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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: Greetings my friend! I certainly agree! Isn't it interesting that when we are baptised by water, we can pick the lake, the setting, the time, the pastor, the season, the method, the witnesses, or even if anyone else is baptised with us? I most certainly agree! When we are apprehended by God, we do not pick the time or the place! God convicts us and we repent and ask Him into our hearts on His timing, not on ours. When we are baptised by the Holy Spirit, it occurs at a time that we have not even begun to plan for. If we had began to plan for it, then would we truly be saved if we had? No one can control the workings of the Holy Spirit, and I pray that He pierces every heart so that all may come to repentence and know Jesus as Lord and Savior! My father was saved when he was about 19 years old. He had once read through the Bible, out of plain curiosity. He was saved at around 2AM in the morning (he worked 3rd shift) in a factory while feeding material through an edge-banding machine. He recalls the experience, and how he just cried. No one around him, not his co-workers or even his own family, understood him. But he was saved! And his salvation helped to pave the way for my salvation to take place many years later, since, because of him, I was reared in an environment that was conducive to the working and awareness of Jesus Christ (my father became a pastor). But I did not choose the time of my salvation either, even though I was brought up all around church, being in a pastor's family. Blessings to you, Makarios |