- What is baptism?
- Baptism means ...
- The Greek word used for
baptism is baptisma
(G908).
- It means
-
immersion,
submersion, to identify
with
-
(Warren Wiersbe)
The Greek word has two basic meanings:
- a
literal meaning—to dip or
immerse;
- a
figurative meaning—to be
identified with.
- An
example of the latter would be 1 Corinthians
10:2 - "And were all baptized unto Moses in the
cloud and in the sea." The nation of Israel was
identified with Moses as their leader when they
crossed the Red Sea.
- (David Guzik) The idea behind the ancient Greek word for baptized is "to
immerse
or
overwhelm
something."
- The Bible uses this idea of being baptized into something in several different ways.
- When a person is baptized in water, they are
immersed or covered over with water.
- When they are baptized with the Holy Spirit
(Matthew 3:11, Acts 1:5), they are
"immersed" or "covered over" with the Holy Spirit.
- When they are baptized with suffering
(Mark 10:39), they are
"immersed" or "covered over" with suffering.
- What are the two major baptisms
referred in New Testament?
- Jesus asked
every new
believer in
Christ to
baptize in water
by any matured believer in Christ:
- Matt 28:19-20 -
19
Go therefore and
make
disciples of all
the nations,
baptizing them
in the name of
the Father and
of the Son and
of the Holy
Spirit,
20
teaching
them to observe
all things that
I have commanded
you;
and lo, I am
with you always,
even to the end
of the age."
Amen.
- Jesus baptize
believers in Christ with Holy Spirit:
- Matt 3:11
- I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but
He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry.
He will
baptize you with the Holy Spirit
and
fire.
- How to baptize in water?
- The baptism is done by immersing
believer in the water:
- Acts 8:38,39 -
38 So he commanded
the chariot to stand still. And
both Philip and the eunuch
went down into the
water, and he baptized him.
39 Now when
they came up out of the
water, the Spirit of
the Lord caught Philip
away[30 miles],
so that the eunuch saw
him no more; and he
went on his way rejoicing.
40 But
Philip was found at
Azotus [i.e OT
Ashdod] . And passing
through, he preached in all the
cities till he came to Caesarea.
- When a believer baptized or immersed
in water then it is identified
with the death and burial of
Jesus Christ, it means we died
to our sins(old life) and when that
believer comes out of water
then it is identified with resurrection
of Jesus Christ, it means new
life in Christ.
- Romans 6:3-5 - 3 Or do you not know that as many of us as were
baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?
4 Therefore we were
buried with Him through baptism
into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the
Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
5 For if we have been
united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of
His resurrection,
6
knowing this, that our
old man was crucified with Him,
that the body of sin might be
done away with, that we should
no longer be slaves of
sin. 7
For he who has died has been
freed from sin. 8
Now if we died with Christ, we
believe that we shall also
live with Him, 9
knowing that Christ, having been
raised from the dead,
dies no more. Death no
longer has dominion over Him.
- (Warren Wiersbe) Paul is
not saying that their
immersion in water put them
"into Jesus Christ," for that
was accomplished by the Spirit
when they believed. Their
immersion was a picture of what
the Spirit did: the
Holy Spirit
identified them with Christ in
His death, burial, and
resurrection.
- Do we need to baptize in water to be Saved?
- No, baptism in water will
not save a person
but only belief in Jesus Christ will save
the person.
- Mark 16:16
- He who believes
and is baptized
will be saved; but
he who
does not
believe will be condemned.
- The thief on the cross was saved
when he believed on Jesus but without
baptism:
- Luke 23:42,43 -
39 Then one of the
criminals who were hanged
blasphemed Him, saying, “If You
are the Christ, save Yourself
and us.” 40
But the other, answering,
rebuked him, saying, “Do you not
even fear God, seeing you are
under the same condemnation?
41 And
we indeed justly, for we receive
the due reward of our deeds; but
this Man has done nothing
wrong.” 42
Then he said o Jesus, “Lord,
remember me when You come into
Your kingdom.”
43 And Jesus
said to him, “Assuredly,
I say to you, today you will be
with Me in Paradise.”
- Do we need to baptize in water to be baptized in the
Holy Spirit?
- No, Cornelius in
Acts 10 and his household was
baptized in the Holy Spirit and
then they were baptized in the water.
- Acts 10:44-48 -
44 While
Peter was still speaking these
words, the Holy Spirit fell
upon
all those who heard the word.
45 And
those of the circumcision who
believed were astonished, as
many as came with Peter, because
the
gift of the Holy Spirit had been
poured out on the Gentiles
also. 46
For they heard them speak with
tongues and magnify God. Then
Peter answered, 47
"Can anyone forbid water,
that these should not be
baptized who have
received the Holy Spirit just as
we have?"
48 And he
commanded them to be baptized in
the name of the Lord.
Then they asked him to stay a
few days.
- Why then do we need to
baptize in water?
- Water baptism is an
outward
symbol of an inward experience
(like circumcision in Old
Testament, or like marriage
ceremony).
- Water baptism
is the only ritual
Jesus Christ
asked believers
to do (Matt
28:19-20).
- Water baptism is just an obedience to Jesus command (Matt
28:19-20)
once we become the Christian or believer in
Christ.
- Since water baptism does not save people so
it seems optional but throughout the Bible
whoever come to saving knowledge were baptized in
water and declare their faith boldly to public.
- (Bruce)
"From this (Romans
6:3-5) and other references
to baptism in Paul's writings,
it is plain that he did
not regard baptism as an
'optional extra' in the
Christian life."
