Seven Different Types of Baptism?

A sermon preached by Jeremy Joslin on July 28th, 2024. The transcript was edited for this format.

Scripture Reading:

Ephesians 4:4-6 (ESV)
There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call— one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

Paul writes in his letter to the Ephesians that there is only one baptism, just as there is only one Lord, one faith, etc. It does not take the average bible reader long to realize that there are multiple different types of baptism found in scripture. In fact, there are seven different types of baptism found in scripture! Which one is the “one baptism” Paul is talking about?

Before we get into the different types of baptism, we must first understand what baptism is, and what baptism is not.

History and Definition

When the Bible was being translated into English from Greek, the translators ran into a problem when they came to the Greek word, “βαπτίζω” or, “baptizō.” Strong’s defines the word as such:

to dip repeatedly, to immerse, to submerge (of vessels sunk).
to cleanse by dipping or submerging, to wash, to make clean with water, to wash one’s self, bathe.

The traditions of sprinkling or pouring water over a person for “baptism” were very prevalent during this time. To simply translate the Greek word, “baptizō” into “immerse” would have caused quite a stir in the religious communities of the time.

Therefore, the word was not translated into the English word, “immerse.” Instead, it was transliterated into the English word, “baptize.” Rather than translating the Greek word into the English meaning, a completely new English word was invented and left up to the reader to define.

What Baptism Is

Baptism is the act of being fully immersed, plunged, dunked, buried into something.
Baptism is not something that you do. It is something that is done to you.

What Baptism Is Not

Baptism is not the act of being “sprinkled” or having something poured over you.
Baptism is not an idea, or a feeling, or a frame of mind.

The Seven Different Types of Baptism

Now let’s look at the 7 different baptisms we find in scripture and see if we can find the “one baptism” Paul is talking about in Ephesians 4.

The Baptism of Noah

Genesis 7:17-22 (ESV)
The flood continued forty days on the earth. The waters increased and bore up the ark, and it rose high above the earth. The waters prevailed and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the face of the waters. And the waters prevailed so mightily on the earth that all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered. The waters prevailed above the mountains, covering them fifteen cubits deep. And all flesh died that moved on the earth, birds, livestock, beasts, all swarming creatures that swarm on the earth, and all mankind. Everything on the dry land in whose nostrils was the breath of life died.

What was the purpose?
- To cleanse the earth from sin.
How was it performed?
- The earth was baptized, immersed, plunged, dunked, buried in water.
Is it the “one baptism” Paul is talking about?
- No because God promised He would never again flood the earth like this again.

Genesis 8:20-22 (ESV)
Then Noah built an altar to the LORD and took some of every clean animal and some of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar. And when the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, the LORD said in his heart, “I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the intention of man’s heart is evil from his youth. Neither will I ever again strike down every living creature as I have done. While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.”

The Baptism of Moses

1 Corinthians 10:1-2 (ESV)
For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea,

Baptized into Moses? What does Paul mean?

After the plagues of Egypt, Pharaoh lets the Israelites leave, but then chases after them right up to the banks of the Red Sea. Then Moses stretches out his hand and parts the Red Sea and they cross on dry ground through it, and the Egyptians follow them in.

Exodus 14:27-29 (ESV)
So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its normal course when the morning appeared. And as the Egyptians fled into it, the LORD threw the Egyptians into the midst of the sea. The waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen; of all the host of Pharaoh that had followed them into the sea, not one of them remained. But the people of Israel walked on dry ground through the sea, the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.

How was it performed?
- The Israelites were metaphorically immersed, plunged, dunked, buried in the Red Sea. (They had water on both sides of them.)
What was the purpose?
- Water washed away the sin of Egypt from the Israelites.
Is it the “one baptism” Paul is talking about?
- No, we are not Israelites, we are not leaving Egypt, and we are not crossing through the Red Sea.

