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       Is there anything about a third baptism in the New Testament? I have talked with a couple of us in the church that either don’t believe in it or don’t know what it is. One could fill a library with the books that have been written about the first two baptisms. In the life of Jesus, our Perfect Example, we find Him being baptized with water by John the Baptist. In quick succession, the Holy Spirit “descend[ed] like a dove, and light[ed] upon him.” It is easy to see two baptisms here; one with water, and the other with the Holy Ghost.

         This third baptism is largely ignored today. In fact, it has in some cases been replaced with a baptism that is just the opposite of suffering. By this I mean what may well be called a “baptism of blessings.” This so-called “Prosperity Gospel” is what the Apostle Paul called “another gospel” in 2 Corinthians 11:4 and Galatians 1:16. In his letter to the Corinthians, Paul speaks of “another spirit” and “another Jesus.” So if someone comes preaching a Jesus that does not live and act like the Jesus in the four Gospels, then we need to beware. In connection with the theme of this article, we can easily deduce that whoever does not preach that the disciples of Jesus should follow their Master into His baptism of suffering, it is “another Jesus.” The Jesus that Paul preached told His disciples, “he that taketh not his cross, and followed after me, is not worthy of me.” Mt 10:38

       But further on in the Gospel story, we see Jesus commenting about a baptism that He had not yet accomplished: “But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!” Lu. 12:50

      LETS LOOK AT THE THREE BAPTISM IN THE NEW TESTAMENT

First Baptism: The Holy Spirit baptizes us IN Jesus.

• 1 Corinthians 12:13 – For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit.
• Galatians 3:26-27 – You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
• John 20:23 – As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.” And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld.”
• Luke 24:45-49 – Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, and said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you. But stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”

Second Baptism: The disciples baptize us in water.

• Ephesians 2:8 – For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,
• Romans 6:3–4 – Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
• Matthew 28:19 – Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

Third Baptism: Jesus baptizes us in the Holy Spirit.

• Matthew 3:11 – … He will baptize you WITH the Holy Spirit and fire.
• Mark 1:8 – … he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.
• Luke 3:16 – … He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
• John 1:33 – … he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’

ALL OF THE “HE” IN THESE SCRIPTURES IS JESUS!

The Bible is grammatically correct- without faults. Look at the difference in the subjects and the pronouns in the first baptism versus the third baptism. They clearly are different. To say they are the same and mean the same says you don’t believe that the Bible is infallible.

Scripture confirms all three baptisms.

• 1 John 5:7–8 – For there are three that testify: the Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three agree.
• Acts 2:38 – And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Scripture shows that all three baptisms are separate moments of experiencing God’s grace.

• Acts 8:12–17 – Now when the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent to them Peter and John, who came down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit, for he had not yet fallen on any of them, but they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Then they laid their hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit.
• Acts 19:5-6 – On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they began speaking in tongues and prophesying.

So, there is SALVATION, WATER and SPIRIT. Jesus had these three baptisms. He needed the dove to descend upon Him WITH the Spirit -not IN. Paul asked “into what then were you baptized”. Their answer was “into John’s Baptism” Acts 19:3 – that is Salvation and water baptism followed their salvation. In Acts 19:6 “And when Paul laid hands on them, the Holy Spirt came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied”. This is the third baptism here. Four times just in the book of Acts the Holy Spirit came upon people- after Salvation and water baptism- the Holy Spirit baptism was needed according to Paul. 25 years after Pentecost in Acts 19 Paul found some believers -who were saved and also water baptized-and he asked “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” Paul was telling them to get baptized WITH the Holy Spirit (third one)

Look at 1 John 5:7 “For there are three that bear witness in heaven; the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one”. They bear witness to the supernatural life. 1 John 5:8 “And there are three that bear witness on earth. The Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one” Remember Matthew 3:11 where it states Jesus baptizes with the Spirit.

When you get saved you become a new person. When you get water baptized the old person is cut off. When you get Spirit baptize you get power to walk in the new.