We get into the subject of baptisms and when it says "repent and be baptized"
We always think of that sometimes in different divisions of Christianity that
you have infant baptism (infant sprinkling) and that's a whole subject by
itself but let's talk about full immersion.
When Jesus was baptized by John
he went down in the water and he came up out of the water
Full immersion.
We always think of water baptism and I'm just doing shoptalk here
you know you're probably going to debate with me - fine...come, let us reason together
We always think of water baptism being baptized into Jesus
Really?
Let me ask you a question:
If water baptism is being baptized into Jesus
then when Jesus went down into the water was he being baptized into himself?
That voice that came out of Heaven...
it was the Father
said this is my beloved Son in
whom I am well pleased. Could it be that water baptism
Is full immersion in the Father?
I asked this question because I want you to think
Is there more than one baptism? Well, when we get in the doctrines of Christ
in Hebrews chapter 6 verses 1 & 2 you have something called - it says that there are
precepts that we should have mastered by now and we should have gone into
perfection not laying again the foundation of six basic principles
they're called the doctrines of Christ.
The first one is
repentance of dead works.
The second is faith towards God. The third is doctrine of baptisms.
it's "S" on the end of it.
The fourth is laying on of hands.
The fifth is resurrection from the dead.
The sixth is eternal judgment
Let's go back to doctrine of baptisms.
What does that mean? More than one person being baptized?
or is there more than one baptism? I want you to think with me
If the first baptism is water which is being baptized into the Father that
would be elementary
the second then would be let's say the second then would
be being baptized into Jesus
you say, "How am I gonna be baptized into Jesus?"
There's a part of the Old Covenant that wasn't done away with in the new...
Jesus established an Old Testament principle
and that was a covenant of salt and a covenant of fire
and every sacrifice will be salted with salt and salted with fire
John the Baptist said about Jesus he shall holy purge his floor as with fire
Titus chapter 2 says the Lord shall purify unto himself a peculiar
people could I submit to you the second baptism is a baptism in fire
Gold is purified by fire every sacrifice shall be purified that the impurities can be
removed this is called sanctification physical Reformation this is part of the
bride has made herself ready of Revelation this is part of first
Thessalonians 5:23 may the God of peace sanctify you wholly that you be observed
blameless in spirit soul and body. Have we made Jesus Lord? Is he the Bishop of
our life or just a historical figure? So are we allowing the Lord to purify us
we're his wife - she's making herself ready - so the second baptism that I see is a
baptism and fire as a work of the Holy Spirit the purging work of our Savior to
get his wife ready. Man he shall purify and himself
a peculiar people zealous of good works. The third baptism would be the baptism
in the holy spirit - have you received since you believed? - you're born again by
the Spirit of God? Wonderful! You must be born again but have you received since
you believed was a question that was asked the disciples of John the Baptist
in Acts chapter 19 verses 1 through 6 they found the disciples of John
teaching repent to be baptized but they saw they had no power over
disease or sickness Jesus and His disciples did John's disciples did not
so there's nothing preaching a very good part of the gospel you must be born
again you repent be baptized but they asked him a question have you received
since you believed they said "receive what?" - Holy Ghost. They said "What's the Holy Ghost?"
what a question it was their founder John the Baptist that
saw the Lord being baptized with the Holy Spirit knowing this how God
anointed Jesus Christ of Nazareth acts 10:38 with power and with the Holy Ghost
and he went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed of the devil
Have you received that you believed have you set yourself aside as a son and
daughter to represent the Father in the earth in Jesus name? Are you healing sick
Are you casting out Devils? Are you doing cures?
Well, Jesus said in John 14 you
should! ...and greater things than he did - he said - you should do why because you went
back to the Father. Why? He told you why that the Holy Spirit could be released
to the earth to work with you as it worked with him and worked with the
twelve and worked with the seventy and the hundred and twenty and the three
thousand and where have we been
The fourth baptism I see is found in
1 Corinthians Chapter 12
As your members of the body of Christ members in
particular you've all been baptized into one body. Are you fully immersed in each
other in the church? Or have you isolated and you're over
there by yourself another God moment? Do you have empathy for others when one
member the body hurts do you hurt also? Do you have you have a desire for them
to be well? Are you fully prepared to be immersed in people you don't like?
Ah, perhaps I asked that too bluntly.
or did I?
See the word baptism is full immersion. Are you prepared to be fully immersed in the Father as a son and
daughter to his will are you fully immersed in the Lord Jesus as Lord of
your life - a purifying fire. Are you fully immersed in the Holy Spirit to represent
the Father in Jesus name
but if you said that you love God and don't love your
neighbor or your brother the love of God is not within you
what's the purpose?
So the fourth baptism I see is being
fully immersed in each other called the body of Christ
Find your place.
It's a good place to be.