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Can I baptize new converts that I have won to Yahushua?

Please, I would like to know whether I can baptize some new converts I have won to Yahuwah's side. Since I am not an ordained pastor, can I go ahead and do so?

YES, as a truth seeker having Father Yahuwah’s help to lead other soul s to His truth, you can baptize each other.   

Baptism is an act of obedience and a public expression faith in the resurrection of Yahushua, but is not a condition of salvation itself. It is the expression of salvation already accepted by faith. The baptizer must be given the authority to baptize directly by Yahushua the Anointed himself. Ordination and apostolic succession do not guarantee valid authority to baptize.

The only way to acquire the authority to baptize is to receive the commission directly from Yahushua the Anointed. There is altogether too much usurping of the authority of Yahushua on the part of people who claim authority by ordination and some kind of apostolic succession. Such people bind the consciences of believers to themselves and take away their loyalty to Yahushua the king.

"Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them" (Matthew 18:18-20).

The only way we have today of receiving the commission directly from Yahushua is in the formation of a Gospel ekklesia. That requires two or three people who gather in the name of Yahushua, solemnly aware of his personal presence among them.  Yahushua himself is present to give the commission.

The reason why we use Ekklesia and not church when referring to Yahuwah's faithful in WLC content is because the word "church" does not accurately convey the meaning of the original Greek, "Ekklesia." Throughout the New Testament, Ekklesia refers to the Called Out Ones. The word "church," which emphasizes a group, is therefore an erroneous translation and should never have been used. Christians are literally the Called Out Ones. The true followers of Yahushua are indeed the Called Out Ones from the organized denominations and religions of fallen Babylon. When the call to flee Babylon has been heard, none are to again return to Babylonian churches and forms of religion.

The ekklesia is a valid ekklesia of Yahushua only when gathered in His Name, and Yahushua is only present in such a body. The entire group must be submitted to the commandments of Yahuwah and the faith of Yahushua. It is not enough just to get together and claim to be an ekklesia of Yahushua. The ekklesia, that is the group of called out ones, represents the kingdom of Yahuwah on earth. That kingdom has a law and a king. Without that law and king, the group is not part of the kingdom of Yahuwah. When the proper conditions are met, Yahushua Himself founds the ekklesia. No merely human founding or ordination is valid.

It is a wonderful thing that Yahuwah has used you to bring faith in Yahushua to others. You should gather these people as a home ekklesia where Yahushua is present and follow His leading. He will speak directly to the gathered congregation and make His will clear.

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