Belief In Yah'shuah As Yahweh's Son Necessary For Baptism In Water
Acts 8:26-39 reads,
8:26
But an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, "Arise, and go toward the south to the way that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza. This is a desert."8:27
He arose and went. Behold, there was a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to Jerusalem to worship. 8:28He was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.8:29
The Spirit said to Philip, "Go near, and join yourself to this chariot."8:30
Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, "Do you understand what you are reading?"8:31
He said, "How can I, unless someone explains it to me?" He begged Philip to come up and sit with him. 8:32Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this,"He was led as a sheep to the slaughter.
As a lamb before his shearer is silent,
So he doesn’t open his mouth.
8:33
In his humiliation, his judgment was taken away.8:34
The eunuch answered Philip, "Please tell who the prophet is talking about: about himself, or about some other?"8:35
Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture, preached to him Jesus. 8:36As they went on the way, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, "Behold, here is water. What is keeping me from being baptized?"[8:37
Philip said, "If you believe with all your heart, you may." He answered, "I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God."] 8:38He commanded the chariot to stand still, and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him.8:39
When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught Philip away, and the eunuch didn’t see him any more, for he went on his way rejoicing.Baptism In Water Should Take Place Immediately One Becomes A Believer In Yah'shuah
It should be noted that once Yah'shuah has been preached to one, and one believes the good news of Yahweh's kingdom, of which Yah'shuah is an intrinsic part, that one should be baptised. If the one is already truly repentant, both in heart and in conduct, then there should be no delay to their baptism in water.
It Did Not Take Philip Long To Preach Yah'shuah
It should also be noted that it did not take a very long time for Philip to preach Yah'shuah to the Ethiopian eunuch. Just the time it took for him to explain particular Scriptures. Seeing that the Ethiopian eunuch already believed in the Scriptures, all that he needed was an understanding of the very Scriptures he believed in. And once he understood them he believed their fulfilment in Yah'shuah the Messiah.
What Christ's Disciples Can Learn From Philip
It therefore seems that Christ's disciples can learn from Philip. They should be thoroughly acquainted with the Scriptures, especially those portions that pertain to Christ and were fulfilled by his coming in the flesh. These can then be exposed to those who accept the Scriptures that they may have an opportunity of believing that Yah'shuah is indeed Yahweh's anointed Son, repent of their sins, and be baptised in water.
Does Baptism In The Holy Spirit Always Immediately Follow Baptism In Water?
It should be noted that in the account of Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch there is no record that the latter immediately received the baptism of the Holy Spirit at the time he received his baptism in water. It is therefore presumed that his baptism in the Holy Spirit took place after Philip had departed from him.
Saul's Conversion And Early Days As A Disciple Of Christ
Acts 9:1-31 reads,
9:1
But Saul, still breathing threats and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest, 9:2and asked for letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. 9:3As he traveled, it happened that he got close to Damascus, and suddenly a light from the sky shone around him. 9:4He fell on the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?"9:5
He said, "Who are you, Lord?"The Lord said, "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. 9:6But rise up, and enter into the city, and you will be told what you must do."
9:7
The men who traveled with him stood speechless, hearing the voice, but seeing no one. 9:8Saul arose from the ground, and when his eyes were opened, he saw no one. They led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus. 9:9He was without sight for three days, and neither ate nor drank.9:10
Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision, "Ananias!"He said, "Behold, it’s me, Lord."