- Just obey
Jesus Christ
because He is our Lord
and we have also confessed with
our mouth Lord
Jesus (Romans 10:9)
- What is Holy Spirit?
- The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God
(Gen 1:2; Mat 3:16; Romans
8:9,11,14; 1 Cor 2:11,14; 3:16; 12:3).
The Holy Spirit is God, the
third person in Trinity.
- What does the Holy Spirit do to believers? or What
are the ways humans encounter with the Holy Spirit?
- There are three stages human
can encounter with
the Holy Spirit (the God's Spirit):
- The Holy Spirit is
with us before
accepting Jesus as our Lord and
Savior.
-
Gen 1:2
- The earth was
without form,
and void; and
darkness was on
the face of the
deep. And
the
Spirit of God
was hovering
over the face of
the waters.
-
John 14:17
- the Spirit of
truth, whom the
world cannot
receive, because
it neither sees
Him nor knows
Him; but you
know Him, for He
dwells
with you
and will be in
you.
18
I will not leave
you orphans; I
will come to
you.
- God is
reaching out
through His Holy
Spirit:
- God is keep on wooing in the non believers heart to believe in Jesus Christ. Not believing in Jesus Christ is the sin that keeps the people away from heaven but destined to hell.
- John 16:7-9 - 7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you. 8 And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: 9 of sin, because they do not believe in Me;
- The Holy Spirit is
in
us once we accepted Jesus as our
Lord and Savior.
- This is
one
time experience.
- This happens
when we born
in again in His
Holy Spirit or
once we
accepted
Jesus as our
Lord and Savior.
- John 3:5 - 5 Jesus answered, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
- 1 Cor 3:16 - Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
- NLT: Romans 8:9 - But you are not controlled by your sinful nature. You are controlled by the Spirit if you have the Spirit of God living in you. (And remember that those who do not have the Spirit of Christ living in them are not Christians at all.)
- Romans 8:16
- The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,
- 1 Cor 12:3 - Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed, and no one can say that Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit.
- The Holy Spirit is
upon us
once Jesus baptize or fill us
with His Holy Spirit.
- This baptism
of the Holy
Spirit can be
referred as
filled
with the Holy
Spirit, the Holy
Spirit
fell
upon them,
received
the Holy Spirit
or
anointed
by the Holy
Spirit.
- This happens
when either we
born again in His
Holy Spirit or
after we
are
accepted Jesus
as our Lord and
Savior.
- Acts 1:8 - 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."
- Ehp 5:18 - And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit,
- This is
not one
time experience.
It needs to be
continues
experience
by just going
and asking God
to fill or
baptize us with
His Holy Spirit.
- Peter and others was
baptized/filled in the Holy
Spirit in
Acts 2 again he
was filled by the Holy Spirit:
- Acts 4:8
- Then
Peter, filled
with the Holy
Spirit,
said to them,
"Rulers of the
people and
elders of
Israel:
- Luke 11:13 - If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”
- What
does baptism of the Holy
Spirit will do to the believers in Christ?
There are many these are the important works of
the Holy Spirit. Whenever a believer filled with His
Holy Spirit then
- Experience the God's Love:
- Romans 5:5
- Now hope does not disappoint,
because the love of God
has been poured out in our
hearts by the Holy Spirit
who was given to us.
- Filled with power and
testifying our Lord boldly to
others.
- Acts 4:31
- And when they had
prayed, the place where
they were assembled together was
shaken; and
they were all filled
with the Holy Spirit,
and
they spoke the word of
God with boldness.
- Filled with power and
put to death our addictions, anger,
envy, pride .. all kinds of sins:
- Romans 8:13
- For if you live according to
the flesh you will die; but if
by the Spirit you put to
death the deeds of the body, you
will live.
- Leads or directs what to do.
So that believers can live and walk in
the Spirit and produce fruit of
the Holy Spirit Love:
- Gal 5:16-18 - 16
I say then: Walk in the
Spirit, and you shall
not fulfill the lust of
the flesh. 17
For the flesh lusts against the
Spirit, and the Spirit against
the flesh; and these are
contrary to one another, so that
you do not do the things that
you wish. 18
But if you are led by
the Spirit, you are not under
the law.
- Gal 5:22-25 - 22
But the fruit of the
Spirit is love, joy,
peace, longsuffering, kindness,
goodness, faithfulness,
23 gentleness,
self-control. Against such there
is no law. 24
And those who are Christ's have
crucified the flesh with its
passions and desires.
25 If we live in the
Spirit, let us also walk in the
Spirit
- The Gifts of the Holy Spirit will manifest
or operate:
- Acts 2:38
- Then Peter said to them, "Repent,
and let every one of you
be baptized in the name of Jesus
Christ for the
remission of sins; and
you shall receive the gift of
the Holy Spirit.
- Acts 2:4
- And they were all
filled with the Holy Spirit
and began to speak with
other tongues,
as the Spirit gave them
utterance
- 1 Cor 12:7-10 -
7 But the
manifestation of the Spirit is
given to each one for
the profit of all: 8
for to one is given the
word of wisdom through
the Spirit, to another
the word of knowledge
through the same Spirit,
9 to another
faith by the
same Spirit, to another
gifts of healings by
the same Spirit, 10
to another the working
of miracles, to another
prophecy, to
another discerning of
spirits, to another
different kinds of
tongues, to another
the interpretation of
tongues.
- 1 Cor 12:11
- But one and the same Spirit
works all these things,
distributing to each one
individually as He wills.
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