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Philip preached Christ, cast out devils, healed the lame, and baptized a city — and he could not give the Holy Ghost. Jerusalem had to send apostles. That one limit explains Acts 8, answers Acts 19, and exposes what is being claimed today.

Paul says there is one baptism. The usual answer is that he means one chief baptism among several. This study tests that reading against every place the word one stands in the Bible, and then against the sentence Paul actually wrote.

Water baptism belonged to Israel's kingdom program and the transitional Acts period. Paul was not sent to baptize but to preach the gospel. This article shows the one baptism for the Body of Christ is the Spirit's placement into one Body the moment a sinner believes — and why adding water misapplies Israel's ordinance.