Baptism

John 16:8 When he comes, he will convict the world of guilt in regard to sin
and righteousness and judgment:
John 6:63 The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have
spoken to you are spirit and they are life.
The function of the Holy Spirit is: conviction of sin leading to repentance, and
giving new life. This is what it means to be a Christian - born anew, a new
creature, and sons of God.
Rom. 6:3 -4 Or don't you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ
Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him
through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the
dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.
Gal. 3:26-27 You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for all of
you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
All this refer to the Baptism of the Holy Spirit and has nothing to do with
water Baptism? Water baptism is the outward symbol of the inward baptism
of the Holy Spirit. We should therefore expect the water baptism to represent
the baptism of the Holy Spirit. The picture of the Holy Spirit pouring on to the
person should be present in the Water Baptism. It is the coming in of the Holy
Spirit that causes faith in the believer.
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The Baptism of Fire
CROSS AND ITS SALVATION
CROSS AND ITS JUDGMENT
MARTYRDOM BY FIRE
As in the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, Baptism with fire certainly refers to the
unifying sacrificial experience of the church for the redemption of humanity.
It points to the creation of the Church as a living organism and refers to the
appearing of tongues of fire in association with the coming of the Holy Spirit
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