Deep Seated Within

Deep Seated Within

The baptism of the Holy Ghost affirms the believer that they belong to God.

1.  Jesus’ water baptism then Holy Ghost baptism.

    “Thou art My beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.”  Luke 3:22b

2.  At Pentecost, the Spirit gave them utterance.  Acts 2:4

    “but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.”  Romans 8:15

    “..we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.”  Acts 2:11 

     The people at Pentecost praised God for this new relationship, not for the sign.

3.  The Gentile house of Cornelius received the Holy Ghost.  They now belonged to the God and were         baptized with water as an outward expression identifying them with Christ.

     Acts 10:44 “While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the                 word.45 And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter,         because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.46 For they heard them         speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter,47 Can any man forbid water, that these       should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?”

     Most reborn Christians can tell you the time and place.  This significant event stands apart.  Indelibly etched in the mind and captured in the soul, the individual can rehearse the day they met God.

     We need not sensationalize conversion by requiring outward expressions.  God works independently of denominations.  Hence, He is in the father business regardless of the group’s belief in the supernatural manifestations of the Spirit (like tongues).

John 3:5 “Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.”

     Jesus ties in the metaphor of water.  As a woman’s water breaks physically, a believer is birthed spiritually by going under then outward to newness.

2 Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”

     Only the Holy Spirit can create new.  Like begets like and our spirit is remade.

Luke 1:35a “And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee:”

     Baptism means to go under.  Spiritual submersion welcomes Jesus into your heart.  Your new identity is deep seated giving confidence you are a child of God.

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