(Luke 3:16 NKJV) John answered, saying to all, “I indeed baptize you with water; but One mightier than I is coming, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
John was talking to all the multitudes that came out to be baptized with water, and he distinctively tells them he will baptize them with water, but Jesus will baptize them with the Holy Spirit and fire. This is two separate baptisms.
It is in the baptism of the Holy Spirit that we will receive power to do the things God calls us to do.
(Acts 1:8 NKJV) “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
Water baptism is symbolic of the death of the old person that we once were, before we knew Christ, before we repented and asked God to come into our hearts and be our Savior. When we are submerged in the water it is symbolic of the old person dying and when we rise up out of the water it is symbolic of the new person, the new us.
If we have received Jesus as our Lord and Savior but we have not had a water baptism we should do so. If we have been baptized by water, but have not received the baptism of the Holy Spirit and fire, and we want to, then ask God to fill you today with the baptism of the Holy Spirit, in Jesus’ name. Amen.
Be blessed!!
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-315-0902
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