Believing into the Name of Jesus vs Being Baptized into the Name of Jesus vs Being Gathered into the Name of Jesus

 

Believing into the Name of Jesus vs Being Baptized into the Name of Jesus vs Being Gathered into the Name of Jesus

John 1:12 – “As many as received Him, to them He gave the authority to become children of God, to those who believe into His name.”

Acts 8:16 – “They had only been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.”

Acts 19:5 – “They were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.”

Romans 6:3 – “All of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death.”

Galatians 3:27 – “As many as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.”

Matthew 18:20 – “Where there are two or three gathered into My name, there am I in their midst.”

 

Aspect	Believing into the Name of Jesus	Being Baptized into the Name of Jesus	Being Gathered into the Name of Jesus
Meaning	To receive and believe into the name of Jesus as the beginning of salvation	To be put into the name—namely, the person—of Jesus through baptism	To be repeatedly brought into the name of Jesus in the meetings
Reason	Fallen sinners need life and salvation through faith	Those who believe need to be objectively placed into Christ	Those already in Christ still need deeper subjective experience
Distinction	Faith’s acceptance and declaration	Faith’s practical action and entrance	Faith’s continuation and deepening
Illustration	Opening the door and entering a house	Being immersed and surrounded by water	Repeatedly returning to the center
Effect	Authority to become children of God	Union with Christ; putting on Christ	Deeper enjoyment of Christ’s presence
Explanation	Not merely believing Jesus, but believing into His name	The name denotes the person; baptism into the name is baptism into the person	Meetings are not for activities but for the Lord’s name
Mutual Relationship	The beginning and foundation	The objective position in Christ	The subjective experience and deepening
Example	A sinner declares: “Today I believe into the name of Jesus!”	A believer is baptized and placed into Christ	After each meeting, believers sense they are deeper in the Lord
Application	Help people openly declare their believing into the Lord’s name	Baptism is not a ritual but an act of faith	Come to meetings with a turning to the Lord’s name
Spiritual Burden	To make believing into the name clear and strong	To place believers genuinely into Christ	To keep saints living in the reality of the name
Prophesying Guidance	Stress the declaration and universality of believing	Testify that baptism is real union with Christ	Testify that gatherings deepen our enjoyment of Christ
Conclusion	Believing is the entrance	Baptism establishes union	Gathering deepens experience

 

Core Points (Summary):

• Believing into the name of Jesus is the entrance into salvation.
• Being baptized into the name of Jesus is being objectively placed into Christ Himself.
• Being gathered into the name of Jesus is the repeated and deeper subjective enjoyment of Christ.
• These three are not separate doctrines, but one continuous spiritual line:
  Entering → Being placed into → Deepening in Christ.

 

*Please refer to the 2025 Thanksgiving International Symposium on Christ, the All-Inclusive Revelation in the Gospel of Matthew, Part Three: Jesus—the name of God as King and Savior, and Immanuel—the name people call King and Savior.