Water Baptism. Rite, Tradition or Spiritual Act

By PEDRO MONTOYA

The baptism or immersion in water that we practice was not always the same as we know it today. It was established and promoted by John the Baptist and known as John's baptism,[1] it was also known as the baptism of repentance.[2]  It was later established as baptism in Jesus, which is how we know Him today.

Baptism was not a strange element for those who received it from John the Baptist. The reason why the people did not hesitate to submit to its practice, apparently new, was because its basic principle is contained in the Law of Moses.

Water baptism is an extension of the mosaic practice of purification. It is evident in the description that the author of the Gospel of John presents about the struggle between the Jews and the disciples of John the Baptist for precisely the increase in baptisms, an activity to which Jesus himself joined with his disciples:

After these things Jesus and His disciples came into the land of Judea, and there He remained with them and baptized. 23 Now John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there. And they came and were baptized. 24 For John had not yet been thrown into prison. 25 Then there arose a dispute between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purification. John 3:25

[1] John 21:25; Acts 19:3

[2] Marks 1:4;Luke 3:3; Acts 13:24; 19:4

• Language: English
• Publisher: MINISTERIO APOSTOLICO Y PROFETICO CRISTO REY
• Release date: Jul 24, 2017
• ISBN: 9781973834144

PEDRO MONTOYA

!Que la tierra sea llena del conocimiento de la Gloria de Dios! Soy pastor y maestro de la Palabra, ministro ordenado por la Gracia del Señor para el establecimiento y proclamación del Evangelio del Reino de los Cielos. Trabajo bajo un llamado apostólico y profético. Nuestro ministerio es de rompimiento y guerra espiritual. Enseñamos sobre la liberación de la esclavitud satánica por causa de derechos legales que hombres y mujeres le han entregado a los principados de maldad. Capacitamos sobre el tema de la liberación y expulsión de demonios, y sobre cómo levantar la maldicion de la tierra. I am a pastor, a teacher of the Word and a writer. The Lord called me to the ministry in the year 1982 and since that date, I have been involved in the proclamation of the Gospel of the Kingdom of God over the earth. I exercise the ministry of Deliverance jointly by my wife, the prophetess Yolanda Montoya. We operate on an Apostolic and Prophetic platform, with the commitment of instructing and correcting in the Righteousness of the Kingdom of Heaven. Our ministerial emphasis is on teaching about how to lift the curse from the earth, about the causes of the curse and about the weapons of spiritual warfare. You can visit also our English blog: www.earthenwarevessels.blog Be blessed ... to bless

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Introduction The Doctrine of Baptism

Therefore leaving the word of the beginning of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, ² Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. Hebrew 6:1

According to the text of chapter six of the Epistle of Hebrews, the correct theme of this doctrine is, the doctrine of baptisms , in plural, and not in singular, as if it were making reference to water baptism, or baptism in the Holy Spirit.

And it is that, indeed, in the doctrine of the apostles is contained the existence of several baptisms, some still in force, of which it is necessary to know about their use.

The first baptism of which we are aware is the Baptism of John;

And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John. Luke 7:29

This baptism is by immersion in water, and was also known as baptism of repentance,

Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus. Acts 19:4

Its main characteristic was that those who came to John to be baptized by him, before being submerged, each in turn publicly confessed their sins. This baptism is no longer in force.

And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins. Mathew 3:6

The next baptism that follows John's is water baptism, also known as the baptism of Jesus, or baptism in the name of Jesus,

(For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.) Acts 8:16

When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.  Acts 19:5

This is the baptism that we all know, which is still in force, and which the reader can study in detail in the section: What is water baptism?

Then, the third baptism that arises is the Baptism with the Holy Spirit; it arises precisely on the same day as the Solemn Feast of Shavuot (Pentecost).

For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. Acts 1:5

It is a spiritual baptism operated by the direct intervention of the Holy Spirit, as we observe in the cases of the baptism of the apostles on the day of the celebration of Shavuot (Pentecost),[1] and in the case of Cornelius and his house when the apostle Peter visited them.[2] On other occasions there is an indirect intervention of a minister, as we observe in the case of the apostles who traveled to Samaria and prayed for their converts under the ministry of Philip,[3] and the case of the apostle Paul who prayed for the converts of Ephesus.[4]

Baptism with the Holy Spirit means the immersion