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Baptized in the NAME. Not a bathtub.
Being baptized in his NAME means full mental and spiritual immersion in and submission to his authority and power, not mere immersion in a tub of water while rote speaking his name. Water baptism was for repentance under the law, and John the baptist testified that his ministry of water must decline while Christ's ministry of fire and spirit must increase. The real fire and spirit baptism of salvation has already come.
Jesus came to baptize men with the holy spirit and with power, not to dunk them in a tub. A man must die to rise again into everlasting life, and being buried in the water with Christ signifies this.