Neither do I believe that the baptism of Jesus Christ (in the Name of Jesus Christ) in water does forgive your sins. I do not believe that you…I believe you could be baptized all day long…Now, I know that there’s perhaps people sitting here who come from the Apostolic church, I mean, or the United Pentecostal church, which they teach that. But, you see, I—I do not believe that the water forgives sins. Or, if it was, then Jesus died in vain. See? I believe that it’s only an ordinance of God, see, to show that you have been forgiven. But to be baptized for regeneration, no, I—I—I don’t believe that. I don’t believe that water forgives sins.

Communion, 1965-12-12, Tucson, AZ, §69