Facts About The Holy Spirit

WHO IS THE HOLY SPIRIT REALLY? THE ‘COMING DOWN UPON,’ ‘BAPTISM WITH,’ AND ‘FILLING WITH’ THE HOLY SPIRIT. IS THERE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ALL THIS? WHAT IS IT AND WHEN AND HOW DO WE EXPERIENCE IT?

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Renette Vermeulen

WHO IS THE HOLY SPIRIT REALLY AND WHAT DOES HE DO FOR US?

The Holy Spirit is God Himself, (Jn. 4:21-24! 1 Cor. 2:10-12 KJV.) “The Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord IS there is liberty” or light; because at the cross Jesus delivered all true believers from spiritual darkness, (2 Cor. 3:17-18; Jn. 8:12! KJV.) Thus, Holy Spirit focuses His ministry on making believer-followers through the complete atonement of Jesus Christ, (Colossians 2:8-15,) and then to bring them to heaven through their submission, understanding, and obedience to His Genuine Written Word, (Rom. 12:1-2; Mt. 28:18-20; Jn. 14:25-26!)

Especially since Christ established His eternal New Testament Covenant at the cross, (John 19:28-30;) the Holy Spirit CONVICTS THE ENTIRE WORLD OF SIN; Jesus-defying Hebrews included, (Rom. 5:12; John 3:16!) “The world” is ALL those who live without the One and Only Authentic God, The Lord Jesus Christ, (Jn. 1:1-14; Heb. 1:1-12.) So, the Spirit calls everyone OUT of the lost, spiritual state of the world, (1 Peter 2:9; Romans 5:12,) where they disregard His inward Moral Law that is written on their hearts or human spirits, and in their souls or minds, (Heb. 10:16; Jer. 31:31-34; 1 Ths. 5:23 Rom. 2:13-15.)

Next, the Holy Spirit CONVICTS the whole world of righteousness, (John 3:16,) which is the absolute fact that “NO ONE comes to [heaven] except through Jesus Christ, Who IS the Word of God, (John 1:1-3,) The Way, Truth, and Life, (Jn. 16:8-11; 14:6.) Once believers from ALL nations PERSONALLY CHOOSE to either reject, (Hebrews 4:6,) or genuinely accept Jesus Christ, (John 1:12-13,) the Holy Spirit CONVICTS them of judgement.

This means, those who reject Christ, those who say they believe in Him but remain sinfully attached to this world, as well as the real follower-disciples of Christ, (Hebrews 4:6-7,) ALL KNOW that they can “fall away” through what they personally choose to believe and do, (Heb. 6:4-5.) The Holy Spirit does NOT leave anyone to their bad choices without warning them of God’s judgment, (Heb. 3:15! 2 Ths. 2:9-12! Rom. 1:16-32!) Thus, He convicts everyone of judgement because the ruler of this world is judged,” and so are all unrepented people, (Jn. 16:8-12; 2 Ths. 2:9-12! KJV.)

It is clear that humanity is in dire need of a sincere relationship with God the Holy Spirit, as they cannot do anything to save themselves from spiritual disaster. However, while Jesus was still ministering during the Old Testament before the cross, He prophesied, “[When the Holy Spirit begins to indwell sincere, blood-cleansed believers at Pentecost, you must know that] He will abide forever with them [as long as they choose to remain submitted to Him,] (Jn. 14:16-17; 8:31-32;36.) He is the Spirit of Truth, Whom the [unbelieving] world cannot receive, because it neither sees nor knows Him. But [His genuine disciples] know Him, for He dwells with them and [from that day at Pentecost onwards,] He will be IN them,” (Jn. 14:17.) “Because God gives His Holy Spirit to [authentic believers] who obey Him!” (Acts 5:32.)

THE HOLY SPIRIT LEADS THOSE WHO FOLLOW HIM INTO “ALL TRUTH,” and also makes known to them important future things, (Jn. 16:13.) This means the Holy Spirit, (The One and Only Creator God Himself,) is the Lord, Protector, Guide, Comforter, Helper, Healer, and Teacher of all real believers, (1 Cor. 12:9; Jn. 14:26.) Thus, God raised up a standard for His disciples to know the Holy Spirit’s Voice under all circumstances. A Standard, (Jesus Christ God Himself,) Who cannot be misinterpreted while believers rely on the contextual Truth of His Scriptural Word, (John 10:1-18; 16:14-15.) The Holy Spirit also calls, separates, and sends His disciples to minister in His spiritual Kingdom, (Mt. 28:19-20; Jn. 18:36; Acts 13:2.) And He empowers all those who sincerely submit to Him with His amazing spiritual GIFTS, which “HE GIVES [INDIVIDUALLY] AS HE [ALONE] WILLS,” (1 Cor. 12:4-11, 29-30!)

