The Family Altar Audio Devotional - Day 164

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation. (Acts 2:38-40) 196 Remember, there was never a person in the Bible, or any time before the organizing of the Catholic church, was ever baptized any other way than in the Name of Jesus Christ. There is no place found in Scripture, or history, that any persons was ever baptized, in to the Church of the living God, in the name of the titles of “Father, Son, Holy Ghost.” It is a Catholic dogma, and not a Bible teaching. 197 Being interviewed by a priest, I asked him that. He said, “That is the truth. But we are the church; we can change whatever we want to. The solemnity is in the church. God is in His church.” 198 I said, “God is in His Word. And if the church is…” I said, “God is the Word. And if the church is contrary to the Word, then I don’t believe the church.” I let every man’s word be a lie, whether it be priest, pope, whatever he might be, and God’s Word be true. And Paul caused every man, no matter how he had been baptized, if he wasn’t baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ, to come and be baptized over again. 199 And after some had already received the Holy Ghost, Peter said, “Can we forbid water, seeing that these have received the Holy Ghost,” Acts 10:49, “seeing that these received the Holy Ghost like we did at the…” And he commanded them, “Before you leave the place, although you’ve received the Holy Ghost, come and be baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ.” For, Peter was given the key to the Kingdom, saying, “Whatever you bind on earth, I’ll bind it in Heaven.” And what does a key do? It unlocks something, the mystery. 200 And when Jesus said, “Go, baptize them in the Name of the Father, Son, Holy Ghost,” setting that there to blind the unbeliever. Watch! Why didn’t Peter carry that out, word by word? He had to. If a man is baptized in the titles, “Father, Son, Holy Ghost,” he’s never been baptized at all; he has no Name. Father is no name, Son is no name, and Holy Ghost is no name. The Holy Ghost is what It is; like, I’m a human. It is the Holy Ghost. Father is a title; I’m a father. Son is a title; I’m a son. Human is a title; that’s what I am. But my name is William Branham. And the Name of the Father, Son, Holy Ghost is the Name of “Jesus Christ.” Jesus said, “I come in My Father’s Name.” What is the Father’s Name? Any son comes in his father’s name. And the Father’s Name is Jesus Christ. See? See what I mean? 201 If I told you to go down and get me something off of the counter down here, in the name of the mayor of the city. How many knows who the mayor of the city is? My good friend, Rich Vissing. Well, you wouldn’t go down there and say “in the name of the mayor of the city.” You say, “In the name of Richard Vissing.” You people here in Jeffersonville knows who he is. And that’s the reason He said, “Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.” In Him dwells the Deity, the fullness of the Godhead bodily. He said, “Baptize them in the Name of the Father, Son, Holy Ghost.” 202 Peter standing there with the revelation on which He built the Church, of Who He was, he said, “Repent, every one of you, and be baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ.” And never…The keys turned in Heaven and on earth. “There’s not another Name under Heaven given among men whereby you must be saved.” 65-0801m - "The God Of This Evil Age" Rev. William Marrion Branham