The word “baptized” is in the aorist tense (point action, one point in the past). I want to give the Greek grammar of “baptized into” because of its doctrinal importance, but I will explain each term I use. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His. Ro 8:9, But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Whether carnal or spiritual, good or bad, the Holy Spirit places them in union with Christ. The Holy Spirit places all believers without exception in the body of Christ. “All” means that there are no exceptions. If the Holy Spirit does not baptize a person into the body of Christ, then that person is not a Christian (Ro 8:9). The word “all” means that there is no such thing as a Christian whom the Holy Spirit does not baptize into the body of Christ. Spirit baptism takes place when the Holy Spirit places the believer into the body of Christ. Afterward, individual believers receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit at the point of salvation. The first baptism of the Spirit occurred on the day of Pentecost (Acts 1:5). The baptism of the Spirit is not an experience. The word “identify” carries a much-improved meaning of what happens with the baptism of the Spirit – the Holy Spirit identifies us with the body of Christ at salvation. In other words, instead of translating the word, translators dropped the Greek word into the English text. The word “baptized” or “baptism” is not a translation but a transliteration. We can translate the word “baptized” as to identify. “Baptized” here is not water baptism but Spirit baptism. Jn 10:29, My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand. It is impossible to be unborn spiritually. A surgeon can amputate a leg, but no diabolical surgeon can amputate anyone from the body of Christ. The Devil or any human agent cannot amputate anyone from the body of Christ because the Holy Spirit placed the believer in the body by divine action.
The Holy Spirit is the agent who places believers in the body of Christ.
#For by one spirit we are all baptized free
For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body – whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free – and have all been made to drink into one Spirit.
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