THE HOLY SPIRIT CONSTANTLY DOES MIND-MAINTENANCE ON THE SPIRITUAL, BELIEVING BODY OF CHRIST, (John 16:13-15.) This is how He teaches them how to “present their bodies as living sacrifices, holy, acceptable to God, which is their reasonable service [to Him.] And NOT to be conformed to [the manmade religions] of this world, but to be transformed by the renewing of their minds, that they may obey God’s good and acceptable, perfect WILL,” (Rom. 12:1-2.) “Jesus Christ, by offering [Himself] once, has perfected forever those who are being sanctified [or still made holy on a mind level] by the Holy Spirit; Who also witnesses that God placed His moral laws into all of humanity’s hearts and minds,” (Heb. 10:15-16.) Thus, every single person on earth knows what is right and wrong! (Rom. 2:14!)

Simultaneously, the Holy Spirit prompts real believers to grow in submission, understanding, grace, and the wisdom of God, (Jn. 1:16-17; 2 Pt. 3:18.) “The Holy Spirit indicated this: The [literal] first tabernacle was only symbolic of the [New Testament Covenant; concerned with outward, material things.] But Christ came as High Priest of the greater, more perfect, [spiritual] tabernacle, NOT made with hands [and thus] NOT of this [physical] creation. NOT with the [sacramental] blood [rituals] of goats but with His own blood, He entered the Most Holy Place once for ALL who obtained eternal redemption through Him,” (Heb. 9:8-12.) After that, the Holy Spirit increasingly leads genuine believers into ever-deepening righteousness, which they can ONLY enter by Jesus’ full atonement, (John 19:28-30,) while discarding all the old ceremonial temple laws He fulfilled and annulled, (Mt. 5:17-20; Heb. 8:7,13,) to live by His New Testament commandments, (Jn. 14:15,21,26!) Consequently, “the Holy Spirit brings to remembrance all things JESUS taught” and did for His believers.)

WHAT WE UNDERSTAND FROM ALL OF THE ABOVE IS THAT THE GENUINE HOLY SPIRIT, (Rhema in Greek: the Truth and Power of God,) the Man Jesus Christ, (God’s Logos: the written Word of Truth or His Righteous Standard,) and the Everlasting Father in heaven, can never be separated into so-called ‘three separate divine persons,’ (Mt. 3:16-17.)

Applying contextual Truth to the above Paul concluded, “[True believers] are NOT in the flesh, (sinning unrepentedly,) if the Spirit of God dwells in them, (see 1 Jn. 5:18-21.) But if anyone does NOT have the Spirit of Christ, he is NOT His. And if Christ IS IN YOU... the Spirit is Life because of [His] righteousness. And if [the Father,] the Spirit of Him Who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He will also give LIFE to your mortal bodies through His Spirit,” (Rom. 8:9-11; KJV.

This undoubtedly confirms that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit IS ONE INSEVERABLE GOD, (Jn. 1:1-16; KJV.) Thus, as the ever-present God, Jesus is also Immanuel, [God with us: Matthew 1:21-23,] Wonderful, Counsellor, Almighty God, [Rev. 1:8,] The Everlasting Father, King of Peace, and the Mediating High Priest and Advocate, (Isa. 7:14; 9:6; 1 Tim. 2:5 KJV.)

Yet the ONE GOD Himself, (John 1:1-3,) Who always Was, Is, and forever Will Be “without [a physical] father, [physical] mother, and [physical] descent; having neither beginning of days nor end of life, became the begotten, [fully human] Son of God,” (Heb. 7:3 KJV.) Since time immemorial, the Holy Spirit of the Scriptures IS the Only One God, and NO other so-called “god” exists in either the Old or New Testament Covenants of the Bible, (Isa. 45:5-19; Mark 12:29.) The One God of Scripture is immortal, incorruptible, and UNDIVIDABLE, (James 1:17.) As the One and Only Lord God Almighty, (God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit,) He reigns sovereignly over everyone and everything in His creation in heaven, earth — and above, beyond, and throughout the entire universe, (Heb. 1:1-14; Mt. 28:18-20!)

