BAPTISM - COMMITMENT TO CHRIST

Acts 8: 12

But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the Kingdom of GOD, and the Name of JESUS Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

BELIEVE IN JESUS; BE BAPTIZED IN HIS NAME

Acts 8: 12 is very clear about the order of life in Christ: Believe in the LORD JESUS Christ and you will be saved; be baptized in the Name of the LORD JESUS CHRIST. It is also very clear that both men and women are equally received into the Kingdom of GOD. Philip preached the Kingdom of GOD, people believed in JESUS, they were baptized, both men and women. When the Scripture is so very clear, there should be no question about the order of things.

Some people have questions about in whose Name they should be baptized. This verse says the Name of JESUS Christ.  In another place it says that you should be baptized in the Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. I remind you that JESUS is GOD, therefore, it is proper to baptize in His Name only, since there is One GOD and Father of us all; One LORD, One Faith and One Baptism (Ephesians 4:5). 

At Baptism, the Holy Trinity is present and that Trinity is in unity - ONE. When JESUS was baptized, to fulfill all righteousness, the Holy Spirit came upon Him and the voice of the Father said, "This is My Son, in whom I am well pleased." There was the full manifestation of the Holy Trinity at the baptism of JESUS and at our baptism also.