9:11
The Lord said to him, "Arise, and go to the street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for one named Saul, a man of Tarsus. For behold, he is praying, 9:12and in a vision he has seen a man named Ananias coming in, and laying his hands on him, that he might receive his sight."9:13
But Ananias answered, "Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he did to your saints at Jerusalem. 9:14Here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on your name."9:15
But the Lord said to him, "Go your way, for he is my chosen vessel to bear my name before the nations and kings, and the children of Israel. 9:16For I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name’s sake."9:17
Ananias departed, and entered into the house. Laying his hands on him, he said, "Brother Saul, the Lord, who appeared to you in the way which you came, has sent me, that you may receive your sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit." 9:18Immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and he received his sight. He arose and was baptized. 9:19He took food and was strengthened. Saul stayed several days with the disciples who were at Damascus. 9:20Immediately in the synagogues he proclaimed the Christ, that he is the Son of God. 9:21All who heard him were amazed, and said, "Isn’t this he who in Jerusalem made havoc of those who called on this name? And he had come here intending to bring them bound before the chief priests!"9:22
But Saul increased more in strength, and confounded the Jews who lived at Damascus, proving that this is the Christ. 9:23When many days were fulfilled, the Jews conspired together to kill him, 9:24but their plot became known to Saul. They watched the gates both day and night that they might kill him, 9:25but his disciples took him by night, and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a basket. 9:26When Saul had come to Jerusalem, he tried to join himself to the disciples. They were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple. 9:27But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared to them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how at Damascus he had preached boldly in the name of Jesus. 9:28He was with them going in and going out at Jerusalem, 9:29preaching boldly in the name of the Lord. He spoke and disputed against the Grecian Jews, but they were seeking to kill him. 9:30When the brothers knew it, they brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him out to Tarsus. 9:31So the assemblies throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, and were built up. They were multiplied, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.Ananias Is Recorded As A Disciple, Not An Apostle
9:10 shows that Ananias was a disciple. There is no record here that he was an apostle.
Those Who Lay Hands Are Not Necessarily Apostles
9:12 shows that those who lay hands upon others are not necessarily apostles. For Ananias, even though he was not an apostle, was to lay hands on Saul.
9:17 shows that Ananias was authorised to lay hands on Saul not only for the purpose of Saul receiving his sight, but also receiving the baptism in the Holy Spirit. It should therefore be noted that the authority to lay hands on a disciple that the disciple may receive the baptism in the Holy Spirit is NOT given exclusively to someone who is an apostle. It is instead given to any disciple that Christ has chosen to so give this gift.
It should also be noted from Acts 8 that even though Philip was preaching the good news of the kingdom of Yahweh and the name of Yah'shuah, and was subsequently baptising in water those who received the word, and had the gift of the Holy Spirit communicating directly with him, he did not have the gift of laying hands on disciples that they may be baptised in the Holy Spirit. For the apostles Peter and John, who both had this gift, had to travel from Jerusalem to Samaria in order to lay hands on the new disciples that they may be baptised in the Holy Spirit. It should therefore be understood that the gift of laying hands on a disciple that the disciple may be baptised in the Holy Spirit is one that Christ gives to whichever disciple he so chooses to give this gift to. It is not a gift that goes with rank, but is one given to whomever Christ wills.
Saul Baptised In The Holy Spirit Before Being Baptised In Water
9:17-18 notes that Saul received his baptism in the Holy Spirit BEFORE he received his baptism in water. In other words, just because one has received the baptism in the Holy Spirit does not exclude one from receiving the baptism in water. The command of Christ that his disciples should be baptised in water, for the forgiveness of their sins, is not negated by one having received the baptism in the Holy Spirit prior to receiving the baptism in water. It therefore appears that all of Christ's disciples should be baptised in water, in obedience to Christ's words.
A New Disciple Should Immediately Begin To Proclaim Yah'shuah As The Christ
9:20 shows that once a person has become a disciple of Christ he should immediately commence on the task of proclaiming the name of Yah'shuah, that he is indeed the Christ. A person should not necessarily wait until some artificial period of time before commencing on the task of so proclaiming Yah'shuah as the Christ.
Saul Succeeded In Making Believers In Damascus
That 9:22 says that Saul increased more in strength suggests that he was succeeding in his task of persuading those who preached to that Yah'shuah was indeed Yahweh's Christ, and doing so in a considerable way.
Saul Had His Own Disciples In Damascus Shortly After His Baptisms
9:25 shows that Saul had disciples in Damascus! In other words, Saul's preaching in Damascus had already borne fruit to a degree whereby he already had students that he was teaching the way of Christ.
What Christ's Disciples Should Be Doing
It should be evident from Saul's experience in Damascus that a new disciple should really not wait for some artificial period of time to commence preaching Yah'shuah. Once a new disciple has understanding of what it is that he should be preaching, he should commence so preaching the word immediately, and persuading others to Yah'shuah's way. Those he persuades to Yah'shuah's way he should then teach Yah'shuah's way. For the process of making disciples for Christ implies that one becomes a teacher of those students or disciples of Christ. A new disciple should therefore very quickly work on the process of understanding the word, and then preaching that word to make new disciples, and then teaching the new disciples made to become effective disciples in their own right. To become effective disciples in their own right they must be taught the word, given understanding of it, and taught also how to both preach the word, and also how to teach their new disciples the same process.