MANY ‘BELIEVERS’ CONSTANTLY LIE TO THE HOLY SPIRIT by living dishonestly with divided hearts, sin-clouded minds, and dirty hands, (Acts 5:3.) All believers must “test the spirits to see if they are from God,” (1 Ths. 5:19-22.) But as free-willed beings, most prefer to reject and twist God’s Scriptural Truth, gifts, and work to “quench the [warnings, care, and leading of] the Holy Spirit,” (1 Jn. 4:1-4; 1 Ths. 5:19-22.) Moreover, when ‘believers’ unrepentedly commit immorality, they wilfully “grieve the Holy Spirit,” (1 Cor. 6:15-20; Eph. 4:28-23; Mt. 5:22-24! KJV.) Through that, they actually blaspheme against God the Holy Spirit by insulting His Holy Word, Will, Grace, and Character, (Luke 12:10.)

From all of the above, we can understand that the Holy Spirit is definitely NOT an ‘impersonal electric current’ or merely the ‘power of God,’ as false church clergies teach. He is our Almighty Father in heaven, Who “loved [everyone in the whole] world so much that He [became a man in the physical body of Jesus Christ, to redeem authentic believers from everything they can suffer,]” (Isa. 53:1-9; Phil. 2:7-11.) Still, “everyone practicing evil hates Jesus the Light and does not come to the Light, lest their deeds be exposed. But he who does the truth comes to the Light that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God [the ever-present, all-knowing Holy Spirit,]” (Jn. 3:16; 19-21.)

ALL INSTITUTIONS, PHILOSOPHIES, BUILDINGS, AND OTHER MANMADE THINGS ARE LITERAL and cannot be compared to The Creator of the entire universe: Lord God the Almighty Holy Spirit, (Rom. 1:18-32.) This is why God the Holy Spirit “does NOT dwell in temples [churches] made with human hands,” but choose to live in His temple of blood-cleansed believers, whom He indwelt for the first time after Jesus’ cross at Pentecost, (Acts 17:24-25; 1 Cor. 3:16-17.)

Physical temples were NOT God’s idea. King David wanted a temple like the pagans have, so God allowed Solomon to build it, (Acts 7:44-50! 2 Sam. 7:1-7-12! KJV.) But Jesus addressed that religious literalism when He said in John 4:21-24 KJV, “Whoever drinks of this [natural] water will thirst [again.] But whoever drinks of the [spiritual] water, [a symbol of the HOLY SPIRIT] that I give, will never thirst… [For the abiding Holy Spirit, 1 John 2:20,27; 3:24,] will become INSIDE believers a fountain springing up into everlasting life… [Thus,] those who idolize literal places and things] worship what they do not know… For [true believers] will NEITHER on this [literal] mountain nor IN [literal] Jerusalem WORSHIP The Father… For God is Spirit and they must worship Him in [their born again human] spirits and in TRUTH…” (1 Ths. 5:23, Rom. 8:6-11!)

THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS “WITH” OLD TESTAMENT HEBREWS BUT DID NOT INDWELL THEM. Before Christ inaugurated His New Testament Covenant at the cross with ALL blood-cleansed believers from all nations, (John 3:16,) He ministered only to the Hebrew nation under the Old Testament Covenant, (Jn. 19:28-30; 1:1-14!) The Holy Spirit did not live inside them. He was with them and only came upon them from outside to do His miracles, (1 Kings 18:38; Judges 14:6.)

So, Jesus spoke prophetically about His atonement at the cross and HIS baptism WITH the indwelling Holy Spirit, (John 3:11,) when He said, “He who believes in Me as the Scriptures said, (Joel 2:28-29,) out of his heart [or human spirit, born again by faith in Christ,] will flow Living Water, (John 3:3-6; 4:14,21-24!) This He spoke about the Holy Spirit, Whom those [who personally choose to] believe in Christ will receive, [John 1:12-17; Gal. 4:6-7,] for the Holy spirit was not yet given, because Jesus [had not gone to the cross] yet,]” (Jn. 7:37-39.) Water’ is also the symbol of God’s Word; Christ Himself and the Truth of Scripture: (Jn. 1:1-14; Eph. 5:26; 1 Pt. 1:23.) So, without WATER there is NO LIFE.

► Now people ask, ‘If the Spirit was only “with” the old Hebrews and “came upon” them before the cross, how could John the Baptist have been “filled with the Holy Spirit while he was still in his mother’s womb?” (Luke 1:15.)

