Question 45: Would baptism in water wash away sin?
No, only the blood of Christ and the renewal of the Holy Spirit can cleanse us from sin.
- John answered them all.
- Saying.
- I truly baptize you in water.
- But here is the one who is more powerful than me.
- Of whom I am not worthy to untie the strap of sandals; he will baptize them of the Holy Ghost and fire.
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JOO CALVINO
“He will baptize you of the Holy Ghost and fire. One wonders: why did John not also say that it is only Christ who washes souls with his blood?The reason is that this washing is done by the power of the Spirit, and John considered it sufficient to express the full effect of baptism only with the word Spirit. The meaning is clear: only Christ grants all the grace represented figuratively by external baptism, because he is the one who sprays consciousness with your blood. also the one who mortifies the old man and gives the Spirit of regeneration. The word fire is added as an epithet, applied to the Spirit, because it removes our contaminations, as fire purifies gold.
KENT HUGHES
The great classical text that celebrates and proclaims the baptism of believers in Christ is 1 Corinthians 12:13: “For we have all been baptized with one Spirit, forming one body, whether Jewish or Greek, whether you or free, and all drunk in one spirit?. He speaks of the Spirit by starting us in the body of Christ, which happened to me when I was only 12 years old. I had never heard of baptism with the Holy Ghost, but I was actually baptized with the Holy Ghost. Now, over the years, what was an objective fact has become a subjective reality in my life.
When I was baptized by the Spirit, I was regenerated, I was born again, I was born of the Spirit, says John 3 What a beautiful portrait!The metaphor of birth again describes divine obstetrics because I was brought out of the darkness and brought to light, and I began to see.
At the same time that I was regenerated, I was inhabited by the Holy Spirit. Jesus said in John 14 that the Spirit will dwell in you and “will be in you. “I lost my father when I was very young and lonely in the world, when it was inhabited my soul dominated a feeling of fatherhood, the feeling of having been adopted, I did not know that it had been marked by the Holy Spirit sealed by the Holy Spirit. As it is said in Ephesians 1,13-14: “There too, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in it, were sealed by the promise Holy Spirit, which is the pledge of our inheritance until you acquire possession of it. It gave me a sense of protection and reality again, because I was marked for eternity by the Holy Ghost when I was baptized by the Spirit.
When I was baptized into the Spirit, I was also the object of prayer. Romans 8. 26 said: “And in the same way also the Spirit helps in our weaknesses; because we don’t know what to ask correctly, but the same Spirit intercedes for Us with unexpressed groans?The Spirit prays with unexpressed groans because he knows our hearts (Rom. 8. 26).
At the same time, I was enlightened. I remember when I was a kid, in a camp, going back to my hut, I took out my Bible, pointed out some verses, and saw the Word come to life for me, as she has always been alive in my life. When John the Baptist clearly said, “I baptize you in water, but [Christ] will baptize in holy spirit and fire,” he spoke of the superiority of Jesus’ baptism. Water washes only what is outside, but the Spirit and Fire regenerates and purifies the interior. It is therefore the great reality that inhabits us and fills us with joy, to be baptized in Spirit and fire. The Holy Spirit does all things new, constantly conforming to the image of Christ.
Lamb of God, our baptism is a sign that we have been saved, not by our righteousness, but because we have received the righteousness of Christ. Let us not trust in baptism, but let us look at Jesus’ work of purification, beautifully illustrated by baptism. Amen.
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