You must be BAPTIZED IN WATER if you want to enter the Kingdom of Heaven
Those are the WORDS of the KING JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF
that He spoke to Cornelius, a Jewish ruler
I read from John 3:3 And Jesus answered and said to him: Truly, truly I SAY to you UNLESS one is BORN AGAIN, he CANNOT SEE the KINGDOM OF GOD
:5 And Jesus answered Truly I SAY to you, UNLESS one is BORN OF WATER and the SPIRIT, he CANNOT ENTER INTO the KINGDOM OF GOD.
:6 That which is BORN of the FLESH is FLESH and that which is BORN of the SPIRIT is SPIRIT
Born of the Spirit with a capital "S" Born of the SPIRIT OF GOD
Dear friends, being BORN AGAIN means that we have DIED to our OLD LIFESTYLE
and now we are being BORN AGAIN INTO the KINGDOM OF GOD
but in order to be BORN of the SPIRIT you FIRST NEED TO DIE
You need to REPENT of SIN and REPENT of your PREVIOUS LIFESTYLE, that lifestyle must DIE
and the SIGN that you have REPENTED, you have DIED for your PREVIOUS LIFESTYLE
is that you are BAPTIZED IN WATER
Because you BURY the OLD MAN OF SIN. Now that is an ACT of OBEDIENCE because JESUS HIMSELF was BAPTIZED
and His disciples baptized all those who BELIEVED IN HIM
and then when they BECAME OBEDIENT TO JESUS
by being BAPTIZED IN WATER
they were also BAPTIZED IN the HOLY SPIRIT
Dear friend, in order to be BORN AGAIN you need to be BORN OF WATER and OF SPIRIT
The WATER BAPTISM is done by a fellow believer, a disciple of Jesus Christ
But there is only ONE who can DO the HOLY SPIRIT BAPTISM
and that is JESUS CHRIST
and He will only BAPTIZE you in the HOLY SPIRIT ONCE you BECOME OBEDIENT to HIM
Now OBEDINECE is to TURN AWAY FROM SIN to DIE TO SIN, to DIE TO YOURSELF, your PREVIOUS LIFESTYLE
and THEN to BURY the OLD MAN of SIN THROUGH BAPTISM
We see the manifestation of this in Acts 19:1 And it came about that when Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper country came to Ephesus,
and found some disciples. :2 and he said to them: Did you RECEIVE the HOLY SPIRIT when you BELIEVED?
And they said to him, NO, we have NOT even HEARD whether there is a HOLY SPIRIT
:3 And he said, Into what then were you BAPTIZED? And they said, Into John's baptism.
:4 And Paul said, John BAPTIZED with the BAPTISM of REPENTANCE, telling the people to BELIEVE IN HIM
who was coming after him, that is in JESUS
:5 And when they heard this, they were BAPTIZED in the NAME of the LORD JESUS.
:6 And when Paul had LAID his hands upon them, the HOLY SPIRIT came on them, and they BEGAN SPEAKING WITH TONGUES and PROPHESSYING
You see my friends, as soon as these people became OBEDIENT TO JESUS
when they who were precviously disciples whio had already repented of their sin
but when they became OBEDIENT TO JESUS and were BAPTIZED IN WATER in the NAME OF JESUS
for the FORGIVENESS of their SINS then JESUS HIMSELF BAPTIZED them in the HOLY SPIRIT
and that is the CONFIRMATION that they were ACCEPTED INTO the KINGDOM OF GOD
that JESUS CHRIST TOUCHED them
Dear friends, you need to be BORN AGAIN
to ENTER the KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
You need to be born of WATER and of the HOLY SPIRIT
but you FIRST need to DIE. You first need to REPENT OF SIN and you need to DIE of your FORMER LIFE STYLE
and then as a SIGN of that, as a PUBLIC CONFESSION
that I have DIED to my former lifestyle and I want to be a child of God
and I accepting Jesus as my LORD then you are BAPTIZED IN WATER
as a PUBLIC CONFESSION and then JESUS HIMSELF will BAPTIZE you in the HOLY SPIRIT
Dear friends, Jesus has not changed
He still baptizes people in the HOLY SPIRIT
but very few people are baptized in the Holy Spirit
because very few people are TRULY BORN AGAIN
Are you BORN AGAIN of WATER and of SPIRIT?
May Jesus bless you.