In Acts 19-20 it records the Apostle Paul’s work among the Corinthians. Paul performs as number of priesthood ordinances among the Corinthians, such as baptism, giving the gift of the Holy Ghost, healing blessings, blessing the sacrament, and raising the dead.
When Paul first met with the Corinthian saints he found that they hadn’t been baptized properly, and had not received the gift of the Holy Ghost – so he taught them the true manner of baptism and performed that ordinance for the people.
This story helps to explain why people have to be baptized to join the church today even if they were previously baptized in another religion. Baptism is an essential ordinance, but it isn’t the end of everything. Baptism is required to inter the kingdom of God, but it is also necessary in order to receive the Holy Ghost.
Paul baptized the Corinthian saints and then gave them the gift of the Holy Ghost through the laying on of hands, which means that he put his hands on their heads and using priesthood authority, gave them the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Around this time the Sabbath day was changed from Saturday to Sunday to commemorate the day that Jesus Christ was resurrected as recorded in John 20:1, 19.
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