Baptism in Jesus Name

1. The contradictions that I refer to cannot exclude the four passages from Acts that my opponent quoted and the great commission stated in Matthew 28:19 since that is where I stated his contradiction derived. The contradiction is simply this, that since Jesus Name baptism is administrated in the book of Acts but my opponent claims baptism in the Name of the Father, the Son, and Holy Spirit are the correct way to administrate baptism, then he still has to explain then why the apostles baptized in the Name of Jesus, and it would be absurd to say that the Apostles disobeyed. He can say, as he has said before, "Well, Jesus is God and that is why we obey Matthew 28:19 and not the instances in Acts." But this is a contradiction also considering the Word of God is God inspired. Now my opponent attempted to give the explanation of the baptisms administrated in the Name of Jesus in the book of Acts by saying that the author of the book of Acts did this because he wanted to differentiate between different baptisms of that day. I, in response, said that this argument at best can only be an assumption since there is no evidence for this. My opponent accused me of not accepting any historical evidence. I cannot accept historical evidence because there is no historical evidence. It would be different if Luke, the author of Acts, clearly indicated that this is his purpose but obviously he didn't so we cannot be for certain that this historical evidence my opponent gives is true. Secondly, he attempted to say that the reason for the baptisms in Jesus Name in the book of Acts cannot be taken as literal is because they are worded differently. I, in response, quoted each verse that he gave and stated that we have no reason at all after reading those verses to come to a different conclusion just because they are worded differently. Many things can worded differently but yet come to the same conclusion, especially if we are talking about the minor word differences in baptisms administrated in the book of Acts. Therefore, the only logical conclusion to come to is that since Jesus is the fullness of the Godhead according to Colossians 2:9 and that water baptism symbolizes the Gospel of Jesus Christ and our identification with that Gospel, there is no reason at all that we shouldn't believe that the Apostles are fulfilling Jesus's command to baptize in the name of the father, the son, and the holy spirit, by baptizing in the name of Jesus, since they understand that the Godhead bodily dwelleth in Christ. 2. My opponent asked: "If the Apostles did in fact baptize in the name of Jesus, and only in His name, does my opponent choose to follow the example and actions of men rather than follow the the commands of God?" I believe, with all do respect to my opponent, to say that to baptize in Jesus name is following men and not God is demoralizing to the Word of God since that is where this theology derives. Baptism in Jesus Name is not something that a historical person just came up with out of thin air. Baptism in Jesus Name comes from Peter's command to the 3,000 in Acts 2 to be baptized in the Name of Jesus, which, I have pointed out, is the fulfillment of Jesus's great commission which He said, "Baptize in the Name of the father, the son, and holy spirit." Like i've stated before, Jesus, according to the Bible, is the fullness of the Father and the Spirit, therefore to baptize in Jesus Name we get a better understanding of the Father and the Spirit. Let me explain: Since baptism is signifying the Gospel and our oneness with the Gospel, we get a better understanding of my point through better understanding the Gospel. Through the Gospel, the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus, we have full access to the Father and the Spirit. Jesus said "I am the way the truth and the life, no one comes to the father except through me." and obviously through Jesus's sacrifice, the Holy Spirit can live in us. So, put within that context, it's not difficult at all to understand why Peter fulfilled Jesus's command to baptize in the name of the father, son, and holy spirit by baptizing in the Name of Jesus since Peter understood that Jesus is the fulfillment of the father, son, and holy spirit.