Understanding Baptisms

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Understanding Baptisms

• Acts 111-18

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Acts 111-18

• Now the apostles and the brethren who were
  throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had
  received the word of God. And when Peter came up
  to Jerusalem, those who were circumcised took
  issue with him, saying, " You went to
  uncircumcised men and ate with them."
• But Peter began speaking and proceeded to
  explain to them in orderly sequence, saying,

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Acts 115-7

• "I was in the city of Joppa praying and in a
  trance I saw a vision, an object coming down like
  a great sheet lowered by four corners from the
  sky and it came right down to me, and when I had
  fixed my gaze on it and was observing it I saw
  the four-footed animals of the earth and the wild
  beasts and the crawling creatures and the birds
  of the air.
• "I also heard a voice saying to me, 'Get up,
  Peter kill and eat.'

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Acts 118-11

• "But I said, 'By no means, Lord, for nothing
  unholy or unclean has ever entered my mouth.'
  "But a voice from heaven answered a second time,
  ' What God has cleansed, no longer consider
  unholy.' "This happened three times, and
  everything was drawn back up into the sky.
• "And behold, at that moment three men appeared at
  the house in which we were staying, having been
  sent to me from Caesarea.

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Acts 1112-14

• " The Spirit told me to go with them without
  misgivings. These six brethren also went with me
  and we entered the man's house.
• "And he reported to us how he had seen the angel
  standing in his house, and saying, 'Send to Joppa
  and have Simon, who is also called Peter, brought
  here and he will speak words to you by which
  you will be saved, you and all your household.'

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Acts 1115-16

• "And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell
  upon them just as He did upon us at the
  beginning.
• "And I remembered the word of the Lord, how He
  used to say, ' John baptized with water, but you
  will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.'

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Acts 1117-18

• "Therefore if God gave to them the same gift as
  He gave to us also after believing in the Lord
  Jesus Christ, who was I that I could stand in
  God's way?"
• When they heard this, they quieted down and
  glorified God, saying, "Well then, God has
  granted to the Gentiles also the repentance that
  leads to life."

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Previously in Acts 1044-48

• While Peter was still speaking these words, the
  Holy Spirit fell upon all those who were
  listening to the message. All the circumcised
  believers who came with Peter were amazed,
  because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been
  poured out on the Gentiles also. For they were
  hearing them speaking with tongues and exalting
  God. Then Peter answered,
• "Surely no one can refuse the water for these to
  be baptized who have received the Holy Spirit
  just as we did, can he?" And he ordered them to
  be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then
  they asked him to stay on for a few days.

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What Did Jesus Command Them to do?

• Go therefore and make disciples of all the
  nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father
  and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them
  to observe all that I commanded you
• Matthew 2819-20 NASU

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Peter Preached it on Day of Pentecost

• Peter said to them, "Repent, and each of you be
  baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the
  forgiveness of your sins and you will receive
  the gift of the Holy Spirit.
• "For the promise is for you and your children
  and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord
  our God will call to Himself."
• Acts 238-39 NASU

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This is Christianity 101

• Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings
  about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying
  again the foundation of repentance from acts that
  lead to death, and of faith in God, instruction
  about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the
  resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.
• Hebrews 61-2 NIV

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Covenant to not flood-Sign rainbow

• Then God told Noah and his sons, "I solemnly
  promise you and your children-that I will never
  again send another flood to destroy the earth.
• And I seal this promise with this sign I have
  placed my rainbow in the clouds as a sign of my
  promise until the end of time, to you and to all
  the earth.
• Genesis 98-13 TLB

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Gods Covenant with Israel

• "I will establish My covenant between Me and you,
  And I will multiply you exceedingly."
• Genesis 172 NASU
• "And you shall be circumcised in the flesh of
  your foreskin, and it shall be the sign of the
  covenant between Me and you.
• Genesis 1711-12 NASU

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Water Baptism is an outward sign after you
believe in your heart

• But when they believed Philip preaching the good
  news about the kingdom of God and the name of
  Jesus Christ, they were being baptized, men and
  women alike.
• Acts 812 NASU

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We Identify with Jesus Death, Burial, and
Resurrection

• and in Him you were also circumcised with a
  circumcision made without hands, in the removal
  of the body of the flesh by the circumcision of
  Christ having been buried with Him in baptism,
  in which you were also raised up with Him through
  faith in the working of God, who raised Him from
  the dead.
• Colossians 211-12 NASU

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How Should We do it?