Note that Scripture states John was “filled” NOT “baptized” or ‘indwelled’ by the Spirit before he was born. (Jn. 3:16-17.) John lived before the cross, when NO ONE could share in the privilege to be Jesus’ blood-cleansed disciple through personal faith in Him, (Heb. 8:6-13; Jn. 1:12-14.) They were all still subjected to the ceremonial temple laws, which merely pointed toward Jesus’ complete New Testament atonement in the place of all believing humanity. Therefore, the Holy Spirit “FILLED” John before he was born to be “with” him, (not in him,) as a Spirit-empowered instrument of God, who would call the Israelites to REPENT from temple worship to live by faith in Christ, The Redeemer-Savior, (Jn. 1:19-29; 4:21-24!)

IN THE NEW TESTAMENT COVENANT THE HOLY SPIRIT INDWELLS ALL REAL BELIEVERS FROM ALL NATIONS

Jesus will always be the only ever-present God Immanuel, Who is everywhere in the entire universe at the same time, and He can manifest His presence any way He chooses, (Mt. 1:21-23 KJV.) Accordingly, in Luke 17:20-21 KJV, He also prophesied before the cross, “[During the New Testament Covenant,] the [Spiritual] Kingdom of God (John 18:36,) will NOT come with observation, [when Jesus and no one else baptizes true believers with the Holy Spirit at their genuine acceptance of Him; placing God the Holy Spirit ‘within’ them,]” (Mt. 3:11; Rom. 8:6-9!) This means, since His first indwelling at Pentecost, the Holy Spirit does NOT necessarily manifest His power the way He did during the Old Testament. Christ continued, “Nor will they say, ‘See here’ or ‘see there,’ [to constantly get so-called ‘new outpourings’ or ‘touches’ of the Holy Spirit from the outside when ‘this clergyman’ preaches, or ‘that one’ lays hands on them.]” FOR [after the cross and Pentecost,] the [fullness of the] Kingdom of God, [through the constant indwelling Holy Spirit,] will be within you! (Beware new translations that changed Jesus’ words “within you” to the false perception of ‘with you!’)

JESUS’ BAPTISMS IN WATER, WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND WITH FIRE. Since the cross all true believers globally, (John 3:16,) must personally and sincerely SEEK the contextual Truth of God’s Word, (Mt. 7:7; Luke 11:9,28;) and CHOOSE to accept Jesus as their God and Christ, (John 1:12-13; Col. 2:6-15.) Jesus is the ONLY Christ, (John 14:6.) No one else can manifest the spiritual rebirth of believers and eternal salvation through His suffering, (John 3:3-6; Mat. 28:19-20!)

At the moment believers genuinely accept Christ, He cleanses them spiritually through His blood atonement for them, (Ephesians 1:7,) and baptizes them spiritually with the indwelling Holy Spirit,” (Mt. 3:11.) This is how Christ made His totally believing, blood-cleansed disciples, [NOT churches: Acts 7:44-50,] the holy, spiritual temple of the Holy Spirit, (God Himself,) to indwell “them until the end of the world,” (1 Cor. 3:16-17; Mt. 28:18-20!)

► Thereafter, Jesus’ genuine disciples must obey His unchangeable commandment to be immersed in water baptism as He Himself demonstrated, (Matthew 3:13-17; 28:19-20!) This is NOT a so-called “saving” church sacrament that make babies and even adults into church members. No water baptism can spiritually cleanse, redeem, save, or ‘baptize’ even Jesus’ real believers with the Holy Spirit! Christ Himself established the real water baptism of His already blood-purified disciples. That and nothing else is the mighty metaphorical declaration that they died spiritually to sin to be born again when they accepted Jesus, (Jn. 1:12-13; 3:3-7.) As a result, they must be “buried with Him by submersion in water baptism, where they are also [spiritually] circumcised by the Holy Spirit, to put off the body of sinful flesh... [So they] were [also symbolically] raised with Christ, [when they came up out of the water,] to live in Him Who raised Jesus from the dead,” (Col. 2:11-12; Rom. 6:3-14!) Henceforward, “if they love Jesus Christ, they must obey His New Covenant commandments” to glorify Him as God, (Mt. 26:28; John 14:15.)

