{"id":420,"date":"2020-12-14T00:39:51","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T00:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebiblicalfoundation.com\/?p=420"},"modified":"2023-09-14T15:04:46","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T20:04:46","slug":"what-is-the-baptism-in-the-holy-spirit-and-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebiblicalfoundation.com\/what-is-the-baptism-in-the-holy-spirit-and-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the Baptism in the Holy Spirit and Fire?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
I have heard a lot of teaching on the baptism in the Holy Spirit and fire. There has been a lot of doctrine built around this term, but the truth is there is only one instance in the entire Bible that mentions the baptism in the Holy Spirit and the baptism in fire together. That instance is found in Luke 3:16<\/a> and Matthew 3:11<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n “I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire<\/strong>.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n If you don’t know, this is John the Baptist speaking and he is referring to Jesus. So Jesus is the one who will baptize us with the Holy Spirit and with fire. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In this article I’m going to be explaining that the baptism in the Holy Spirit and fire are separate baptisms and that they have different purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Holy Spirit baptism is meant to endue believers with God’s power. It equips the christian with God’s ability to be an effective witness. While the baptism in fire is a baptism of judgement for all who do not repent.<\/strong> This is understood more clearly when we look at the context of Matthew chapter 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Therefore, leaving the discussion of the elementary principles<\/em> of Christ, let us go on to perfection, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, of the doctrine of baptisms<\/strong>, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.” (Hebrews 6:1-2)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n As you can see there are multiple baptisms that the early apostles taught new believers. Most christians probably only know of one, but the New Testament mentions that there are different types of baptisms and different purposes for each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Before I list off the different baptisms the Bible mentions, it’s important to ask two things when looking at scriptures that refer to baptism. (1) Who is doing the baptizing? (2) What are they being baptized into? <\/p>\n\n\n\nMultiple Baptisms in the New Testament <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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