Paul, an
Apostle of the Lord Jesus, if water baptism was necessary from Christ Jesus
going forward, wouldn't the Lord have told him he must baptize all in water?
I've been baptized in water, and have baptized another in water as a public
confession of their faith in Christ Jesus. So what is the truth of this?
1 Corinthians
1:17-18
v18
explains it. And then John 15:3 and other scriptures.
v18...For
the preaching of the cross is.... unto us which are saved it is the power of
God.
John 15:3
Jesus said Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
God's Word
washes you clean. God breathing His Life in Your Soul making you come alive.
Jesus Christ, God’s Word abiding in you.
Ephesians
5:26-27 v26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word.
It is
mandatory to repent of your sin and receive your forgiveness as you ask the
Lord Jesus Christ to come into your hearts and be Lord and Savior of your soul
and life. And a public confession of
your faith through a baptism in water is a working of faith in grace in your
heart, and that is good. It is mandatory
to be born again, and be baptized by Jesus in the baptism of His Holy Spirit. You
must be born again to enter His kingdom, Jesus said in John 3:3-8.
Being born again, not of
corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by
the word of God which liveth and abideth for ever. 1 Peter 1:22-23
Ephesians
1:12-14 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in
Christ.
V13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye
heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that
ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
V14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance
until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his
glory,…
Galatians
2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live: yet not I, but Christ liveth in me and the life which
I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and
gave himself for me….
Romans
8:9-11 v9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not
the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
V10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead
because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
V11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus
from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall
also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
Yes and
Amen. Romans 8:9-11.
So if
Christ be in you, the body is dead ….. this is why all that are in Christ Jesus
and have the Spirit of Christ in them, still have “bodily issues”.
There needs
to be an awakening of their soul in Him who is the Resurrection…a recovery of
spiritual truth in Christ Jesus. This
only comes by the Holy Spirit…breathing LIFE … ETERNAL LIFE In Your Soul which
flows into your Body. For your carnal spirit
is removed, and the new spirit in you is the Spirit of God which is Righteous
and is Life (see Romans 8:10).
BUT….. But
verse 11 gives Hope… V11 But IF THE SPIRIT OF HIM THAT RAISED UP JESUS FROM THE
DEAD DWELL IN YOU, HE THAT RAISED UP CHRIST FROM THE DEAD SHALL ALSO QUICKEN
YOUR MORTAL BODIES BY HIS SPIRIT THAT DWELLETH IN YOU.
So, that
your body that is dead, as Romans 8:10 states, may be quickened and Raised Up
out of the sins of the flesh. Done by
the cutting away of the sins of the flesh. All by the circumcision in your heart by the
Holy Spirit in the Word of God who is Christ Jesus, the Lamb of God. His word spoken is spirit and is life. He is the Power of God for us. An operation of God working in you. Reconciliation. Atonement and Redemption in
and by the Blood of the Lamb of God. Making
and Setting you free!
Colossians
2:10-13 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and
power:
11 In whom
also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting
off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
12 Buried
with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of
the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
13 And you,
being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened
together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
YES AND
AMEN. Being Born of His Spirit, just as
Jesus was the first raised from the dead, we follow Him. Amen. Shake off your grave clothes of sin and death,
and be clothed in the Spirit of Christ Jesus.
Mortality Swallowed up of Life. (Romans 5; Romans 6; 2 Corinthians 4:14;
5:1-5)
Be baptized
in the baptism with Jesus Christ in and by His Holy Spirit. Be sealed by the same Spirit that raised
Jesus from the dead, now to abide in you for the same reason and purpose…to
raise you from your grave, and death, and sin….today. This is the baptism that will save souls and
change people for the better.
James 1:18
Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of
firstfruits of his creatures.
James
1:19-21 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to
speak, slow to wrath: For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of
God. Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive
with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
Colossians
2:13-15 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh,
hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
14 Blotting
out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to
us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
15 And
having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly,
triumphing over them in it.
Let the
Operation of God continue in you… baptism, circumcision, resurrection, and life
of Jesus Christ come forth. Reconciled unto God our Father.
Hallelujah!
Amen.