This is why John the Baptist, (before the cross,) “cried out in the wilderness,” (paraphrased,) “Prepare the way of the Lord [Jesus Christ!] Repent [from Old Testament temple religiosity to accept Him as your Savior,] for His [eternal, spiritual] Kingdom [inside you] is at hand… [Only for now] I baptize you [prophetically by immersing you in water as symbolical forgiveness, which can only be received through Jesus’ full atonement at the cross…]” (Mt. 3:1-3,11-13, Eph. 1:7.)

The very next verse after Jesus’ baptism with the Holy Spirit, (John 3:11-12,) clearly explains the “fire” that accompanies His’ Holy-Spirit baptism. It reads, “…He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor, and gather His wheat [true disciples] into the barn, but He will burn up the chaff [pretenders] with unquenchable fire.” Accordingly, Jesus’ “baptism WITH the Holy Spirit and fire” is NOT the chaotic madness in churches when ‘the Spirit’ supposedly ‘falls’ or ‘comes down upon’ them time and again from the outside. The Holy Spirit led the HUMAN Jesus into the wilderness directly after He set the example of His true water baptism for His personally believing disciples, (Mt. 3:16-17.) Hence, Christ also illustrated the “purifying fire” that accompanies His Holy-Spirit baptism, (Mt. 3:11-12.) This “fire” is temptation and suffering, which God allows to show believers how to repent from religiosity to live in a new spiritual life in Him, (Mt. 4:1-11.) Jesus warned, “[Unbelievers seek honor,] but you will be baptized with the baptism I Am baptized with,” (Lu. 12:50.)

DOES JESUS CONTINUALLY BAPTIZE THE SAME PERSON WITH THE SPIRIT SO HE CAN CONSTANTLY BE “FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT?” Before the cross, Christ clearly prophesied what would happen to sincere believes at Pentecost and thereafter, saying, ‘...God does NOT give His [indwelling] Spirit by measure [or little by little!]” (Jn. 3:34.) So, since Pentecost, Jesus Himself places The Holy Spirit entirely inside sincere believers, (Rom. 8:8-11 KJV.) 1 John 2:20,27 agrees, “You have [present tense,] an anointing from the Holy Spirit, [not church madness but God’s clarity and power,] and His [once off] anointing, which you received [at your spiritual rebirth when you accepted Christ,] abides in you,” (1 Jn. 2:20,27!)

Galatians 4:6-7 confirmed, “Because you are [spiritual] sons [and the bride and body of Christ,] (Gal. 3:28,) God sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts [or human spirits to STAY IN you…]” That is why, at Jesus’ baptism with the Holy Spirit, when REAL believers accept Him and are “born of God, (John 1:12-13,) they all receive His Fullness; grace upon grace, and Truth — which can only come through Jesus Christ,” (Jn. 1:12-17.)

► Therefore, God’s “grace upon grace” is NOT repeatedly baptizing the same people with the Holy Spirit! Neither is it only God’s patience with believers, (Eph. 3:14-24.) Nothing is a licence to sin unrepentedly or intentionally. “Those who say, ‘I know Him,” but do not keep His commandments are liars and The Truth is not in them,” (1 Jn. 2:4-5.) Furthermore, if we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and make God a liar, [as we remain feeble humans, who must decidedly strive to overcome sin by His grace,] (Rev. 21:6-8 KJV.) Only when we [honestly] confess [and repent from] our sins, He will forgive [and help us to overcome all evil,] to cleanse us from all unrighteousness,” (1 John 1:8-10; Rev. 21:7-8!)

God’s “grace upon grace” is actually ceaseless “FILLING” or Holy-Spirit guidance and control — if believers earnestly strive to obey the “Perfect Will of God” to worship Him in everything they do,’ (Jn. 16:8-13; Rom. 12:1-2. To top it all, the indwelling Holy Spirit constantly “fills” the needs, strength, and mental growth of believers, (John 11:12-16,) which is His tender care for those who faithfully follow The Lord Jesus Christ,” (Phil. 4:19-23; Eph. 3:14-24.)

“All God’s promises manifest TO HIS GLORY through His sincere believers, because He established them in Christ and [fully] anointed them,” (1 John 2:20,27,) to flourish in His Kingdom as His disciple-servants.) “He also SEALED THEM, [or spiritually claimed and marked them as His own through] giving them His Holy Spirit in their [born again human spirits] as guarantee of their [heavenly] inheritance,” (2 Cor. 1:20-22.)

