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It is written in in matthew 3 11 " I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire " He already came,so is it necessary to take a water baptism?

God expect us to bear fruit such as holiness, soul wining, so every one must live a life of righteousness and do d work of an evangelist...

What a wounderful humility that our Lord Jesus had,so he thereby lay a good examply to us that we should be humble honest including straight forwading in all we do,becouse humility is next to God 's oneness.therefore lure into yourself the spirit of humilty. Yours in christ. Johnson

Verse 17 As beloved Child of God,teach me what to DO to PLEASE You on DAILY basis ? Thank you God,for your Words liveth.

it means God will come to look for fruit from belivers fruit of the Spirit and if he finds none the person is fit for hell fire thats my opinion

John Has Shown Us That Baptism of the Holy Spirit Comes Thru Jesus Only When We Repent Be Baptised With Water 2 Worship God

why did John rebuke the pharasees Is it a crime to repent Any thing personal

John was preparing the way for Christ and the law was about to end the axe is laid at the tree is letting the Jews know that this was ready to be put in motion and that CHRIST would set up a new and living way to give himself for the ransom of sin

verse 10: Hi Kelly. Hope this will be useful in answering your question. "the axe is already laid at the root of the trees" indicates the urgency with which the Jewish Nation was to accept salvation-procrastination and rejection of truth are dangerous and will result in our destruction. "so every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire" indicates that if salvation and truth do not sanctify the life and soul, we are bound for eternal death and destruction.

"Indeed the axe is already laid at the root of the trees; so every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire."
what does this mean?

John the baptist is warning the religious leaders that Jehovah God will raise up stones from the Gentiles unto Abraham. Thus fulfilling the prophecy that Abraham's seed will be as the sands of the sea shore.

I need a photo depicting winnowing, threshing, and separating the chaff.

Since Jesus was a Priest, The Mosiac Law indicated the He was to be baptised at the age of 30 and this is why He told John that the fulfillment of all rightouswness was to be done.

we need to be baptized to receive the holy spirit. the purpose Jesus got baptized, since he had already been born of the spirit, baptizing gave him to be oneness with god, as well as us. this is showing us that god had conquered the world where Satan throne is. dying on the cross, jesus proved the beginning of birth pains for humaniy to follow his steps to kill satan adversaries. it is our time to be baptized and kill the evil sin in us. the second coming of jesus is destroyin sin-satan forever. we are his faithful witnesss that will follow the procedures of the Lord. not that he needs us,to destroy evil but to demonstrate to evil, that god children who are written in the book of life is of the image of him, who can conquer. everyone has the opportunity to beleive or not in the Lord. i choose to beleive and wait for my treasure of heaven and not of the earth which is of satan; the materialism of the world. baptizing is to be conduct like Jesus did in the Jordan of water and sand. sand to prove god is our rock; water which is essential to life and to prove that jesus is the high priest not us; as he gave to each one of us the spirit, this is the reason for the word of god for baptism. amen come lord jesus. shalom!

Suffer is the key word.

when Jesus was baptised he became enlightened.

not any difference then today, we all know but do we confess Jesus rather then traditions, Paul says, let there be no divisions among us

Let your repentance be genuine from the heart.

My respond to Delories's Genesis Chapter 2 comment on 9/08/2013, 7:51am: In Matthew 3:7 and Mark 1:11 God said that Jesus is His beloved Son. In Isaiah 14:12 the one fallen from heaven was Lucifer, son of the morning. In Job 1:6 it's written that the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. But it's not written there that Satan is among God's son. Now in Romans 8:14 it says, "For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God". Therefore, God need not a wife and have sex like human beings to make children. In fact in Matthew 3:9 Jesus says, "And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham". So for God to create His own children is by spirit and not by flesh.

