Matthew 3:11 (KJV)
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:
In the Bible
· There is something practical and there is something spiritual
· There is something temporal and there is something eternal
· There is something seen and there is something unseen
There are terms in the Bible that have both temporal/seen applications and eternal/unseen applications
The word “saved” often refers in the Bible to someone being rescued from a present danger, David being rescued from King Saul, for instance. We know it can also have an eternal application, such as Romans 10:13 “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved”
The unseen thing does not make invalid the thing that is seen. We all know that being eternally saved is of more value that being saved from an enemy. But we would still like to be saved from the enemy.
The term “baptize” is used to speak of an unseen doctrine of the indwelling of the Holy Ghost at the moment of salvation. This is a wonderful and comforting Bible truth. But it is in no way a substitute for water baptism. The one is an unseen reality. The other is an expression of Christian faith and obedience.
Water baptism is:
• Instituted in the Gospels
• Practiced in the book of Acts and
• Instructed upon in the New Testament Epistles
Every born again believer ought to follow Jesus and be baptized:
• After salvation
• In Christian obedience
• Fully immersed in water
• Under the Scriptural authority of a New Testament Baptist Church
https://youtu.be/E54GlpZG3Ts
https://www.slideshare.net/MarvinMcKenzie/water-baptism-versus-baptism-with-the-holy-ghost
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