The Baptism of John

Mark 1:1-5 (ESV)
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
As it is written in Isaiah the prophet,
“Behold, I send my messenger before your face,
who will prepare your way,
the voice of one crying in the wilderness:
Prepare the way of the Lord,
make his paths straight,’”
John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. And all the country of Judea and all Jerusalem were going out to him and were being baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

Could this baptism of repentance be the “one baptism” Paul is talking about? Let’s keep reading:

Mark 1:6-8 (ESV)
Now John was clothed with camel’s hair and wore a leather belt around his waist and ate locusts and wild honey. And he preached, saying, “After me comes he who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

No, this can’t be the “one baptism” Paul is talking about in Ephesians 4 since John says there is someone more important coming. this is a baptism of repentance. They confess their sins, and they are repenting, but sin is not washed away from this baptism. (Remember that) Let’s keep reading:

Mark 1:9-11 (ESV)
In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And when he came up out of the water, immediately he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. And a voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.”

Our Lord and Savior was baptized in John’s baptism.

How was it performed?
- The Jews were baptized, immersed, plunged, dunked, buried in the Jordan River.
What was the purpose?
- To bring Israel to confess their sins and repent.
Why was Jesus baptized?
- To be an example for us and to begin His ministry.
What about the baptism of the Holy Spirit in verse 8?
- We’ll get to that shortly, but first there is another baptism to cover first.

The Baptism of Suffering and Death

Mark 10:35-40 (ESV)
And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came up to him and said to him, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.” And he said to them, “What do you want me to do for you?” And they said to him, “Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory.” Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?” And they said to him, “We are able.” And Jesus said to them, “The cup that I drink you will drink, and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized, but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared.”

What is the cup and baptism Jesus is talking about? The cup and baptism are suffering and death. Jesus knew he would be crucified and killed. He knew what was coming and He prayed 3 times in Chapter 14 for it to pass from Him.

How was this baptism performed?
- He was mocked and ridiculed.
- He was beaten and whipped.
- He was nailed to a cross to bleed to death.
- He was stabbed in the side.
- He was killed.
- Make no mistake, Jesus was baptized, immersed, plunged, dunked, buried in suffering.
What was the purpose?
- To pay for sin.

Romans 6:23 (ESV)
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Life in Christ Jesus? But we just read that he was killed…

Mark 16:1-8 (ESV)
When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb. And they were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?” And looking up, they saw that the stone had been rolled back—it was very large. And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were alarmed. And he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here. See the place where they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before you to Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.” And they went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had seized them, and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.

Make no mistake, Jesus was immersed, plunged, dunked, buried in death. But just like Noah came out of the flood that brought death to the world, HE AROSE! Just like the Israelites came out of the Red Sea that brought death to the Egyptians, HE AROSE!

Is this the “one baptism” Paul is speaking about?
- No, we cannot be baptized, immersed, plunged, dunked, buried into that suffering and death, and come back.

The Baptism of The Holy Spirit

Acts 1:1-8 (ESV)
In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.
And while staying with them he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, “you heard from me; for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”
So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

Notice in verse 4 that this baptism is a promise, not a command. Noah was commanded to build an ark for his baptism. Moses was commanded to raise his staff and part the Red Sea for his baptism. The Israelites were commanded to be baptized in the Jordan River for repentance.

This baptism of the Holy Spirit is promised, not commanded. It will happen to them, it is not something they can bring about on themselves. Well, does it happen? Look at the next chapter…

Acts 2:1-4 (ESV)
When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.

How was it performed?
- By the Holy Spirit coming to them and filling the entire house.
- They were baptized, immersed, plunged, dunked, buried in the Holy Spirit.
What was the purpose?
- To show the authority of the apostles, open the gates of the kingdom, and start their ministry.

Acts 2:22-24 (ESV)
“Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs that God did through him in your midst, as you yourselves know— this Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men. God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.

Peter is speaking with power! Look at verse 29:

Acts 2:29-33 (ESV)
“Brothers, I may say to you with confidence about the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that he would set one of his descendants on his throne, he foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption. This Jesus God raised up, and of that we all are witnesses. Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you yourselves are seeing and hearing.

Notice not everyone was baptized by the Holy Spirit, Peter says this is what they are seeing. Keep reading:

Acts 2:34-36 (ESV)
For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he himself says,
“‘The Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at my right hand,
until I make your enemies your footstool.”’
Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.”

That message must have hit the Jews like a ton of bricks. That sinking feeling in the stomach when you know you messed up bad. How do the Jews respond to this?

Acts 2:37-38 (ESV)
Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

There are 3 points to make here.

