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The Baptism of th e JHoly Spirit OHN the Baptist, an Old Testament prophet, said to Israel, “I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit” (Mark 1:8). , The baptism of John was the bap tism of Israelites only. It was “the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.” John’s bap tism is in no way related to the baptism of the Holy Spirit. In Acts 19 we have the account of some Jews who had
the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ: who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God” (1 Pet. 3:21, 22). Every believer has the Holy Spirit. “Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit” (1 Cor..6:19) ? “Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit o f God ' dwelleth in you?” (1 Cor. 3:16). He said this to carnal Christians. It certainly is true of spiritual Christians. The believer in the Lord
been baptized by John the Bap tist. Apollos (see Acts 18:24- 26) had ministered to them, but evidently they were not in structed as to the gospel of grace. When Paul instructed them and laid his hands upon them they received the Holy Spirit and were baptized again with water. He had asked them, “Have ye re ceived the Holy Spirit since ye believed?” They said, “We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Spirit.” “Un to what then were ye baptized?” They said, “Unto John’s bap tism.” Then Paul instructed them in the gospel of grace. The Holy Spirit came upon them, and they received baptism into the name of the Lord Jesus. These people received two water bap tisms. The two water baptisms were not symbols of the same thing. A believer in the Lord Jesus Christ is made a partaker of the baptism of the Holy Spirit the moment he believes. The Holy Spirit came as a gift from God to His own on the day of Pente cost. “The gifts and calling of God are without repentance.” “By one Spirit are we all bap tized into one body” (1 Cor. l 2 :
Jesus Christ is never commanded to be baptized with the Spirit be cause he has already been made a partaker of the baptism of the Holy Spirit. Nowhere does the Bible teach the doctrine of “a second bless-; ing.” There may be a great ex perience come into the life of the believer after he has received? eternal life when he suddenly: comes to the realization of all that God has done for him. But to call that “the second blessing” is without Scriptural foundation. To “tarry” for the Holy Spirit is without New Testament sanction. The only time anyone was told to tarry for the Spirit was before Pentecost. The only place, anyone was ever' 'told to tarry was in the city,,of Jerusa lem. Our Lord had said to His disciples, “I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth” (John 16:12, 13). He said, “It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter” (that is, the Holy Spirit) “will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him,
Revival B y A. G ardner R evive M e (Psa. 138:7).
My love is cold, my faith is small, My seal is tacking, doubts appall, My footsteps falter, oft I stray, And weakness marks me for its prey. God o f Revival, hear my plea, Empower, endue, revive e’en me. R evive U s (Psa. 85:6). With all Thine own, in Jesus’ name, We would confess our common shame, And humbly bow before Thy face, To seek Thy pardoning, cleansing grace. God of Revival, God o f love, Refresh, revive us from above. R evive T hy W ork (Hab. 3 :2 ). Thy workers’ hearts are filled with dread; Thy lost are left, Thy sheep unfed; Thine enemies Thy work defy, And things are weak, ready to die. God of Revival, now we pray, Visit Thy work in this our day. T hey S hall R evive ( H os . 14:7). Oh, for Thy Spirit’s quickening breath! Reviving from the sleep o f death. Oh, for Thy mighty, ancient power! Arousing us this very hour. God of Revival, Thee we praise, For signs of blessing in our days. —■The Bible Today.
13). The one thing necessary to become a member of the body of Christ is the baptism of the Spirit. “Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness o f life. For i f we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection” (Rom. 6:3-5). “A s many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ” (Gal. 3 :27). “Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen-with him” (Col. 2:12). “One Lord, one faith, one baptism” (Eph. 4:5). “The like fig ure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not
unto you” (John 16:7). He said, “Tarry ye in the city o f Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high” (Luke 24:49). “For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days ' hence” (Acts 1:5). After they witnessed the ascension of our Lord they went to Jerusalem and tarried there until the Holy Spirit came and baptized every believer into th e ■ body of Christ. We need not tarry now because the Spirit is here. H e never w ent away . T h e F illing of t h e H oly S pir it There is only one baptism, but there may be many- fillings. On the day of Pentecost the disciples were both baptized and filled with the Spirit. The filling of the
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