A Disciple Of Christ Is Not Always Recognised By Other Disciples Of Christ
9:26 shows that just because one is a disciple does not guarantee that other disciples of Christ will recognise that one as a disciple of Christ. For humans do not see as Yahweh sees, looking only to outward appearances, rather that to the heart.
What Should We Do If A Stranger Claims To Be A Disciple Of Christ?
It appears to me that whereby a person claims to be a disciple, and it is not apparent to us that the person is indeed a disciple, we should ask Yahweh to reveal to us whether or not that person is indeed a disciple or not. We should not reject outright the person so claiming, for he might really indeed be a disciple, and we would then be found to have rejected one of Yah'shuah's own little ones.
Non-Israelites Receive Baptism In The Holy Spirit
Acts 10:30-48 reads,
10:30
Cornelius said, "Four days ago, I was fasting until this hour, and at the ninth hour, I prayed in my house, and behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing, 10:31and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer is heard, and your gifts to the needy are remembered in the sight of God. 10:32Send therefore to Joppa, and summon Simon, who is surnamed Peter. He lodges in the house of Simon a tanner, by the seaside. When he comes, he will speak to you.’ 10:33Therefore I sent to you at once, and it was good of you to come. Now therefore we are all here present in the sight of God to hear all things that have been commanded you by God."10:34
Peter opened his mouth and said, "Truly I perceive that God doesn’t show favoritism; 10:35but in every nation he who fears him and works righteousness is acceptable to him. 10:36The word which he sent to the children of Israel, preaching good news of peace by Jesus Christ — he is Lord of all — 10:37that spoken word you yourselves know, which was proclaimed throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached; 10:38even Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. 10:39We are witnesses of all things which he did both in the country of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they also killed, hanging him on a tree. 10:40God raised him up the third day, and gave him to be revealed, 10:41not to all the people, but to witnesses who were chosen before by God, to us, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. 10:42He charged us to preach to the people and to testify that this is he who is appointed by God as the Judge of the living and the dead. 10:43All the prophets testify about him, that through his name everyone who believes in him will receive remission of sins."10:44
While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all those who heard the word. 10:45They of the circumcision who believed were amazed, as many as came with Peter, because the gift of the Holy Spirit was also poured out on the Gentiles. 10:46For they heard them speak with other languages and magnify God.Then Peter answered, 10:47"Can any man forbid the water, that these who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we should not be baptized?" 10:48He commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay some days.
That Word That Ought To Be Believed
It should be noted from 10:36 and 10:42 that the word the apostles preached included the good news of peace that Yah'shuah preached, together with the testimony about Yah'shuah, his status as determined by Yahweh. The word preached is therefore both about Yah'shuah and the message Yah'shuah preached.
Those Who Receive Baptism In The Holy Spirit
10:43-44 shows that those who receive the baptism in the Holy Spirit are those who believe in Yah'shuah, that through Yah'shuah they obtain remission of sins and therefore reconciliation with Yahweh.
Baptism In The Holy Spirit Is A Gift From Yahweh
10:45 notes that the baptism in the Holy Spirit is a GIFT from Yahweh. Humans have no right to the baptism in the Holy Spirit.
One Way Of Determining Whether One Has Received Baptism In The Holy Spirit
10:46 shows one way by which it may be determined that a person has indeed received the baptism in the Holy Spirit. That is speaking in other languages, as the Holy Spirit gives one utterance, and magnifying Yahweh in the speech in these other languages.
It appears that Saul, after he had received his baptism in the Holy Spirit, was NOT immediately given the gift of speaking in other languages. For if he had the disciples in Jerusalem would have recognised that he was one of them, seeing that he had already received the Holy Spirit. But the initial failure of the Jerusalem disciples to recognise Saul of a fellow disciple indicates that at the time he was in Jerusalem he was not speaking in other languages, whereby the disciples would have recognised him as a fellow disciple.
