Jesus was taken up to sit at the right side of God, and he was given the Holy Spirit, just as the Father had promised. Jesus is also the one who has given the Spirit to us, and this is what you are now seeing and hearing. English Revised VersionBeing therefore by the right hand ...
Why should I get wet, and what does the Bible say about it? We discuss how baptism works, its history, who should be baptized, when, why, and how it is related to salvation. We include links to reference pages.
Verse (Click for Chapter) New International VersionThen Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the LORD, the God of Israel, and honor him. Tell me what you have done; do not hide it from me.”New Living TranslationThen Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the LO...
It was Jesus Christ Himself, the "Alpha and Omega" who was speaking directly to the churches -(People who were already baptized believers.) - when he said this: "To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the TREE OF LIFE." Revelation 2:7Again the "Alpha and Omega" speaks: "...
3Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? 4Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life....
I would add here the fact that Luke 18:15-17 uses the Greek word brephe, or “infant” in this same context of Jesus saying, “Let the infants some to me.” This most manifestly brings out the truth that these unbaptized babies are in absolute need of the prayers of the Church ...
Peter’s response is a response similar to what John and Jesus told the Jews. “Repent and be baptized.” Peter is not telling them how to receive eternal life, he is telling them how to escape the temporal judgment of God upon them for their sin. He is not telling them how to get...
When we receive Jesus Christ as our personal Lord and Savior, the Holy Spirit comes and enters into our human spirits. Ourspiritsare thus baptized with His actual presence at the exact moment of our salvation with the Lord. This is the baptism that the Bible is talking about when it says...
(This is what we proclaimed in word and action when we were baptized.) Each of us is now a part of his resurrection body, refreshed and sustained at one fountain—his Spirit—where we all come to drink. The old labels we once used to identify ourselves—labels like Jew or Greek, ...
Because of her witness, that same man told Immaculee he wanted to be the person she was and to do what she did. “I decided to get baptized,” he said. “I want to follow your God.” He later sent Immaculeé photos of his child receiving Communion and Confirmation. He said: “If ...