Prior Book | Prior Chapter | Prior Verse | Next Verse | Next Chapter | Next Book | Viewing NASB and Amplified 2015 | |
NASB | John 7:38 "He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, 'From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.'" |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 7:38 "He who believes in Me [who adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Me], as the Scripture has said, 'From his innermost being will flow continually rivers of living water.'" [Is 58:11; John 4:14] |
Subject: When does the Baptism occur? |
Bible Note: Dear brother Markarios: I believe there are events in the early days of the church which were transitional as in the case of receiving the Holy Spirit. In Acts 8:14-17 we read "When the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, who when they were come down prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost: (for as yet he was fallen upon none of them only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus) Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost." Another example was in the case of Saul of Tarsus who in Acts 9:17 received the Holy Spirit when Ananias laid hands upon him. However, in Acts 10:44 "While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them that heard the word. And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Spirit. We find as I mentioned in V47 that after they had received the Holy Ghost they were baptised in the name of the Lord. In the early examples we have believers who were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus and later received the Holy Spirit by the Laying on of hands. I believe however, that my last reference shows us the order in which things happen today. They hear and believe the Word, are immediately indwelt with the Holy Ghost and then baptized in the name of the Lord. When we by the Spirit of God are made to see our need of Christ and except him as our saviour we are born again or born from above, we are indwelt by the Holy Spirit making us new creatures in Christ. I look forward to your response your brother in Christ Robert |