Acts 2:33 It has now come, therefore we do not need the Catholic ritual and I also refer you to John 1:33 and note that this appears to be referring to future as we have no verses that I'm aware of that Jesus actually did baptisms.
So being baptized in Jesus name, means your effectively being baptized to the Spirit as well.
If one accepts Jesus, that comes part and parcel of accepting Almighty God who I say, based on the Bible is the Holy Spirit as he is a Spirit.
Lets take another look at Acts 8:12-17
But when they believed Philip as he proclaimed the good news of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.13 Simon himself believed and was baptized. And he followed Philip everywhere, astonished by the great signs and miracles he saw.
14 When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to Samaria. 15 When they arrived, they prayed for the new believers there that they might receive the Holy Spirit, 16 because the Holy Spirit had not yet come on any of them; they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 17 Then Peter and John placed their hands on them,and they received the Holy Spirit.
Acts is an account how the early Christians were reconciled with God after the fall in Genesis, to be a Christian one must believe, be baptised and be baptised in the spirit.
These are the core acts to becoming a Christian, three cores in one.
At times the bible talks about one core like “believe” or “faith” eg John 3:36, we have to realise this and understand it as such, same time keeping in mind the overall picture(core).
Acts 2:33 has nothing to do with the above it’s talking about a different matter. “Jesus” not people who needs to be reconciled to God, so yes we do need someone to lay their hands to receive the Holy Spirit
John 1:33 and note that this appears to be referring to future as we have no verses that I'm aware of that Jesus actually did baptisms.
You’re right, Jesus didn’t preform any baptism, John the Baptist preformed the water one, and from Acts 8:17 we see Jesus had handed his authority to his apostles to baptise in the spirit, that’s where we need the future Catholic ritual (as you put it) for when the apostles died out.
So being baptized in Jesus name, means your effectively being baptized to the Spirit as well.
Yes as God is a Trinity
To reconcile to God the Father after Genesis ----- One must believe or have faith in God.
To reconcile to Jesus -------- Have to be Baptised by water.
To be reconciled to The Holy Spirit------ one must be Baptised in the Spirit by laying of hands.
Each of our acts reconcile us to each Person of the God Head 3 acts in one.
Therefore: since universal power belongs to the risen Jesus, he gives the eleven a mission that is universal. They are to make disciples of all nations in this way (Matt 28:18-19)
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