Focus: Doctrine of Baptisms Part
1: Introduction
Greetings Sons of God:
Now I know this is just introduction but we need a strong
foundation on this topic because even in the body of Christ there is confusion
and strife on a subject that should be basic and foundational in our faith. So
let’s look at the foundational scripture.
In Hebrews 6:2, we see the Holy Ghost, through Paul, start
the scripture with the doctrine of baptisms.
Now in the scripture we see baptisms as plural meaning more than one and
this is not a misprint or misquote. Now
many of you may say well isn’t there one faith and one baptism? And the answer is yes! But you have to read
it in the right context. There is one
baptism from the standpoint of you being put into the body of Christ. But there is more than one baptism and we
will discuss them each in the next few messages. Let’s see what they are and get a good
foundation:
1. Baptism of the Spirit
This is transformation by the Holy Spirit from being
powerless to empowered
2. Baptism by the Spirit
This is being adopted by the Christ and being placed in the
body of Christ
3. Baptism of Fire
Dominance of the soul giving way to the dominance of the
Spirit
4. Baptism of Water
The earthly declaration of the death of the old creature and
resurrection into the new creature
Now let’s define baptism!
Baptism is the immersion of a thing in another resulting in change. So, baptism is not sprinkling water over
someone’s head. So if you have been
sprinkled, you have not been baptized, sorry! Now before you delete this
message we will prove all of this with consistency and through scripture.
Baptism is not something we just do, it is the foundation of change for the
believer.
We will continue this in the next message.
Peace, Love and Grace,
Calvin Calhoun, Jr.
