When we go through water baptism we are
usually baptized by a pastor or an elder or another in authority at our local
fellowship, but who is it that baptizes us with the Holy Spirit?
It is Jesus, our High Priest, who baptizes us in the Holy Spirit.
Let’s have a look at the scriptures that confirm this.
Matthew 3:11
(NLT)
“I baptize
with water those who repent of their sins and turn to God. But someone is
coming soon who is greater than I am—so much greater that I’m not
In the above verse it is John the Baptist talking to the Jews and
the person he is referring to as the one that will come after him is Jesus. The
verse below also confirms that it is Jesus who baptizes us with the Holy
Spirit.
Acts 2:33 (NLT)
Now he is exalted to the place of highest
honor in heaven, at God’s right hand. And the Father, as he had promised, gave
him the Holy Spirit to pour out upon us, just as you see and hear today.
In the below verses we see that Paul imparts the Baptism with the Holy Spirit in the name of Jesus when he lays hands on some disciples in Ephesus
Acts 19:1-7 (NLT)
While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul traveled through the interior regions until he reached Ephesus, on the coast, where he found several believers. 2 “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” he asked them.
“No,” they replied, “we haven’t even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”
3 “Then what baptism did you experience?” he asked.
And they replied, “The baptism of John.”
4 Paul said, “John’s baptism called for repentance from sin. But John himself told the people to believe in the one who would come later, meaning Jesus.”
5 As soon as they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 6 Then when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke in other tongues and prophesied. 7 There were about twelve men in all.
May the name of Jesus be lifted up and glorified!
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