Types of baptism
1) Baptism of repentance
2) Baptism into the body of Christ
3) Baptism in water
4) Baptism into the Holy Spirit
5) Baptism with fire""5) Baptism with fire
Baptism with fire is only meant for the saints of God. It involves The Lord allowing his saints to pass through serious sufferings that when bravely handled, glorifies and gives honor to the name of the most high living God. This baptism of fire is only for true believers. Salvation does not mean that all is smooth. There are serious storms in the lives of the saints of God. The baptism of fire ushers the saints of God into tests, trials, temptations and other various forms of afflictions, to test their faith and their total dependency upon God. Baptism by fire brings about grace for a positive change in the life of believers towards God and enhances spiritual maturity.This is a type of baptism that most people, even those confessing great faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, do not like passing through. It is also referred to as the baptism into sufferings. The Apostle Paul tells us that even though the sufferings in this life may be severe, they are nothing when compared to the joys that we will experience when we arrive in heaven and are with the Father. "The sufferings of this present time, are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed to us." (Romans 8:18)
This is the type of Baptism that Jesus himself underwent before and during his painful crucifixion on the cross at Calvary. For Jesus said in Luke 12:50, "There is a terrible baptism ahead for me, and I am under a heavy burden until it is accomplished." Here the Lord is talking about his great sufferings; sufferings that reached their peak when he was led to, and crucified, at Golgotha - thereby shedding his precious blood for the remission of sins for all those repenting.
A believer going through fire baptism is sanctified from the ungodliness in their life after passing through the hard times victoriously. Fire is a symbol of the Holy Spirit and the purifying judgement of God. Believers need to walk in the Spirit of God. The Holy Spirit will lead the saint in the ways of God. All ungodliness in the lives of the saints will have to be burned up by the fire of the Lord. The Bible says every man's work shall be manifested, tried and revealed by fire.
1 Corinthians 3:13 "Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire itself will test the quality of each man's work."As long as the believer is founded in the unshakeable word of God – by faith and obedience – they will always come out of the fire stronger. They will not fall apart. These hard times of fire baptism wll also make the believer come out of the trials purified, just like gold is when it is passed through the hot furnace fire to be purified. The sufferings should not be seen as a punishment from God, rather it brings about grace for a positive change towards God in the life of the saint. ..........."
http://www.cbcg.org/beliefs_booklet.htm
"BAPTISM OF FIRE
The baptism of fire is not a baptism to be sought by spiritually begotten believers, as some teach, but a baptism that is reserved for the incorrigible wicked. The Scriptures reveal that the baptism of fire is the eternal destruction of the wicked by immersion into the lake of fire and brimstone. Those who are cast into the lake of fire will not be tormented forever but will be burned up. This is the second and permanent death and God's final judgment for the unrepentant, incorrigible wicked who have committed the unpardonable sin and have willfully rejected His way of salvation through Jesus Christ. All who have hardened their hearts in their iniquities and their rebellion against God and who have committed the unpardonable sin by knowingly resisting and blaspheming the Holy Spirit, making it impossible for them to be led to repentance, are incorrigibly wicked and will be destroyed together in the lake of fire.Scriptural References:
Mat. 3:11-12 Rev. 20:14-15 Mal. 4:1-3 Mat. 12:31-32 Rev. 21:8"
Although I truly appreciate most the work of the latter reference, I must agree with what the former, a stranger to me, has said. There are scriptures that indicate that a fire baptism is something that the saints experience, as well as what sinners will experience at the final judgment.
ZEC 13:9 And I will bring the
third part through the fire, and will
refine
them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried:
they
shall
call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It [is]
my
people:
and they shall say, The LORD [is] my God.
1PE 1:7 That the trial of
your faith, being much more precious than of
gold
that
perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found
unto
praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
REV 3:18 {I counsel thee to buy of
me gold tried in the fire, that
thou
mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed,
and
[that]
the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint
thine
eyes
with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.}
----Marlin
> in the verse in Luke below, John states that Jesus"shall baptize you with
> the Holy Ghost and with fire".
>
> Luke 3:16 - John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with
> water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not
> worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:
>
> What does baptize by fire mean? Have any of you been "baptized by fire"?
>
> The next verse says:
>
> Luke 3:17 - Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor,
> and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with
> fire unquenchable.
>
> Is this an explanation of the meaning of baptism by the holy spirit and by
> fire?
>
> Perry
>
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