So you have been called by Christ. Or, someone has been placed in front of you that has been called by Christ. In some parts of the world today, it is deadly to gather as a group in Jesus name. This darkness does not effect the potential for the light to be carried forward. The Holy Spirit baptism is for all who seek to carry the Spirit of Life with them.
As we are not those who were raises in the Law, we do not look to cleanse the flesh, as a ceremony of the Temple. Instead we were raised in our transgressions, and only by faith can a soul be made clean. There is only one way to honor the atoning blood of Christ, and baptize those outside the walls. I soul must be baptised by water and spirit to enter the Kingdom yes. But Jesus is the water of life and the Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Life. So, unless you are a practicing Jew, the water cleansing ritual is unnecessary, in fact it is of another mediation, thereby denying the blood spilt.
As with the last lessons of the teachings of Law, everyone must repent all their wrong doings. This is done by offering up to God all the sin and trespass that you carry, or the one placed in front of you carries. Some call this placing your burdens at the foot of the cross. Once they have been set down, they are not to be picked up again.
Once you, or the person set before you, have openly brought this confession of sin before God, you or they, ask forgiveness of it by the blood of His Son, which atones for your sin. As he was the final sin sacrifice that God accepted. This is not a confession that needs to be said in front of a human mediator, this is to be done in private. We do not testify our sins, we testify to our faith in salvation.
(You, or the person set before you, will feel a deep weight lifted. It usually comes with tears. This is because they have clear their conscience, possibly for the first time in their life.)
Then you or they are a clean vessel, from the inside, out. This vessel is needing to be filled. If the vessel is not filled with life, sin will return, worse than before. It is time to be then filled with the power of God which is the Holy Spirit.
There is only the Holy Spirit baptism. It is a baptism that allows his Spirit to stay with you.
What must be asked is, "Do you accept Jesus as the Son of God and your saviour?"
An answer is given.
If the answer is yes, what then must be said is, "By the Authority of God through me, and through the Power of the Holy Spirit, and with the Father and those present here as witness, let this soul be committed unto you forever Father, Amen."
And the Holy Spirit comes upon them. If possible, although it is not at all necessary in most cases, if the power of God does not set itself upon them, lay hands on them and remain silent until it does.
From that point forward, in order to serve the will of God through the authority of His Son, this soul has to learn to deny themselves the worldly desires of the flesh. This is progressive, as it is unnatural. The Holy Spirit carries the power to guide them and council them in every moment of their day. So they seek out this holiness, and in faith, act on it.
And everytime they witness holiness come through them or others- in their heart and mind, they should give thanks to God for it, saying; "Thank you Father for your Son, I have witnessed Your power come through me to serve your will."
And by faith, they now carry the very Spirit that raised Christ Jesus from the dead. And if they remain true to the end, that eternal life will stay with them forever.
A soul, with the Father and Son as witness, can receive the Holy Spirit baptism. I have myself been witness to this in my own life. The soul places its worldly life aside, dying of it, and is reborn- carrying the Spirit of Life forward from then on. God is faithful.
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