Once again, only Christ can do all that from the moment believers are born again. That is why they “have [full] redemption through His blood: The forgiveness of sins, (Col. 2:8-15.) Hence, “Those who believe and trust in Jesus after they heard His genuine Word, (The Gospel of Salvation,) must BE the praise to His glory... And [if they remain] REDEEMED [through obedience to Him, [they prove they are] HIS BLOOD-CLEANSED POSSESSIONS,” (Eph. 1:7-,12-14! Mt. 28:19-20!)

► Sadly, none of the estimated 50,000 different denominations of christianity teach any of this wonderful truth! Since Pentecost, the Holy Spirit NEVER ‘left’ His holy temple of believers to supposedly “repeatedly come down on” them, “slowly fill” them, or “baptize” them continually in ‘a spirit’ and with ‘fire;’ each time clergies loosen Satanic madness on them.

CLERGIES ALSO TEACH, ‘JUST AS THE HOLY SPIRIT MADE THE DISCIPLES DRUNK AT PENTECOST, His baptism or “filling” makes them insanely “drunk in the Spirit!’” What blasphemy! There is NO way that God the Holy Spirit, (Who IS order not chaos,) will make anyone drunk! (1 Cor. 14:33.) Here is the Truth OF Ephesians 5:15-18: “Live cautiously; not as fools but as wise… [to] understand what the will of the Lord is. [“Whatever we ask in His Will, He hears us:” 1 Jn. 5:14-15.] And DO NOT be drunk with wine [or anything else,] in which is immorality and church madness, but [rather] BE FILLED [or controlled by] the indwelling Holy Spirit,” (1 Cor. 3:16-17.] He will give you power through your submission to Him,] love [in deed and truth: 1 John 3:18-19,] and sober mindedness [through] His [grace and] the fullness you received [at your rebirth,]” (Rom. 12:1-2; 1 Pt. 1:13, 5:8-9; 2 Tim. 1:7!)

That day at Pentecost when the bystanders were perplexed about ‘the gift of tongues’ that was manifested by the indwelling Holy Spirit, they accused the disciples of being drunk. But “Peter [soberly] stood up, raised his voice [in control of his senses,] and said, “Let this be known to you, for we are NOT drunk… This is [the SIGN of the miracle] that was spoken by the prophet Joel… [that] God will pour out of His Spirit on ALL [believing] flesh…” (Acts 2:5-21.)

Neither Jesus’ baptism with the Holy Spirit at the rebirth, (with or without the manifestation of a Holy-Spirit GIFT, 1 Cor. 12:1-11,) nor the “filling with the Holy Spirit” when believers give Him conscious control, has anything to do with drunkenness or any other sin and chaos. God is absolutely holy and “the [human] spirits of [believers] are under their personal control,” so that they do not act [shamelessly;] as God is undoubtedly “The God of Order,” (1 Cor. 14:28-33.)

IT IS CERTAIN THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT CANNOT BE GIVEN BY ‘specially anointed clergies’ through the laying on of hands, blowing on people, etcetera – nor in their ‘baby baptism’ or any other baptism that supposedly ‘saves them forever.’ As seen, ONLY the Lord Jesus Christ Himself can baptize true believers WITH the Holy Spirit at their rebirth, (Mt. 3:11!) And only personal faith in the Lord can redeem and save, (Jn. 1:12-13!) So, unsaved people, (especially babies who cannot personally believe and accept Christ,) cannot ‘receive’ the Holy Spirit in any way — least of all in manmade ‘water baptism;’ no matter how supposedly “anointed” their clergies are, (1 Cor. 6:15-20.)

► Clergies also misinterpret Peter’s commandment in Acts 2:38. But in context he said, “Repent [from temple/church legalism] and be [water] baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ, [Who Is the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,] as Jesus commanded. This is a SYMBOL] of the remission of sins [through the acceptance of Christ,] and you will receive the GIFTS of the Holy Spirit “as HE wills,” (1 Cor. 12:4-11!) Natural water has no supernatural power, although it symbolizes Jesus’ Spirit and Word. The Roman Catholic Church canonized false ‘water baptism salvation’ from the occult ‘power’ of the so-called “water god,” and Protestantism followed suit. But church clergies have NO power, anointing, or permission from God, (Acts 17:24-25,) to change either Jesus’ commission to water baptise true disciples, or to alter His remarkably clear example of the Holy-Spirit baptism and fire, (Mark 1:9-14; Mt. 3:11-12.) The conclusion can only be that all false dogma and so-called ‘saving’ sacraments are church witchcraft and the manifestation of evil spirits, as none of that exists ANYWHERE in the truth of God’s Word.

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