Maria explains on this week’s show that being born-again by the Ruwach ha’Qodesh (Holy Spirit) involves two things as Yahuwshuwa illustrated to us in John 3:5. He said that a man must be born of “water” (signifying his death and burial) and then being born “of the spirit” (his resurrection). Water baptism deals with death to the old nature because it is a baptism of repentance. Holy Spirit baptism deals with being immersed into his resurrection power which is actually “putting on Messiah.” Water immersion (baptism) involves washing away “the old sinful man,” but Spirit baptism involves “putting on the new man” which is Messiah!
Qolasiym (Colossians) 3:
9 Lie not one to another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his deeds;
10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
There is a difference between the “infilling” of the Holy Spirit and the “outpouring” of the Holy Spirit. The end-time believers in Messiah will not be able to stand up to the deceptions of the devil without the “outpouring” of the Holy Spirit. We must be baptized in the water of repentance first before we can be baptized (immersed) in the fire of the Holy Spirit. His refining fire will purify and cleanse the true believers before we receive the latter rain outpouring of the Holy Spirit. Yahuwchanon (John) the Immerser (Baptist) spoke of two baptisms: Mattithyahuw (Matthew) 3:11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance. But he that comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Ruwach ha’Qodesh (Holy Spirit), and with fire. Yahuwshuwa himself illustrated this when he said we must be born of water and of the Spirit: Yahuwchanon (John) 3:5 Yahuwshuwa answered, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of Elohiym.
Some bible teachers believe that the “water” in this passage is speaking of the amniotic sack in a mother’s womb when a baby is born physically. They reason that we must first be born of water physically and then we must be born spiritually. I can see this application, but I also believe that the “water” in this passage is speaking of repentance symbolized by the baptism of John. Being born of the “Spirit” is being baptized in the “fire” of the Holy Spirit which is what Yahuwshuwa’s baptism is all about. We must be born of “water” (repentance) and then the blood of Yahuwshuwa (the new wine) is offered to us so we can be baptized in the fire of the Holy Spirit!
All three of these elements must be present in order to be a complete covenant: water, blood and spirit as 1st John 5:8 bears this out:
1st Yahuwchanon (John) 5:8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.
Twin Goats on Yom Kippur Fulfilled in Yahuwshuwa Messiah:
http://doubleportioninheritance.blogspot.com/2011/06/copyright-double-portion-inheritance_19.html
The Feast of Weeks & Speaking With “New” Tongues:
http://doubleportioninheritance.blogspot.com/2011/09/wine-of-covenant-speaking-with-new_05.html