#Baptism in the #HolySpirit
Luke 3:16 - John answered and said to them all, “As for me, I baptize you with water; but One is coming who is mightier than I, and I am not fit to untie the thong of His sandals; He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
“Two things should be noted. First, the future baptism is a single baptism in the Holy Spirit and fire. There are not two baptisms envisaged, one with Spirit and one with fire, only one baptism in Spirit-and-fire. Second, the two baptisms (John’s and the Coming One’s) are to be administered to the same people. That is to say, Spirit-and-fire baptism is not offered as an alternative to John’s water-baptism, nor does one accept John’s baptism in order to escape the messianic baptism. Rather one undergoes John’s water-baptism with a view to and in preparation for the messianic Spirit-and-fire baptism.”
- James Dunn
- Baptism in the Holy Spirit A Re-examination of the New Testament Teaching on the Gift of the Spirit in relation to Pentecostalism today
