The Fellowship of Believers – Part 2 – Baptize by the Spirit – July 5th, 2020

1. The concept of baptism.

2 Kings 5:14

So he went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, as the man of God had told him, and his flesh was restored and became clean like that of a young boy. 

Acts 2:38-39

Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for all whom the Lord our God will call.” 

Galatians 3:27

…for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. 

Romans 6:1-4

What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. 

2. Baptism by and with the Spirit.

1 Corinthians 12:12-13

Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. 

Galatians 5:25

Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. 

Acts 1:5

For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.” 

Acts 11:15-18

“As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came on them as he had come on us at the beginning. Then I remembered what the Lord had said: ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’ So if God gave them the same gift he gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to think that I could stand in God’s way?”  When they heard this, they had no further objections and praised God, saying, “So then,  even to Gentiles God has granted repentance that leads to life.”

3. Baptism, the Spirit’s influence and fellowship.

Luke 4:1

Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 

Galatians 5:18

But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. 

Ephesians 5:18

Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit, 

Romans 8:9-11

You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ. But if Christ is in you, then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, the Spirit gives life because of righteousness. And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you. 

1 Corinthians 12:7

Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. 

Acts 13:52

And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit. 

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