by a full consecration of heart, mind and body to the Lord, even unto death, and that this submission of the will to the Lord is counted as a baptism, a burial, an immersion with him into death. Then the further explanation must be given that as soon as they have performed this real baptism or immersion of the will they should submit themselves to an outward immersion into water, which would symbolize this submission of the will, portraying their death and burial to self, to sin and to tile world, and their resurrection to newness of life and conduct its members of the body of Christ.
They are urged to take this step of consecration unto death, not in their own strength or name, nor in the name of their instructor, but are to be pointed to the fact that this course is authorized by the Father, by the Son and by the holy spirit. It is thus to be done "in the name of" or by the authority of the Father, of the Son, and the holy spirit, and not in the name of a sect or a denomination or of any human teacher. It is a mistake on the part of some to consider this text to mean that converts are to be baptized into the name of the Father, Son, and holy spirit. On the contrary the Apostle Paul distinctly declares that we are baptized into Christ, as members of his body.--Rom. 6:3-5.
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The Watch Tower And Herald Of Christ's Presence
February 15, 1920 page 63
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