"Persons" in Trinity

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>MMurphy wrote:
>* At 16:00 01/29/1996 -0500, Jan & Chris wrote:
>* 
>* >I agree one would tend to think that uttering the name of Jesus over a
>* >baptismal candidate would seem to be more of an incantation than an act of
>* >obedience, if one were not baptized accordingly. 
>* 
>* Acts 22:16 seems to imply a verbal confession of faith in Messiah, as
evidenced
>* in Romans 10 and elsewhere in the NT.
>
>I think that when the name of Jesus is used in baptism, it's more like 
>the naming of a child at birth.  Where the child gets the daddy's name.
>When we are baptized in the name of Jesus.  We take on the name of Jesus
>since we are adopted into the family.  Whereby we eventually cry "Abba!
>Father!"
>
>Bro. Tyler
>
Agreed!!!! I think that people get the wrong impression about the name being
uttered in baptism.  What I wanted to express was that although the name of
Jesus is to be spoken in baptism, (I also believe it is for the remission of
sins, not just an appropriate religious response) some would not realize the
foundational truth of why it is necessary and relagate the name to an
incantation and not an act of Faith.  That faith's statement would be in
obeying what is truth.  To Recite father, son and holy spirit is not the
truth of the scriptures nor the intent of Gods plan!  
He who sows