Three Baptisms

1] The Baptism of Suffering  - Luke 12:40

Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.”

The Baptiser,  .. The Father

The Baptised,  .. Christ

The Baptism,  .. Christ’s Death.

2] The Baptism of Union – 1 Corinthians 12:12-13

For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ. For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and have all been made to drink into one Spirit.

The Baptiser,  .. The Spirit

The Baptised,  .. All Believers.

The Baptism,  ..  Union with Christ.

3] The Baptism of Power -Acts 1:5-8

for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.” Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” And He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

The Baptiser,  .. Christ

The Baptised,  .. Waiting Believers.

The Baptism,  .. Power.

Thoughts 

"We do not cease to be children because we are disobedient children." - Frederick Denison Maurice
"Time is too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love — time is eternity." - Henry van Dyke

[Message No: 6511]