“Peter replied, “Repent and return to God, and each one of you must be baptized in the name of Jesus, the Anointed One, to have your sins removed. Then you may take hold of the gift of the Holy Spirit.”
Acts 2:38 TPT
Here is no soft-peddling here! Peter confronts the question given to him: ‘what then must we do?’ The people who came together at the sound of the Holy Spirit coming heard they were responsible for the death of Jesus. Rather than deny it, they were contrite and asked what to do.
When we have the opportunity to speak for Jesus and the gospel we must be straight with the truth. Repentance is the way to eternal life with Him. Repentance is the only way. Accepting Jesus as saviour and Lord and being baptised in water gives access to the Baptism in the Holy Spirit. The Baptism in the Holy Spirit empowers us to live and speak for Him.
Baptism in water shows the world around us that we have died to our old life and walk into the new. It is not a sprinkling affair, it is a dunking. This represents death of the old and rising to new life in Him.
Salvation opens the door to all God the Father has for us as His children. We then begin a walk of faith, trusting Jesus to be our righteousness, our salvation and strength. He has won the victory and this victory is ours by faith. Amen!
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