Holy Spirit baptism was promised, not commanded. Here we see Peter is commanding baptism in the name of Jesus.
If Holy Spirit baptism led Peter to command another baptism, then baptism of the Holy Spirit can’t be the “one baptism” Paul is talking about.
If Holy Spirit baptism teaches that baptism in the name of Jesus will bring the gift of the Holy Spirit then Holy Spirit baptism has to be different than baptism in the name of Jesus.

Let’s look at it again starting in verse 37:

Acts 2:37-41 (ESV)
Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.” And with many other words he bore witness and continued to exhort them, saying, “Save yourselves from this crooked generation.” So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls.

3,000 souls weren’t added by being baptized by the Holy Spirit, they were added by being baptized, immersed, plunged, dunked, buried in water in the name of Jesus.

Seems like I may have jumped the gun right? There’s more about Holy Spirit baptism to be taught. When preparing this sermon, I tried very hard to find a way to separate Holy Spirit baptism from the one baptism Paul speaks about in Ephesians, in order to teach the different types of baptism separately. The two are absolutely inseparable. Before we dive fully into the one baptism, there is one other time Holy Spirit baptism appears in scripture. turn to Acts 10.

When the baptism of the Holy Spirit happened in Acts 2, the gospel was preached only to the Jews, not to the Gentiles. The gospel was meant for all, but at this time the Gentiles were still outside the grace of God. There is about a 7-10 year gap from Acts 2 to Acts 10.

This is quite long so I will summarize it.

Cornelius, a devout centurion (that means Roman; Gentile) prayed to God and had a dream.
- The dream told him to send men to the city of Joppa and bring back Peter.
At the same time, Peter has a dream.
- In his dream he is hungry and God presents him with all kinds of clean and unclean animals to eat.
- Peter refuses as they are not clean.
- God tells Peter not to call what He sends unclean.
- This happens 3 times.
- Peter goes to the house of Cornelius.
Peter preaches a sermon extremely similar to the sermon he preached on the day of Pentecost.

Acts 10:44-48 (ESV)
While Peter was still saying these things, the Holy Spirit fell on all who heard the word. And the believers from among the circumcised who had come with Peter were amazed, because the gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out even on the Gentiles. For they were hearing them speaking in tongues and extolling God. Then Peter declared, “Can anyone withhold water for baptizing these people, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?” And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to remain for some days.

Once again, baptism of the Holy Spirit leads to the teaching of baptism in the name of Jesus.
These are the only two instances of Holy Spirit baptism we find in the entire Bible.
Peter even had to defend the account in chapter 11 when he says in verse 17:

Acts 11:17-18 (ESV)
If then God gave the same gift to them as he gave to us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could stand in God’s way?” When they heard these things they fell silent. And they glorified God, saying, “Then to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance that leads to life.”

Baptism of the Holy Spirit is not the “one baptism” Paul speaks about in Ephesians 4.

The “One Baptism”

What’s the “one baptism?” It’s the baptism Jesus commands when he comes back from the dead.

It’s found at the end of Matthew:

Matthew 28:18-20 (ESV)
And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

It’s found at the end of Mark:

Mark 16:15-16 (ESV)
And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

It’s found at the end of Luke:

Luke 24:46-47 (ESV)
and said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

How are sins forgiven? they are washed away in the “one baptism.”

Romans 6:3-5 (ESV)
Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his.

How can a person be united with Christ in a resurrection like His if they have not be united with Him in a death like His?

Galatians 3:27-28 (ESV)
For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

1 Peter 3:20-21 (ESV)
God’s patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water. Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

Baptism now saves you. Its not a bath, your dirt is not being washed away, your sins are being washed away.

The Timeline

Let’s recap for a moment.

The earth is symbolically baptized during Noah’s time.
The Israelites are symbolically baptized during Moses’s time.
The Jews are baptized to repentance during John’s time.
The apostles are baptized by the Holy Spirit in Acts 2.
Peter preaches the one baptism in Acts 2:38

Then it really starts to take off…

3,000 Jews are baptized into Christ in Acts 2.
Thousands more in Acts 4 (the number is up to 5,000 according to Acts 4:4.)
Simon the sorcerer and the Ethiopian Eunuch are baptized in Acts 7 and they go away rejoicing!
Saul, the biggest enemy of the church is baptized in Acts 8.
Cornelius, the first gentile to be baptized, is baptized in Acts 10.
The Philippian Jailer another gentile, is baptized in Acts 16.