Not Speaking In Other Languages Does Not Prove That One Has Not Received Baptism In The Holy Spirit
It should therefore be noted that speaking in other languages is a GIFT of the Holy Spirit that is given to some disciples, but not to all disciples. Also, just because a person has not been given the gift of speaking in other languages is NOT PROOF that that person has not received the baptism in the Holy Spirit. For some disciples have indeed received the baptism in the Holy Spirit, yet have not been given the additional gift of speaking in other languages.
Those Baptised In The Holy Spirit Should Also Be Baptised In Water
10:47-48 shows that as in the case of Saul, the non-Jewish disciples who had just been baptised in the Holy Spirit had to subsequently be baptised in water, in obedience to their Master, Yah'shuah, who commanded that all new disciples be baptised in water.
Peter Explains What Baptism Of The Holy Spirit Is
Acts 11:15-18 reads,
11:15
As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, even as on us at the beginning. 11:16I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, ‘John indeed baptized with water, but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit.’ 11:17If then God gave to them the same gift as us, when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, that I could withstand God?"11:18
When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, "Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance to life!"Peter's words in 11:15-17 confirm that the baptism in the Holy Spirit is the receipt of the Holy Spirit.
It Is Yahweh Who Grants A Person True Repentance
11:18 shows that true repentance is something that Yahweh grants a person. In other words, if Yahweh has not granted a particular person's heart to truly change from the way of iniquity to the way of righteousness, that person has not truly repented. Such a person does not receive the gift of the baptism in the Holy Spirit, the gift that Yahweh gives. For Yahweh gives the gift of the baptism in the Holy Spirit only to those that he has already granted true repentance, involving both the heart and outward actions.
It Is Yahweh Who Opens A Person's Heart To Receive His Word
Acts 16:13-15 reads,
16:13
On the Sabbath day we went forth outside of the city by a riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down, and spoke to the women who had come together. 16:14A certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one who worshiped God, heard us; whose heart the Lord opened to listen to the things which were spoken by Paul. 16:15When she and her household were baptized, she begged us, saying, "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and stay." She urged us.It should be noted from 16:14 that it is Yahweh who opens the hearts of people who receive his word. In other words, unless Yahweh opens the heart of a person, that person will not be receptive to Yahweh's word when preached to that person.
16:15 reiterates that once a person has received the word, and has truly repented, that person should be baptised in water.
Action Necessary For Salvation
Acts 16:22-34 reads,
16:22
The multitude rose up together against them, and the magistrates tore their clothes off of them, and commanded them to be beaten with rods. 16:23When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely, 16:24who, having received such a charge, threw them into the inner prison, and secured their feet in the stocks.16:25
But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. 16:26Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone’s bonds were loosened. 16:27The jailer, being roused out of sleep and seeing the prison doors open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped. 16:28But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, "Don’t harm yourself, for we are all here!"16:29
He called for lights and sprang in, and, fell down trembling before Paul and Silas, 16:30and brought them out and said, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"16:31
They said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household." 16:32They spoke the word of the Lord to him, and to all who were in his house.16:33
He took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes, and was immediately baptized, he and all his household. 16:34He brought them up into his house, and set food before them, and rejoiced greatly, with all his household, having believed in God.16:30 notes that the jailer desired salvation, and was willing to do whatever it took to attain to salvation.
16:31 shows that salvation comes via BELIEF in the Master Yah'shuah the Messiah. Therefore, in order to be saved one must indeed believe in Yah'shuah.
16:32-33 shows that once one has believed in Yah'shuah, after the word of and on Yah'shuah has been spoken to one, that one should be baptised immediately, without unduly postponing that one's baptism.
Yahweh Uses Signs To Change People's Hearts
It should also be noted that in this case the jailer, after having witnessed the miracle that took place in the jail, already had an open and willing heart. In other words, Yahweh used the miracle to open his heart to receive his word, and also to repent from his heart. Therefore, once one repents from the heart, and from the heart believes in Yah'shuah, that person should be baptised in water without any delay.
Why The Jailer Was Baptised Together With All His Household
It should also be noted that the reason that the jailer was baptised together with his entire household is because the word was spoken to him together with his entire household, and they all received the word. In other words, all that receive the word should be baptised in water.
