The Baptism of the Holy Spirit

Written by Joseph Ho, 3rd June 2015

The true acceptance as sons and daughters of God is through the baptism of the Holy Spirit. This baptism can only come through Jesus, for he is the baptizer by fire. He is the one who baptizes those who are destined to be God's children. God promises through Joel 2:28 that in the end times he will pour out his spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams.

Joel 2:28New International Version (NIV)

The Day of the Lord

28 "And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.

Acts 1:5New International Version (NIV)

5 For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit."

Acts 11:16New International Version (NIV)

16 Then I remembered what the Lord had said: ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.'

Matthew 3:11New International Version (NIV)

11 "I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

Everyone who is fully committed to be a Christian must be baptized in water for repentance. It is repentance before acceptance. So there will be no exception to this rule. Jesus himself was baptised by John.

Mark 1:10New International Version (NIV)

10 Just as Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw heaven being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.

Luke 3:16New International Version (NIV)

16 John answered them all, "I baptize you with water. But one who is more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

When we get baptized in water, we are being born again by water, and when we get baptized by Jesus in the Holy Spirit, we will be born again in the Spirit.

John 3:5New International Version (NIV)

5 Jesus answered, "Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit.

Isaiah 30:15New International Version (NIV)

15 This is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says:

"In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength,
but you would have none of it.

So we need to be baptised in water and spirit else we are not born again. We cannot enter into the kingdom of God if we do not follow the specific instructions of Jesus. He himself did what he preaches to show the way. Those who are baptized in water but not baptized in the Spirit could not understand the scriptures since it remains closed to them. Without the Holy Spirit revelation of what scriptures mean, they could not understand its meaning. Thus, they can only use their own human intellect to get understanding, which leads to many untold perversion of the Gospel of Christ. The key to the gateway of the kingdom of God is through Jesus. He is the way, the truth and the life.

Many are baptized in water but few are given the Holy Spirit by God because they were never granted or qualify as sons or daughters. They simply worship in vain seeking wealth and prosperity but not the will of God in their lives. So these people are not born again, they have no revelation as the Spirit is not their teacher; they worship with rules taught by men. Men who themselves do not possess the Holy Spirit which is of God. Without the Holy Spirit of God they will never know the will of God in their lives, for God was never their Father. Who gets the Holy Spirit? It is Jesus who justifies as he was the one who died for the remissions of our sins. So he is the way to the kingdom of God, no one comes to the father but through him and him alone decides.

There are many great teachers, who teach about the Holy Spirit, but they have never encountered him nor do they know him. When you have the Holy Spirit you will begin to hear the voice of God. The Key to the Kingdom of God is the Holy Spirit.

John 10:7-11New International Version (NIV)

7 Therefore Jesus said again, "Very truly I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep. 8 All who have come before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep have not listened to them. 9 I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out, and find pasture. 10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

It is Jesus who is the only gate for those whom he acknowledges as his sheep. One special characteristic of his sheep is that they hear his voice.

John 10:25-29King James Version (KJV)

25 Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.

26 But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.

27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.

29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.

Those who are baptized in the Holy Spirit will hear the voice of God and they will obey and follow him. They bear the fruit of good works. Good works which were ordained for him to perform in the power of the Holy Spirit. This will be the same for all his believers and followers like master like slaves or disciples. These good works are not man made or programmed they are moved by the Holy Spirit in them to do those good works that glorify God.

Acts 10:38New International Version (NIV)

38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him.

If you have not been baptized in the Holy Spirit, what I write will make no sense to you. However, I have to write this so that you may know if you have the Holy Spirit in you. If not than seek, ask and knock until the Jesus gives it to you, else you will not enter into the kingdom of God. That is why the way is very narrow. Doing good works is not salvation through works; these good works are the fruits of your salvation. All Holy Spirit filled believers will progress to good works which have been ordained by God for them to accomplish on earth, just like what Jesus did, he was baptised in the Holy Spirit and went about doing good works. The proof of being Spirit filled is the good works done. No fruit no inheritance and those trees that do not bear fruit will be cut down by Jesus himself. This is the narrow way; it's his way, no point to argue with God. We need to accept the terms and conditions of our salvation after all it is Jesus who paid the price and he will decide not men or preachers with wrong understanding. No one can change the mind of God by pleading with him, no one. Read your bible carefully, your eternal salvation depends on getting the truth.

God promises to give the Holy Spirit to those who asked and seek him earnestly. Many thought that Ask Seek and Knock is for anything, it is only for the Holy Spirit that Jesus mentioned ask seek and knock, persevere until the Father send you the Holy Spirit.

