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Baptism

One of the interesting things about Philip''s visit to Samaria is the fact that altough the Samaritans had been baptized in the namr of Jesus they still had not received the Holy Spirit.

There was a separation of water baptism and Spirit baptism (Acts 8:16-17).

Two other occasions mentioned in Acts report separate water and Spirit baptisms. One is the case of Cornelius (Acts 10:44-48) and the other is that of disciples in Ephesus (Acts 19:1-7). All the other baptisms make no mention of separated water and Spirit baptisms. These three cases are the exception, not the rule.

BTW Ernie Harwell, retired radio announcer for the Detroit Tigers, was raised in a good Methodist home in Washington, GA, and became born agai when he attended a Billy Graham crusade. He was rebaptized in the Jordan River! I like that.

Bob Groves

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Comment by Pastor Bob B on May 9, 2009 at 5:20am: I agree with you that there is a baptism in the Holy Spirit, I was baptised in water in 1975, 5 months after i was saved. I was baptised in the Holy Spirit 2-09-79. Some call it being sanctified by the holy Spirit. I kind of liked that. I was set apart for god's special purpose. I was reading about Samuel anointing David to be king of Israel and it says the Spirit was upon David for all the rest of his life. Wow, for me it has been 30 years and He has been with me for 30 years continually cleansing and setting me apart for himself. Salvation is through Jesus, A empowered life is from the Holy spirit who is always working in us.

In the love of Jesus
Bob

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