• The word baptism comes from the Greek word
  baptizo (bap-tid'-zo) to immerse, submerge to
  make overwhelmed (i.e. fully wet)
• After being baptized, Jesus came up immediately
  from the water and behold, the heavens were
  opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending
  as a dove and lighting on Him,
• Matthew 316 NASU

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Does it Save Us?

• Baptism doesnt save you, but is a sign of the
  covenant you have made with God.
• ButWe are commanded to be baptized so if you
  refuse to be baptized what does this say about
  the covenant you have made?

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What about Baby Baptism?

• There is nothing in the bible about it although
  we do see baby dedication
• Obviously a baby cant repent and believe in
  Jesus.
• So the baby just gets a bath for Jesus ?

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Understanding Baptisms

• Acts 1115-18

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Acts 1115-16

• "And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell
  upon them just as He did upon us at the
  beginning.
• "And I remembered the word of the Lord, how He
  used to say, ' John baptized with water, but you
  will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.'

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Acts 1117-18

• "Therefore if God gave to them the same gift as
  He gave to us also after believing in the Lord
  Jesus Christ, who was I that I could stand in
  God's way?"
• When they heard this, they quieted down and
  glorified God, saying, "Well then, God has
  granted to the Gentiles also the repentance that
  leads to life."

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Previously in Acts 1044-48

• While Peter was still speaking these words, the
  Holy Spirit fell upon all those who were
  listening to the message. All the circumcised
  believers who came with Peter were amazed,
  because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been
  poured out on the Gentiles also. For they were
  hearing them speaking with tongues and exalting
  God. Then Peter answered,
• "Surely no one can refuse the water for these to
  be baptized who have received the Holy Spirit
  just as we did, can he?" And he ordered them to
  be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then
  they asked him to stay on for a few days.

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What is Baptism With The Holy Spirit?

• The word baptism comes from the Greek word
  baptizo (bap-tid'-zo) to immerse, submerge to
  make overwhelmed (i.e. fully wet)
• So We are immersed and submerged into the Holy
  Spirit, and overwhelmed by Him!

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Evangelist Charles Finney Got It

• Charles Grandison Finney (August 29, 1792
  August 16, 1875), often called "America's
  foremost revivalist," was a major leader of the
  Second Great Awakening in America, which had a
  great impact on the social history of the United
  States.

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John Promised It

• Matthew 311
• "As for me, I baptize you with water for
  repentance, but He who is coming after me is
  mightier than I, and I am not fit to remove His
  sandals He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit
  and fire.
• Mark 18
• "I baptized you with water but He will baptize
  you with the Holy Spirit."

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• Luke 316
• John answered and said to them all, "As for me,
  I baptize you with water but One is coming who
  is mightier than I, and I am not fit to untie the
  thong of His sandals He will baptize you with
  the Holy Spirit and fire.
• John 133-34
• "I did not recognize Him, but He who sent me to
  baptize in water said to me, 'He upon whom you
  see the Spirit descending and remaining upon Him,
  this is the One who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.'
  "I myself have seen, and have testified that
  this is the Son of God."

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Joel Prophesied about it

• Joel 228-29
• "It will come about after this That I will pour
  out My Spirit on all mankind And your sons and
  daughters will prophesy, Your old men will dream
  dreams, Your young men will see visions. "Even on
  the male and female servants I will pour out My
  Spirit in those days.

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Dwight L. Moody (1837-1899)

• Stood in this same tradition when, at the
  prayerful instigation of two elderly Free
  Methodist women, "Auntie Cook" and "Mrs. Snow,"
  he travailed in prayer that he might "get the
  power."