Luke 11:5-13New International Version (NIV)

5 Then Jesus said to them, "Suppose you have a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread; 6 a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have no food to offer him.' 7 And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Don't bother me. The door is already locked, and my children and I are in bed. I can't get up and give you anything.' 8 I tell you, even though he will not get up and give you the bread because of friendship, yet because of your shameless audacity he will surely get up and give you as much as you need.

9 "So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

11 "Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? 12 Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 13 If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"

The Holy Spirit is the only guarantee that you will receive salvation unto eternal life. There is no other guarantee. The baptism of the Holy Spirit is a tangible experience, you will feel power coming into your body and heat or warm is the usual encounter with the Holy One. Let no men deceive you of this.

Ephesians 1:13-14New International Version (NIV)

13 And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, 14 who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession—to the praise of his glory.

Once you have received the Holy Spirit, it will teach you all truths. You will not be confused by all the false doctrines or good intentions of many misguided teachers of the bible as the anointing shall guide you into all truths. All the supernatural acts of God will become real to you once you have the Holy Spirit in you. Only when you have the Holy Spirit will you enter into the kingdom of God and understand what is it. The Supernatural kingdom of God is real.

1 John 2:27New International Version (NIV)

27 As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit—just as it has taught you, remain in him.

Without this anointing by the Holy Spirit, you will be forever learning never understanding. You will be blind and deaf, forever hearing never understanding what God is trying to say to you. The key into the Kingdom of God is the baptism in the Holy Spirit. When you are baptised in the Spirit you will receive the gift of the Spirit.

1 Corinthians 12 New International Version (NIV)

Concerning Spiritual Gifts

12 Now about the gifts of the Spirit, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed. 2 You know that when you were pagans, somehow or other you were influenced and led astray to mute idols. 3 Therefore I want you to know that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, "Jesus be cursed," and no one can say, "Jesus is Lord," except by the Holy Spirit.

4 There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. 5 There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. 6 There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work.

7 Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. 8 To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, 10 to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues. 11 All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.

Acts 15:8New International Version (NIV)

8 God, who knows the heart, showed that he accepted them by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as he did to us.

Without the Holy Spirit, we cannot overcome sin. Without the Holy Spirit, men cannot hear from God. Men have no power over sin; only through the Holy Spirit can they overcome sin. But the Holy Spirit will convict us of sin and he will cause us to bear fruit and move us from glory to glory throughout our Christian life. So we will develop the fruit when we have the Spirit in us. This is called the sanctification of the Holy Spirit. Please make sure you get the Holy Spirit and not some other spirit. Only when you bear the fruit of the Spirit then there will be no law against you. Meaning the law of sin cannot touch you since you are now in Christ, the Holy Spirit of God. That is the true salvation works of Jesus Christ. He grants us the gift of life through grace. So those Christians who think they can still sin and be in Christ are deluded. The Holy Spirit will sanctify us through the purging of sins in our lives eventually depending on our willingness to give that sin up for him to burn the dross from our lives. We have to decide to give it up, without our commitment the sin will remain like a stain embedded into our soul for all eternity. We cannot get rid of the sin ourselves; it is the Holy Spirit's job to cleanse us of this sin. No Holy Spirit means; no salvation nor righteousness.

Galatians 5:19-23New International Version (NIV)

19 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; 20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

You cannot bear the fruit of the Spirit without the baptism of the Holy Spirit by Jesus Christ. When you get baptised in water, the baptism of the Holy Spirit is not automatically included. It is not, so you need to seek it earnestly. This is truth, read your bible.

Matthew 7:18-19New International Version (NIV)

18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

The above is truth, it is written in the bible and no man can change what Jesus said himself. If any man adds or subtract than he will be have curses and lose his salvation. That is why the way is a narrow one, without the Holy Spirit no one is guaranteed salvation; no one. The righteousness that comes from Jesus through grace is the Holy Spirit as only the Spirit of God is righteous. Those with the Holy Spirit are considered righteous and they all wear this white robe. The Holy Spirit is not a dove; it is this white robe, the robe of righteousness as mentioned by Isaiah. Without the Holy Spirit, you will not be considered righteous by God and you will not have your salvation guaranteed. Let no one deceive you on this matter, its life or death. The garment of salvation is the robe of righteousness which is the Holy Spirit of God.

Isaiah 61:10New International Version (NIV)

10 I delight greatly in the Lord; my soul rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation  and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.