The Holy Spirit is what we call a possessive adjective. There's only one way of saying a possessive adjective in the Old Testament times. The Spirit of the Lord. The Spirit of God. The spirit of Elijah. The day of the Lord. But, there are two ways of saying the same thing in the Greek, that is: the Spirit of the Lord or the Lord's spirit. The Spirit of God or God's spirit. The spirit of Elijah just Elijah's spirit. The day of the Lord or the Lord's Day. When it comes to gender there are two genders, masculine and feminine. There are there no neuter gender. However, in English, there are three genders. Let's look at a sripture. Matthew 16:18 "And I also say to you that you are Peter on this rock I will build my Church the forces of Hades will not overpower it." Most people are not able to read the Greek so I will call attention to a Spanish version. If you look into the equivalent Spanish version it will say in the last part of verse "y las puertas del Hades no prevaleceran contra ella." That means "The gates of Hell will not prevail against her." the same thing happens in the Greek. The church takes on a feminine ending.the The translators change all the feminine and masculine endings on any neuter gender that they knew were inanimate objects to "it." However, when they came to the Holy Spirit they left the gender the same and capitalize the word Holy Spirit. Luke 3:22 says, "John saw God's Spirit descending like a dove and resting up in Jesus." Matthew 3:11 says, "I baptize you with water but one who is more powerful than I is coming and he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit." You don't want to be baptized with a person but you want to be baptized with the power and your spiritual essence of that person: the spirit and power of Almighty God. Denounce the doctrine of the Trinity. It is false doctrine. It is polytheism. I have been to Bible College and was taught this doctrine of the Trinity, but the Bible does not teach it. So, I dumped it.

The water is Jesus' baptism that fufill all rigteousness Matthew 3:15. The blood paid for our sins Romans 4:25; Hebrews 9:22. The spirit bears witness about it. Matt. 3:16. This is the bases for our salvation.

the mateo 3:16 baptism to repent the only god can baptize the holy spirit the mateo 28:19 says go ye and teach them to baptize the name of the father and the son and the holy spirit the question is what is the name? of the father and the son and the holy spirit books of acts 2: 38 peter says repent and baptize to the name of jesus and you can recieve the holy spirit.

Children, we must remember that people are watching our conduct, to see how we act, and, even they, might not be aware of there observation on us; cause our subconscious eats more, than our conscious does; So if we are claiming God in our lives; than we must, read, study, and know the word; than obey what it says, so that we faithfully walk uprightly before everyone, after God; For if we walk contrary to the word of God, than we give our allegiance over to the devil, and now become glorifiers of the devil, and not God. ... So we now have a higher responsibility to examine, and watch ourselves daily, that we walk upright at all times; till God comes up on us, and transforms us to become righteous effortlessly (WHICH IS WHEN WE BECOME TRULY BORN AGAIN) For John the baptist said in Matthew 3:11, " I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire.

Lev, I believe it means that we must be willing to endure persecution. Romans 8:17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
Matthew 20:22 But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able.

Sorry, part of the text was missing in my previous letter; Please, reply me on this one;

I'm not native in English language, but still have a great desire to be able to understand each word, that belongs to Jesus Christ;
My question would be:
1 Corinthians 4:12 sentence ends like that ,,being persecuted, we suffer it"
In this case, ,,suffer it" means - "to bear" right?

I know, that "suffer" also means - "allow someone to do something" but, I think, "bear it to be so now" might be proper, also.

Please, help me understand. .

I'm not native in English language, but still have a great desire to be able to understand each word, that belongs to Jesus Christ;
My question would be:
1 Corinthians 4:12 sentence ends like that ,,being persecuted, we suffer it"
In this case, suffer it means - to bear right?

I know, that also means - but, I think, might be proper, also.

Please, help me understand. .

@Moby Here are the ones who were baptized by John the Baptist;
Matthew 3:5 Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan,
6 And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.
Matthew 3:13 Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him14 But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
15 And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
16 And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon hi

...repentance first then baptism sign of obedience to God's command

The problem is, each gospel that mentions this says all. Peter tells them in Acts 2 repent and be baptized everyone of you for the remission of sins, this salvation that is being required is a national salvation for Israel, that would have facilitated the immediate step into the tribulation period, and finally Jesus the Messiahs return to Israel as king. See Mark 1:5, and Acts 2:38, We cannot pass over Matthew 10:23; But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come. vs 22 sets post ascension period.

@Erika,
I can see how the Word of God can be a little confusing sometimes. That's why we must study. God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit are one. John 1:1: "In the beginning was the Word, (meaning Jesus), and the Word was with God (Jesus was with God in the beginning), and the Word was God (meaning Jesus is God). How do we know that the Word we are referencing is Jesus; one might ask. Let's look at John 1:14, "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. We can say that Jesus is the fleshly part of God. There's so much to this, so you will have to read and grasp the full meaning of His word. Also Jesus is at the Father's right hand in heaven. Sorry I can't expound more because I too must study. I hope this helps.