Political Strength Facilitates The Preaching Of Christ
Acts 18:7-10 reads,
18:7
He departed there, and went into the house of a certain man named Justus, one who worshiped God, whose house was next door to the synagogue. 18:8Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his house. Many of the Corinthians, hearing, believed and were baptized. 18:9The Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, "Don’t be afraid, but speak and don’t be silent; 18:10for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many people in this city."18:10 shows that for Christ's disciples to work in peace it is necessary that they have political forces in their favour. And having political forces in one's favour entails having many people in one's favour.
Superiority Of Yah'shuah's Baptism Over John's Baptism
Acts 18:24-19:10 reads,
18:24
Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by race, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus. He was mighty in the Scriptures. 18:25This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, although he knew only the baptism of John. 18:26He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside, and explained to him the way of God more accurately.18:27
When he had determined to pass over into Achaia, the brothers encouraged him, and wrote to the disciples to receive him. When he had come, he helped them much, who had believed through grace; 18:28for he powerfully refuted the Jews, publicly showing by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.19:1
It happened that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper country, came to Ephesus, and found certain disciples. 19:2He said to them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?"They said to him, "No, we haven't even heard that there is a Holy Spirit."
19:3
He said, "Into what then were you baptized?"They said, "Into John’s baptism."
19:4
Paul said, "John indeed baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe in the one who would come after him, that is, on Jesus."19:5
When they heard this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus. 19:6When Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke with other languages, and prophesied. 19:7They were about twelve men in all. 19:8He entered into the synagogue, and spoke boldly for a period of three months, reasoning and persuading about the things concerning the kingdom of God.19:9
But when some were hardened and disobedient, speaking evil of the Way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus. 19:10This continued for two years, so that all those who lived in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.Willingly Learn From Those More Knowledgeable Than You
18:25-26 shows that even though one may be like Apollos, knowing accurately to a degree the way of Yah'shuah, when one meets another who knows more accurately the way of Yah'shuah, the one should willingly learn from the other the greater accuracy of the way of Yah'shuah.
Help A True Disciple Of Christ To Be Recognised By Other Disciples Of Christ
18:27 shows that where a disciple has already ascertained that one is indeed a fellow disciple, the disciple should act to facilitate the receipt by other disciples of the disciple that he has ascertained is genuine, that the other disciples may readily receive him. For human beings do not naturally receive another unless accredited by one they respect.
All Who Have Not Received Yah'shuah's Baptism Should Receive Yah'shuah's Baptism
19:1-7 shows that people who had received only John's baptism in water for repentance need to also receive Yah'shuah's baptism in water for repentance. For John's work only pointed to Yah'shuah, seeing that John was not the Christ. Therefore those coming under the umbrella of Christ need to be baptised with Yah'shuah's baptism, seeing that Yah'shuah is the Christ.
It should also be noted that even though these disciples had repented, as evidenced by their both being disciples and having received John's baptism, they still needed to acknowledge Yah'shuah as the Christ. This acknowledgement was made by their entering into Yah'shuah's baptism, accepting Yah'shuah as the Christ who saves from sin. In other words, one's belief in Yah'shuah is manifested by baptism in water in Yah'shuah's name.
Paul Had The Holy Spirit Gift Of Laying Hands On Other Disciples
19:6 shows that Paul had the gift of the Holy Spirit of laying hands on disciples that they may receive the baptism in the Holy Spirit. For when Paul laid his hands on John's disciples, who were now new disciples in Yah'shuah, they received their baptism in the Holy Spirit.
It should also be noted that these were people who had previously not even heard of the existence of the Holy Spirit. But when the word was preached to them they indeed believed, and were baptised with both the baptism in water in Yah'shuah's name, and the baptism in the Holy Spirit.
Preaching Yah'shuah Entails Preaching The Holy Spirit
It is evident that preaching Yah'shuah includes preaching the Holy Spirit. That those receiving Yah'shuah should also learn about the Holy Spirit, and learn also of the baptism of the Holy Spirit.
When People Disagree On The Word They Should Separate
19:9 shows that where a disagreement on the word comes about, a separation should take place. That those who believe in the word may continue alone, without sharing company with those who do not believe in the word.
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