Baptism in Jesus Name

“The meaning of ‘in the name”

Advocates of the Triune formula of baptism based solely on Mat. 28:19 argue against the Jesus name formula for baptism by saying that ‘in the name of Jesus’ does not mean that the baptizer needs to say the name of Jesus Christ in baptism, rather it is just meaning

that they are baptizing the candidate ‘in the authority of Jesus’.

However, if this argument is valid then it is equally true that baptism ‘in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost’ (Mat. 28:19) also only means in the authority of the Father, Son & Holy Ghost and therefore we do not need to repeat the formula ‘In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost’ either.

This would leave us without any formula that needed to be said!

In ‘the name of’ does indeed mean in the authority of the person whose name is called.

But, the name of the person involved needs to also be called.

Which is why the Apostles invoked Jesus Christ Name over candidates

e.g. Acts 2:38.

Also, in Acts 19 Paul invokes the Name of Jesus over his candidates.

Despite the critics of baptism in Jesus Name, the scripture remains crystal clear that the name of Jesus was always the way in which the Apostles baptized, for they knew that salvation was in none other than Jesus Christ(Acts. 4:12).

Baptism into the Trinitarian formula is not once found in the Bible, because the Apostles understood that salvation was in the Name of Jesus Christ.