It goes on and on and on! They are baptizing, immersing, plunging, dunking, burying everyone they can in water to wash away their sins! (Acts 22:16)

Wait, They Were Baptized Twice?

Turn to Acts 19.

Acts 19:1-5 (ESV)
And it happened that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the inland country and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples. And he said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” And they said, “No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.” And he said, “Into what then were you baptized?” They said, “Into John’s baptism.” And Paul said, “John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, Jesus.” On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

The Ephesians were baptized twice. Remember that. Paul was in Ephesus here in Acts 19. The Ephesians were baptized twice.
Now let’s turn to the book of Ephesians. But remember, the Ephesians were baptized twice.

False teachers use Paul’s letter to the church at Ephesus incorrectly, especially chapter 2. Let’s keep it in its context starting in chapter 1.

Ephesians 1:1-2 (ESV)
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God,
To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus:
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Paul’s letter was written to the saints, the saved, ones who were baptized twice, the church at Ephesus, the same people he talked to in Acts 19.

Now notice the past tenses in the following verses:

Ephesians 2:1-10 (ESV)
And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

False teachers try to use Ephesians 2 to show that baptism is a work, and is not necessary. Remember, the Ephesians were baptized not once, but twice!

If Paul is telling the Ephesians in chapter 2 that they are not saved by works, and Paul is the same one that told them to be baptized a second time in a correct manner in Acts 19, then baptism is NOT a work.

Why would Paul tell the Ephesians to be baptized a second time, CORRECTLY, in Acts 19, and then write a letter to them telling them they don’t have to be baptized in chapter 2, and then tell them in chapter 4 that there’s only “one baptism?” Don’t listen to anyone who tries to use Ephesians 2 to say baptism is not required. Remember, they were baptized twice!

This brings up the point of making sure you are baptized correctly. Because if you were baptized in a Baptist church, Pentecostal church, Methodist church, Cowboy church, etc, chances are you were taught that you were saved BEFORE you were baptized. If you believed you were already saved before you were baptized, plunged, dunked, buried in the water, then you were baptized for show and for repentance, not for the washing away of your sins. You were baptized into John’s baptism, you have not been baptized into Christ.

Again, in Ephesus, when Paul was speaking to the Ephesians, he said:

Acts 19:4 (ESV)
“John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, Jesus.”

There is one more type of baptism found in scripture. turn to Matthew 3:11

The Baptism of Fire

Matthew 3:11 (ESV)
“I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

There are some who would teach that the baptism of fire is a good thing. That the baptism of fire is some kind of energetic, empowering, motivational, flaming fire of a faith. But look at the surrounding two verses:

Matthew 3:10-12 (ESV)
10 Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
11 “I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
12 His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.”

The word “fire” cannot be a negative thing in verse 10 and 12 and be a positive thing in verse 11. Some have tried to attribute this to being the tongues of fire on the apostles on the day of Pentecost. Let’s read it again:

Acts 2:3 (ESV)
And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them.

The text says it was tongues LIKE fire and that they rested ON them. That’s not baptism. Don’t forget the definition. Were they baptized, immersed, plunged, dunked, buried in fire?

There’s only one thing in scripture describes as being baptized, immersed, plunged, dunked, buried in fire.

Revelation 20:12-15 (ESV)
And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done. And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done. Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

To be baptized, immersed, plunged, dunked, buried in fire is not a good thing. But it is what will happen to anyone who is not in Christ.

2 Thessalonians 1:5-10 (ESV)
This is evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are also suffering— since indeed God considers it just to repay with affliction those who afflict you, and to grant relief to you who are afflicted as well as to us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might, when he comes on that day to be glorified in his saints, and to be marveled at among all who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed.

Even the earth will be baptized in fire.

2 Peter 3:10-13 (ESV)
But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.
Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness, waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn! But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.

Which Baptism Will You Choose?

You can’t partake in the baptisms of Noah, Moses, John, or The Holy Spirit.

Your only two options are the either the “one baptism” of salvation in the name of Jesus, or the baptism of fire.

Think about it.