By God's grace, we are entering the Holy Week of 2017. The Lord gave a meaningful lenten season and had done great things in the lives of His people. May God pour out His blessings on all who seek Him sincerely. As we are going to complete the lent season of 2017 with sufferings, death, resurrection and glorification of Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit wanted me to write some of the divine revelations I received in the past few weeks. So, I am going to pause the new creation series with this article and then going to publish some interesting articles about cross of Jesus. Later, we will resume back the new creation series with posts that I specified at the end of the last chapter.
This should be relatively smaller chapter when compared with the last few chapters of new creation series. John Baptist was the one who informed first about this kind of baptism, that is baptism by fire. The baptist said "I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:" Matthew 3:11. So, there is a third type of baptism apart from water and Holy Spirit and this is called the baptism by Fire. This directly represents the power and gifts of the Holy Spirit.
When Jesus sent the disciples for training during the first time, He gave them the authority over evil powers and diseases. Matthew 10:1. But, still they were not able to drove out a demon as in Matthew 17:16. They were not doing full-pledged preaching yet. So, the full powers of the Holy Spirit was not awarded at that point of time. We could see that in John 7:39 as it says, "But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified". But, as we all know, the day came on Pentecost where the promised Holy Spirit was poured out on the disciples who had assembled on the upper room. Acts 1:13, 2:1-4 and there is powerful wind that was blown, fire tongues came and sat on top of the brethren. Psalms 134. Then Peter started to preach and on his first sermon, 3000 people accept Jesus Christ and took baptism. Hallelujah. Praise God. He fulfills every promises He gives. Then, the disciple started to minister the Lord in powerful way and the entire Acts of apostles book explains the various incidents and the expansion of the church. The powerful anointing was on all His disciples and in a later chapter, they were called the shakers of the earth. "These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;" Acts 17:6.
Do we have a fore shadow of the baptism by Water, Holy Spirit and Fire in Old testament? Yes, We could see the ministries of Moses (represents Water as he was named as taken from Water. Exo 2:10) and Elijah (represents Fire, as he dealt most often with Fire and finally went to heaven via fire chariots and whirlwind). Both of them had done mighty things for God. Both of them served the Lord in a powerful way. But, for me, the greatest saint of the entire old testament is David. In symbolization with three types of baptism (Water, Holy Spirit and Fire), David was anointed thrice. First, he was anointed by Samuel as the identified one (Water baptism) 1 Sam 16:13. Second time, he was anointed as a King of Judah in Hebron. (Holy Spirit baptism) 2 Samuel 2:4 and then the third time, he was anointed as the King of Israel (Fire baptism) 2 Samuel 5:3. That's why David could wrote those many spiritual Psalms and he hints us the anointing behind that as "Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel" 2 Samuel 23:1.
God gave David a testimony saying that "David is after His own heart". I Sam 13:14, Acts 13:22. That's why Jesus is called son of David. There were two prominent persons who were called Servants of God in Old testament. One is Moses and the another one is David. The name of the OT saints mentioned in Revelation are very few. No mention of Abraham there. Moses is mentioned once. But, the name of David is mentioned three times, greater than any other OT saint. Moses was truthful, Abraham was faithful and strong in faith and obedience, but David, though he sinned a lot, he was the one who loved God more than any one else and that's why God made special promises to David and there is something called grace of David. Isaiah 55:3 Why David? The secret behind David's greatness is His love for God exceeds all the others in old testament and that is the secret. As God Himself is love, if you love God more than anything else, you will surely spend time in His word, praise and prayer and the Holy Spirit will continue to be exalted in you.
Final word about baptism by fire. This fire anointing is not mandatory to make it to kingdom of heaven. It is sufficient to be anointed by Holy Spirit and the fire baptism is something special to God's ministers and whoever having these gifts and powers should be cautious and exercise judgement while using them. They should be careful to give the glory to God's name when they perform miracles and these signs, miracles are given to the ministers of God so that they can win more souls for Christ and not for their own benefits. If you are anointed with Holy Spirit, pray for the anointing by Fire so that you can do great things for Christ. But, seek Lord's will and whatever you ask or do, fulfill His will. May God's name be glorified. Amen.
To summarize, what we have learnt in new creation series till now, we are seeing how to do God's will or how to fulfill God's plan for our individual lives and that comes with understanding of the process of understanding of sin, repentance, salvation, baptism and renew our spirit and mind by the Holy Spirit. We will see more after we resume the new creation series probably a couple of months later.
Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and blessing. Rev 5:12. Let's praise and worship the great one, the holy one and the mighty one. Let's adore Him by falling prostrate in front of Him alone. No one or nothing else deserves our praise or glory. All Praise to you Holy Father, Holy Son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
This should be relatively smaller chapter when compared with the last few chapters of new creation series. John Baptist was the one who informed first about this kind of baptism, that is baptism by fire. The baptist said "I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:" Matthew 3:11. So, there is a third type of baptism apart from water and Holy Spirit and this is called the baptism by Fire. This directly represents the power and gifts of the Holy Spirit.
When Jesus sent the disciples for training during the first time, He gave them the authority over evil powers and diseases. Matthew 10:1. But, still they were not able to drove out a demon as in Matthew 17:16. They were not doing full-pledged preaching yet. So, the full powers of the Holy Spirit was not awarded at that point of time. We could see that in John 7:39 as it says, "But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified". But, as we all know, the day came on Pentecost where the promised Holy Spirit was poured out on the disciples who had assembled on the upper room. Acts 1:13, 2:1-4 and there is powerful wind that was blown, fire tongues came and sat on top of the brethren. Psalms 134. Then Peter started to preach and on his first sermon, 3000 people accept Jesus Christ and took baptism. Hallelujah. Praise God. He fulfills every promises He gives. Then, the disciple started to minister the Lord in powerful way and the entire Acts of apostles book explains the various incidents and the expansion of the church. The powerful anointing was on all His disciples and in a later chapter, they were called the shakers of the earth. "These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;" Acts 17:6.
Do we have a fore shadow of the baptism by Water, Holy Spirit and Fire in Old testament? Yes, We could see the ministries of Moses (represents Water as he was named as taken from Water. Exo 2:10) and Elijah (represents Fire, as he dealt most often with Fire and finally went to heaven via fire chariots and whirlwind). Both of them had done mighty things for God. Both of them served the Lord in a powerful way. But, for me, the greatest saint of the entire old testament is David. In symbolization with three types of baptism (Water, Holy Spirit and Fire), David was anointed thrice. First, he was anointed by Samuel as the identified one (Water baptism) 1 Sam 16:13. Second time, he was anointed as a King of Judah in Hebron. (Holy Spirit baptism) 2 Samuel 2:4 and then the third time, he was anointed as the King of Israel (Fire baptism) 2 Samuel 5:3. That's why David could wrote those many spiritual Psalms and he hints us the anointing behind that as "Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel" 2 Samuel 23:1.
God gave David a testimony saying that "David is after His own heart". I Sam 13:14, Acts 13:22. That's why Jesus is called son of David. There were two prominent persons who were called Servants of God in Old testament. One is Moses and the another one is David. The name of the OT saints mentioned in Revelation are very few. No mention of Abraham there. Moses is mentioned once. But, the name of David is mentioned three times, greater than any other OT saint. Moses was truthful, Abraham was faithful and strong in faith and obedience, but David, though he sinned a lot, he was the one who loved God more than any one else and that's why God made special promises to David and there is something called grace of David. Isaiah 55:3 Why David? The secret behind David's greatness is His love for God exceeds all the others in old testament and that is the secret. As God Himself is love, if you love God more than anything else, you will surely spend time in His word, praise and prayer and the Holy Spirit will continue to be exalted in you.
Final word about baptism by fire. This fire anointing is not mandatory to make it to kingdom of heaven. It is sufficient to be anointed by Holy Spirit and the fire baptism is something special to God's ministers and whoever having these gifts and powers should be cautious and exercise judgement while using them. They should be careful to give the glory to God's name when they perform miracles and these signs, miracles are given to the ministers of God so that they can win more souls for Christ and not for their own benefits. If you are anointed with Holy Spirit, pray for the anointing by Fire so that you can do great things for Christ. But, seek Lord's will and whatever you ask or do, fulfill His will. May God's name be glorified. Amen.
To summarize, what we have learnt in new creation series till now, we are seeing how to do God's will or how to fulfill God's plan for our individual lives and that comes with understanding of the process of understanding of sin, repentance, salvation, baptism and renew our spirit and mind by the Holy Spirit. We will see more after we resume the new creation series probably a couple of months later.
Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and blessing. Rev 5:12. Let's praise and worship the great one, the holy one and the mighty one. Let's adore Him by falling prostrate in front of Him alone. No one or nothing else deserves our praise or glory. All Praise to you Holy Father, Holy Son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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