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NASB | Matthew 3:11 ¶ "As for me, I baptize you with water for repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, and I am not fit to remove His sandals; He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 3:11 ¶ "As for me, I baptize you with water because of [your] repentance [that is, because you are willing to change your inner self--your old way of thinking, regret your sin and live a changed life], but He (the Messiah) who is coming after me is mightier [more powerful, more noble] than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to remove [even as His slave]; He will baptize you [who truly repent] with the Holy Spirit and [you who remain unrepentant] with fire (judgment). [Luke 3:16] |
Subject: Can we be baptized with the Holy Ghost? |
Bible Note: The Spirit-Filled Life Lionheart: After I posted my Note yesterday, I checked out the website to which I had referred you. It no longer works. The text I quoted appeared originally in a booklet by Campus Crusade for Christ. At the following website, do a search for "Spirit-filled life": www.campuscrusadeforchrist.com/ Grace to you, Kalos ____________________ For a balanced view of the slogan "Fact! Faith! Feeling!"', see a "corrective explanation" written by John Piper. It is available at: www.desiringgod.org/library/ fresh_words/2002/082802.html |