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Spiritual Not Physical Prt 2









And I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is the one who will baptise with the Holy Spirit." - John 1:33

The Spirit of God came down and remained in Jesus, and He baptises. But He doesn't baptise with water, but with power and the Holy Ghost.
" ‘You heard from me, for John baptized with water, but before many days you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’” (Acts 1:4–5)

Baptism with the Holy Ghost is different from the baptism of water. Being baptised with water doesn't make you a Christian - no, it is believing in Jesus that does. Christian comes from the word, 'Christ' turning the meaning into, follower of Christ. Following Christ is much more than the phrase. It means to carry your cross(Matthew 16:24) and let Him do everything. And, I agree, it is much harder than what it says. It means abandoning yourself, and becoming pure. That's step 1. Step 2 is to follow Jesus without doubt and full of unchangeable faith. Your faith should say: 'With God everything is possible'. Doubts will come where you will face times where you want to 'curse God to His face' (Job 1:11)
Let's look at Job (pronounced 'Jobe'). Everything was taken away from him, by SATAN. God does not take away His blessings, it is Satan. Satan needs permission from you, to be able to activate his plan. He can get that permission through SIN. Job asked God why, out of ignorance. But we can learn something from him, but he soon found out that to challenge the Lord is like trying to catch a cheater by yourself with nothing (not even traps). The devil is out to make his world a more sinful environment and he uses anything. Anything-it-takes is probably his favourite motto. If we don't guard our hearts with God's Word, things get nasty fast.
"For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places." - Ephesians 6:12 NASB.


Many so-called Christians aim there fight at humans. But they don't find or aim for the source. Let's look at an aeroplane for example. When it breaks down, would you blame the aeroplane or the engine? The engine because that is the source. Everyone has a spirit, and everyone is controlled by Satan or Jesus. We were all born into sin, and if we don't repent we act out of our sin. But if we do, we are now adopted into Jesus Christ.
"God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure." - Ephesians 1:5

Notice in Ephesians 6:12, Paul said 'And against the spiritual forces of wickedness.." concluding that our battle is spiritual and not physical


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