Today’s Devotional – January 6th (Baptism By Full Immersion (Part 1)
By admin On January 10th, 2021.
Today’s Devotional – January 6th
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Baptism By Full Immersion!
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Another hotly debated issue within the Christian community is about the nature of baptism, and exactly how it is to be performed.
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Some believe in “sprinkling”! Some in, “immersion”!
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Some believe that it should be done “in the name of Jesus”! Others insist that it must be done by saying, “In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit”!
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And concerning where baptism should be performed, some accept baptismal pools! Others insist that only a river will do! And even a few extremists might even insist that only the Jordan River will do!
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Now concerning a person’s qualification for baptism, there are also different opinions. Some require a baptismal class to learn the basic tenets of Christianity.
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Others require a person to have first quit smoking and drinking, etc.!
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Still, others have absolutely no requirements!
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Jordan River baptism – cropped image – Wikipedia – Share-alike License
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This website insists on “full immersion”!
Exclamation Mark – Wikimedia – Public Domain
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“WASHING OF THE WATER OF THE WORD!”
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Listen… “That He (Christ) might sanctify and cleanse it
WITH THE WASHING OF THE WATER BY THE WORD,
That He might present it to Himself a glorious church…”
Ephesians 5:25-27
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So, here it is revealed in Paul’s letter to the Ephesians, that our true washing and cleansing comes from, “the washing of water by the Word”!
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BAPTISM BY FIRE AND WATER
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Listen again…
“I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance:
but He that cometh after me is mightier than I…
He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:”
Matthew 3:11
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And so, by putting these two verses together, there begins to be seen a much greater fulfillment to the idea of baptism: “the washing of water by the Word”, and the baptism, “with the Holy Ghost and with fire”!
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USMC – Prayer before Bible study – Wikimedia – Public Domain
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And so, can we then conclude that there are actually two baptisms and not merely one?
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Question Marks – At a loss – svg – Wikimedia Commons – Share-Alike License
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“ONE LORD, ONE FAITH, ONE BAPTISM”
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Listen once again…
“There is one body, and one Spirit,
even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
One Lord, one faith, ONE BAPTISM…”
Ephesians 4:1, 3-6
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But it says here that there is one baptism!
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So which baptism is the real baptism? The literal water baptism? Or the baptism by the Holy Ghost which washes us by the cleansing of God’s Word?
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Holy Bible – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Lic.
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CHRIST BAPTISM OF DEATH & RESURRECTION
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Listen to this further revelation concerning baptism…
“But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask.
Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of,
and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?”
Matthew 20:22
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So, it begins to be seen that baptism now concerns the spiritual death and resurrection which a Believer experiences in Christ.
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ABOVE PICTURE – 7 Stars Constellation as the Cross (aka Big Dipper) – winter – signsofheaven.org – not for commercial uses
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WASHING OF THE WORD!
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Now in today’s Christian world, there is an emphasis upon literal and physical baptism in a literal tank of water.
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But as already seen, this is merely a ceremony which is a type and symbol of the true baptism!
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But just like the Old Testament people of God, who could not understand the true circumcision, we today are not able to discern the true baptism of the Holy Ghost.
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But instead, they should have been urging us to fulfill the true baptism, by “the washing of the water of the Word”.
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La Bible, Notre-Dame – cropped image – Wikimedia – Share-Alike License
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MANY LOST SOULS BURIED ALIVE!
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And the Bible finally reveals that there is no spiritual value in circumcision!
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Listen… “As many as desire to make a fair show in the flesh,
they constrain you to be circumcised…
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing,
nor uncircumcision,
but a new creature.”
Galatians 6:12-15 (condensed)
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Here is a revelation that the ceremony of literal circumcision has no spiritual value!
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And today, there are millions of law-abiding, moral citizens, who become baptized in literal water, but who have never been baptized by the Holy Ghost!
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PS Krøyer – Hip hip hurra! – Kunstnerfest på Skagen – 1888 – Wikimedia – Public Domain
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DYING THIEF
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And yet, the dying thief on the cross to the right of Jesus was told…
“And Jesus said unto him,
‘Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with Me in paradise.'”
Luke 23:43
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This thief had obviously never been immersed in a tub of water!
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And yet, because he had received the Holy Spirit’s baptism, he was ultimately saved!
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ABOVE PICTURE – 7 Stars Constellation as the Cross (aka Big Dipper) – winter – signsofheaven.org – not for commercial uses
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FULL IMMERSION IN GOD’S WORD!
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Dear Soul, if I fully immerse myself in God’s Word, allowing that Word to wash me from my old worldly ways, and my old ways of thinking, then I have the true baptism of the Spirit.
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And the evidence of my Salvation is that I begin to increasingly walk, even as Jesus walked, more-and-more turning away from the vain and selfish pleasures of this sin-loving world!
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So yes, this website endorses full immersion in God’s Word, by the indwelling power of the Holy Ghost!
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USMC – Prayer before Bible study – Wikimedia – Public Domain
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TODAY’S PRAYER…
“Dear Lord, Help me to experience the true baptism in Thy Word, by the indwelling of Thy Spirit! Let me place no confidence in mere ceremonies…
Prayer at Day’s End – Angelus by Jean-François Millet – Wikipedia – Public Domain
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “Ark of the Covenant Constellation, Pt. 2: How To Enter The Most Holy Place”, or you can also read… ” May 17th (The Marinated Christian!)”
Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license
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THE END
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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN
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Then Job answered and said…
but how should man be just with God?…
Which alone spreads out the heavens…
Which makes Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades…
Can you bind the sweet influences of the Pleiades?
Or loose the bands of Orion?”
Job 9:2-10 & 38:31
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The photo to the right is the Pleiades Cluster. Does it appear to you like an angel? Well, if it does, then you are encouraged to keep reading.
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TWO WOMEN IN PLEIADES
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Just who are these two women? And how can this be, that nobody has ever seen the Pleiades as a constellation of a woman? This article will discuss this great paradox of these two women, found in the Pleiades, and what it means scripturally to us: we who comprise the global community of Christians.
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Because this constellation, or should we say Constellations, plural, have very much to do with us: those of us who are living right now on the threshold of eternity. And as you might expect, the Bible holds the key to understanding all this.
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “The Pleiades: The Captive Angel & Mystery Harlot Constellation”
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TOMORROW…
January 7th . . . . The Chrysalis Christian!
Chrysalis (Pupa) of a Common Crow Butterfly – Wikimedia – Share-Alike License
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20+ MINUTE AUDIO JEREMIAH STUDY
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ALL ‘NOBLE BEREANS’ (open-minded seekers of Bible truth) ARE ENCOURAGED TO BEGIN FOLLOWING THIS 650+ AUDIO BIBLE STUDY THROUGH THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH EACH DAY ON THIS DAILY DEVOTIONAL.
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THIS IS STUDY #6 IS PRESENTED BY THE LATE HAROLD CAMPING…
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