Ministering with Proper Authority

Student Choice 4: Acts 19-20. Proper Authority and Ministering to the People.

The five priesthood ordinances Paul performed include

1. Baptism in the name of Jesus Christ
2. Laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost
3. The healing of the sick
4. Performing the Sacrament
5. The healing of the afflicted

Paul baptized the people in the name of Jesus Christ and confirmed upon them the gift of the Holy Ghost. Before Paul had come, the Corinthian saints had been baptized in the name of John, but that wasn't the correct way so Paul baptized them in the name of Christ. 

This example answers questions for non-members who have been baptized before and they don't understand why they need to be baptized again. This example can be used to show that just because a person is baptized doesn't mean it was done correctly. Therefore, to be baptized a member it needs to be done with the correct authority and in the name of Jesus Christ. 

Paul bestowed the gift of the Holy Ghost to the Corinthian saints through the laying on of hands. Acts 19: 6 tells us, "And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied." 

The saints met to break bread on the "first day of the week" (Acts 20:7). In John 20: 1 & 19 we learn that Christ was resurrected on the first day of the week which explains why the Sabbath day was changed.