THE BAPTISM BY THE SPIRIT INTO YSHUA John had referred to Yeshua as the One who baptises with the Spirit, the Ruach HaKodesh (the Holy Spirit) (John 1:32-34) Although the Spirit came upon Him at His baptism in water, Yeshua Himself said afterward, I have a baptism to be baptised with (Luke 12:50). This was an immersion in the Spirit and Yeshua was held under the constraint of that until it was accomplished. That was His literal baptism into death, burial and resurrection by the operation of the Spirit whereby He was raised a new creation Man, which is the basis of the new covenant. His disciples in aspiring to sit on His right hand in the kingdom said they were able to be baptised with His baptism and Yeshua confirmed that they would indeed be partakers of that baptism. (Matthew 20:20-23) The disciples received that baptism at Pentecost, fifty days after His ascension to the right hand of the Father. This baptism that Yeshua instituted for believers is a powerful immersion by the Spirit into the new-creation-man, Yeshua, to form the Body of Messiah. Through the Spirit we have been made to comprise one spiritual Body, called in scripture the Body of Messiah - For by one Spirit we were all baptised into one body - ... Now you are the body of Messiah ... (1 Corinthians 12:13, 27) So we being many, are one body in Messiah (Romans 12:5) There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism ; one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. Ephesians 4:4-6) We who have believed in Yeshua the Messiah have become through baptism, one spiritual body comprised of many members with varying gifts and ministries. Together corporately we are Messiahs body by the indwelling Spirit in fulfilment of Yeshuas prayer that they all may be one, as You Father, are in Me, and I in You, that they may be one in Us, (John 17:21) The Body has been brought into unity in the same way that the Father was in Yeshua by the Spirit. The Father in Yeshua and the Father in us, as Paul also said, One Elohim and Father of all, who is ..... ..... in you all (Ephesians 4:6) The indwelling Spirit is interchangeably called the Spirit of Messiah or the Holy Spirit (Ruach HaKodesh). Yeshua said, When the Comforter comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, He will testify of Me, (John 15:26) Yeshua sent the Spirit from the Father, to take His place with the believers. Resulting in us having fellowship with both the Father and the Son.
Posted on: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 20:00:00 +0000
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