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• As R. A. Torrey (1856-1928 founder of Biola
  University in California) later told it, Moody
  received his answer without warning in the midst
  of the bustle and hurry of New York's Wall
  Street
• "The power of God fell upon him as he walked up
  the street and he had to hurry off to the house
  of a friend and ask that he might have a room by
  himself, and in that room he stayed alone for
  hours and the Holy Ghost came upon him, filling
  his soul with such joy that at last he had to ask
  God to withhold His hand, lest he die on the spot
  from very joy."
• Embarking on an evangelistic tour of England,
  Moody now found that "the power of God wrought
  through him mightily in North London, and
  hundreds were added to the churches." Always
  after that, Moody urged his friend, "Torrey, I
  want you to preach on the baptism with the Holy
  Ghost."

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Cotton Mather (1663-1728)

• Take, for instance, the prayers of the early
  American Puritan Cotton Mather recorded in his
  diary. Mather asked God to "fulfill the ancient
  Prophecy, of pouring out the Spirit on all
  Flesh," and in so doing "revive the extraordinary
  and supernatural Operations with which He planted
  His Religion in the primitive Times of
  Christianity, and order a Descent of His holy
  Angels to enter and possess His Ministers, and
  cause them to fly thro' the World with the
  everlasting Gospel to preach unto the Nations."
• Transported by the power of this vision, Mather
  concluded after this prayer that the Holy Spirit
  was already preparing to so empower his
  ministers, and that as a result "The World shall
  be shaken wonderfully!"

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Biblical Accounts of Baptism in the Holy Spirit
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The Disciples at Day of Pentecost

• When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all
  together in one place. And suddenly there came
  from heaven a noise like a violent rushing wind,
  and it filled the whole house where they were
  sitting. And there appeared to them tongues as of
  fire distributing themselves, and they rested on
  each one of them.
• And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and
  began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit
  was giving them utterance.
• Acts 21-4 NASU

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Believers in Samaria

• Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that
  Samaria had received the word of God, they sent
  them Peter and John, who came down and prayed for
  them that they might receive the Holy Spirit. For
  He had not yet fallen upon any of them they had
  simply been baptized in the name of the Lord
  Jesus.
• Then they began laying their hands on them, and
  they were receiving the Holy Spirit.
• Acts 814-17 NASU

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Paul the Apostle

• So Ananias departed and entered the house, and
  after laying his hands on him said, " Brother
  Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the
  road by which you were coming, has sent me so
  that you may regain your sight and be filled with
  the Holy Spirit."
• And immediately there fell from his eyes
  something like scales, and he regained his sight,
  and he got up and was baptized and he took food
  and was strengthened.
• Acts 917-19 NASU

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Disciples in Ephesus

• It happened that while Apollos was at Corinth,
  Paul passed through the upper country and came to
  Ephesus, and found some disciples. 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." And
  he said, "Into what then were you baptized?" And
  they said, " Into John's baptism."

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• 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."
• When they heard this, they were baptized in the
  name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul had laid
  his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on
  them, and they began speaking with tongues and
  prophesying. There were in all about twelve men.
• Acts 191-7

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• Tongues are an outward sign of the power that God
  has placed inside of you.
• but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit
  has come upon you and you shall be My witnesses
  both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria,
  and even to the remotest part of the earth."
• Acts 18

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Do You Have to Speak in Tongues?

• You dont have to speak in tongues, you get to if
  you want.
• You can be baptized in the Holy Spirit and not
  speak in tongues.
• But you would be dumb not to speak in tongues

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Because They Are Given to Bless You

• For one who speaks in a tongue does not speak to
  men but to God for no one understands, but in
  his spirit he speaks mysteries. But one who
  prophesies speaks to men for edification and
  exhortation and consolation.
• One who speaks in a tongue edifies himself but
  one who prophesies edifies the church.
• 1 Corinthians 142-5

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God Wants to Bless You

• "So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to
  you seek, and you will find knock, and it will
  be opened to you. "For everyone who asks,
  receives and he who seeks, finds and to him who
  knocks, it will be opened.
• "Now suppose one of you fathers is asked by his
  son for a fish he will not give him a snake
  instead of a fish, will he? "Or if he is asked
  for an egg, he will not give him a scorpion, will
  he? "If you then, being evil, know how to give
  good gifts to your children, how much more will
  your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to
  those who ask Him?"
• Luke 119-13