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  • The difference between the Baptism of John and Jesus Episode 2

    The difference between the Baptism of John and Jesus Episode 2
    2023/11/21
    UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE BAPTISM OF JOHN THE BAPTISM AND THE BAPTISM OF JESUS THE CHRIST One of the implications that differentiate the baptism of Christ from the baptism of John the Baptist is the seal of the Holy Spirit that one receives into sonship of God after the immersion. Before Christ Came to be baptized and to baptize, John the Baptist was baptizing people with water unto repentance, which was the pathway to their faith in God and salvation. The Baptism of John was and is never the same with the baptism of the Jesus the Christ. John was there preparing or making the way for the Messiah, none of the people John had baptized ever received the seal of the Holy Spirit except Jesus the Christ. The Baptism of John the Baptist led men into repentance unto salvation but was never the pathway to Sonship of God. Repentance is not salvation either ways, repentance is the pathway way to salvation. John Baptized people for the forgiveness of their sins. But the point is that although their sins were forgiven, the sins were not taken, and that is why when He saw Jesus Christ, John the Baptist testified in the gospel according to John‬ ‭1:29‭-‬34‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ [29] The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! This means John clearly mentions that his Baptism didn't take away the sins of men but rather led them into their inner conviction over their sins and unrighteousness in readiness to their forgiveness of their sins, turning back to God to receive His salvation through Jesus the Christ. The thing about the Baptism was to point people to Christ, the Baptism of John was the revelation of the salvation of Christ that comes from His death and one must be baptized to be saved. For John has never dared to equate himself with Christ nor His work. Whatever John was doing, was only making the way for the Messiah, the Baptism of John was important in those days because to was for the remission of sins from God, but it was not the preferred way for God to offer an ultimate forgiveness and doing away with the sins of many, it was not a preferred way to offer salvation to the people for eternal life and salvation but it was a way to salvation. The Baptism of John was for water that convince man to see a need for repentance but not the actual repentance that resides in Christ. John was important but not the preferred way for salvation, he was important to announce, the arrival, and to show people and all men who is the Messiah theh waited upon? Where is He? What do we need to do to be saved by Him? These questions that were answered in the days of John the Baptist were very important, people were not looking for a prophet but for the Messiah, if they find a prophet the He need to have the revelation of the awaited Christ, the one who was even much more preferred to Baptize was not John but Jesus the Christ. John‬ ‭1:24‭-‬27‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ [24] Now those who were sent were from the Pharisees. [25] And they asked him, saying, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?” Here they didn't know that John was Elijah and that he was authorized by God to Baptize with water for the remissions of people sins but John had not the ability to take away the sins of the world as Jesus would do. The Pharisees in search for the Messiah ended up questioning John's authority of Baptizing people, John needed to clarify that he was not the Messiah and that he was not baptizing with the Baptism of fire and spirit which is the Baptism of Jesus the Christ. lets see His response, John 1:26 John answered them, saying, “I baptize with water, but there stands One among you whom you do not know. In other words I Baptize for forgiveness but not for sanctification, well in regard to your question about the Messiah you are looking for, there He is among you, in other words the Pharisees they have eyes but they can't see Emmanuel (God with us) they can't see the Messiah because they don't know Him, so the ministry of John is prominent to help the see, know and recognize who the Messiah is and where He is located. The ministry of John and is coming was prophesied by prophet Malachi 1 “See, I will send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant, whom you delight in. See, he is coming”, says the LORD of hosts. Malachi 3:1 But to understand more about His Baptism John the Baptist, lets see in the book of Acts 19:4 4 Then Paul said, “John indeed baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people that they should believe on him who was to come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus”. The Baptism of John was messange to believe in Him who will come after, Him meaning it was pointing to the Messiah, to salvation, though itself was not the salvation. The Baptism of John was ...
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  • The Baptism Episode 1

    The Baptism Episode 1
    2023/11/21
    TYPES OF BAPTISM There are three types of Baptism 1. The Baptism of John the Baptist, which was the Baptism of water unto repentance for the forgiveness of our sins. John Baptised with water and not with the Spirit. The Baptism of John the Baptist was unto justification, men in those days were been Baptized to be justified from their evil and sinful ways. The question is do we get justified by the John's kind of Baptism of water unto repentance in the now season of Christ? Absolutely not, why then did John Baptised with water unto repentance? Because Jesus the Christ has not died in this moment. it was the pathway to be justified, it was the only way one could be justified by God from all their sins as they get forgiveness, the Baptism of John was the shadow of things to come through the Christ. It wasn't the final or complete stage, it was the foundational truth, it was the preparation of one to receive the salvation of God based on His plan, the most important thing about John was not the Baptism but the cry out to pave the way for the Messiah, for one to be saved they must make a decision to change their ways. The ministry of John was not based on His baptism, it was based on the preaching of repentance, which was a blowing of a trumpet, the awakening of one's mind for the readiness of the salvation that the coming Messiah will emprovise to those who will not harden their hearts, but repent to be baptized meaning to be forgiven. ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭3:1‭-‬3‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ [1] In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, [2] and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!” [3] For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying: “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord; Make His paths straight.’ ” The whole vision and the purpose of John was to announce the arrival of the Messiah with His salvation to those who have truly repented. On the other hand, the Baptism of John was the response to his message of repentance, the Baptism of John was the the significance and the symbol of repentance, that one has truly repented and he or she is ready to receive the salvation of God. How powerful r the ministry of John was, He didn't only prophecy about the coming of the Messiah, He actually announced the arrival of the Messiah, He told them that the Messiah is here, am only preparing a way for Him, am not the Messiah, I'm His messenger, His witness for His coming, and His mouth piece for Arrival. The things that I do and the ministry that I do is far less than the ministry and the works of the Messiah. If people won't come to John they will not know the Messiah, if they have not heard him and his message, they will not know and understand the requirements and the needs or expectation from the Messiah for them to be saved. John, his Baptism, his preaching was the revelation of the Messiah and was the demonstration of His arrival. The works of John was pointing to Jesus Christ, most people failed to recognize the voice of the prophet John the Baptist about the revelation of the awaited Christ poised in the Holy scriptures by the prophets, that it is why it was hard to realize that Jesus was the Christ. They killed John who points people and reveals the truth awaited Messiah Jesus Christ, that is why the kingdom of God suffers violence and only the violence takes it by force. Satan used Herod and His wife through their sinful or unlaw act that He prophesied to them, inorder to cut short the ministry of John the Baptist pointing people to Christ and His purpose. The death of John made it more harder for people to know and recognize Jesus Christ as the Messiah, if they had clearly understood, and known who the Messiah was and believe, imagine how many people would have been saved? The devil always played a role in the works of God by trying to stop people from coming to Christ, from seeing and knowing Christ, blind the minds and the hearts of people not to be saved, if it is not by killing, then it will be actually by casting the unbelief the hearts and in the minds of people. Either ways John still fulfilled His Ministry of preparing the way for the LORD and the revelation of Christ and His Ministry. The other thing you need to know is that, John was showing people that the Messiah doesn't only save because one has sinned but when they decide to do something about it by creating a room for His salvation which is repentance, but then I need to baptize you to be forgiven by God for your wrongs and evil ways, so that the Messiah could save you. The second type of Baptism is; 2. The Baptism of Jesus the Christ, which the Baptism of the Spirit and fire unto a total cleansing, sanctification, predestination, newness of a spirit life, getting ride of the old self to put on the new man renewed in Him, foreknowledge, comfirmation, calling into holiness and righteousness, oneness and union with Christ into His death ...
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