THE
BAPTISM IN THE NAME OF JESUS
AND
THE GIFT OF THE HOLY GHOST
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It has become customary that I do a follow up after my saying that
receiving the HOLY GHOST has never saved any one whereas the baptizing in the
NAME of JESUS does.
Proof of that is where
Peter said on the Day of Pentecost: “unto them, Repent, and be baptized
every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and
ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.” Acts 2:38
Now the Baptizing in the Name of JESUS is Salvation to the Soul,
and the HOLY GHOST Baptism Makes us part of the BODY of CHRIST and adds the
Gift to enable the Saint to minister wherein GOD has called him.
Now when the sinner is Baptized in the Name of Jesus said Paul: “Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ,
he is none of his.” Romans 8:9-b
And Said he: “And because
ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts,
crying, Abba, Father.” Galatians 4:6
Paul named the gifts of the Spirit where he wrote: “And he gave
some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors
and teachers;” Ephes. 4:11
Now the emphasis was on: Repent, and be baptized every one of
you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins,
Now the process whereby the LORD Saves us by,”
Baptizing us in the Name of JESUS,
has never changed. However
the term logy has. changed
Some say the LORD
Saved me while others say I’M Redeemed etc.
The Baptism in the name of JESUS is salvation to the soul and it
always precedes the Baptism of the HOLY GHOST, thus Peter said: “Repent, and
be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of
sins, and (in addition) ye shall
receive the gift of the Holy GHOST.”
Perhaps you’ve noticed that the Baptizing in the NAME of JESUS
doesn’t jump out at the reader as do some Scriptures and it is often over
looked. However it is still to the
salvation of the soul. Now did you
understand that when Peter said: “Repent, and be baptized every one of you
in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins? If so you understood
it correctly.
Now the Apostle Paul set the record straight when he said: “But ye
are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell
in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.”
Romans 8:9
Yea, FATHER GOD sent JESUS
to save sinners, and the HOLY GHOST to baptize His saints making them one body
in CHRIST while adding to them the gift or gifts needed to carry out the
mission for which they were sent.
Both JESUS CHRIST and the HOLY GHOST are subject to the Heavenly
FATHER. They were both sent by Him and both are comforters to the CHURCH
according to the scriptures.
And the HOLY GHOST is subject to JESUS for He sent Him as
comforter in His stead.
Now as saith the Scripture, JESUS came into the world to save
sinners and He arrived via the virgin birth.
In alliance with that the Angel told Joseph and his bride, the virgin
Mary: “She shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus: for
he shall save his people from their sins.”
Matthew 1:21
And as we know, GOD
reckoned the work of CHRIST to be in force from the foundation of the
world. In line of that the Apostle Peter
said: “Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in
the prophets did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of
Christ, and the glory that should follow.” 1 Peter 1:11
And said Luke in the 8th
chapter of Acts: “Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that
Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John: [15]
Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the
Holy Ghost: [16] (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were
baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.) [17] Then laid they their hands on
them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
Then the third
and last recording of an Apostle laying on of
hands for the purpose of a
disciple to receive the HOLY GHOST is where the writer said:
“And it came to pass, that, while Apollo’s was at Corinth, Paul having
passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,
[2] He said unto
them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto
him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.
[3] And he said unto them, Unto what then were
ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism.[4] Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.
[5] When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
[6] And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
[7] And all the men were about twelve.
[8] And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the
When JESUS told His Apostles: “Even the Spirit
of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither
knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in
you.” John 14:17
That prophecy became a reality on the Day of Pentecost for then they were all filled with the HOLY GHOST and as never before they could preach CHRIST and Him Crucified Buried then Arose on the third day, Amen!
May
the GOD and FATHER of our LORD JESUS CHRIST be blessed forever, AMEN!
