Baptize With The Holy Spirit

John 1:15,30-33 – (John testified concerning him. He cried out, saying, “This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’”)…This is the one I meant when I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’ I myself did not know him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that he might be revealed to Israel.” Then John gave this testimony: “I saw the Spirit come down from heaven as a dove and remain on him. And I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’

Mark 1:4 – And so John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

John 20:22 – And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.

Acts 19:4 – Paul said, “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the one coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”

Galatians 5:16 – So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

Ephesians 5:18-20 – Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Philippians 3:3-6 – For it is we who are the circumcision, we who serve God by his Spirit, who boast in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—though I myself have reasons for such confidence. If someone else thinks they have reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more: circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee; as for zeal, persecuting the church; as for righteousness based on the law, faultless.

1 Thessalonians 4:8 – Therefore, anyone who rejects this instruction does not reject a human being but God, the very God who gives you his Holy Spirit.

John 14:26 – But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.

Application:

• ·         People would normally have ranked Jesus lower in respect than John, who was older.
• ·         John’s practice of baptizing those who came to him in repentance was so characteristic of his ministry that he became known as “the Baptist” or “the Baptizer”. He was preaching repentance-baptism, i.e., baptism that was preceded or accompanied by repentance. Baptism was not new to John’s audience. They knew of baptism for Gentile converts but had not heard that the descendants of Abraham needed to repent and be baptized.
• ·         “Receive the Holy Spirit” was anticipating what happened 50 days later on the day of Pentecost.
• ·         John’s baptism looked forward to Jesus, who by His death would make possible the forgiveness of sins.
• ·         Living by the promptings and power of the Spirit is the key to conquering sinful desires.
• ·         When Paul speaks of being filled with the Spirit and when he speaks in Colossians of being under the rule of the peace of Christ and indwelt by the “message” of Christ, he means being under God’s control.
• ·         Everyone is a “boaster”, either in Christ or in themselves.
• ·         Both the Father and the Son are involved in the sending of the Holy Spirit.
• ·         “Remind you of everything I have said to you” was crucial for the life of the church—and for the writing of the New Testament.

All Scripture verses taken from NIV