Baptism-Immerse in the name of Christ

I have been in and out of the sea of a depth of 50 meters, and have gone through a depth of 48 meters in the sea.The depth of 50 meters came back alive after wearing an oxygen tank, and the depth of 48 meters passed through an undersea tunnel connected to Geoga Bridge and returned alive.Obviously, I went into the 50-meter-deep sea of death and came out again, passing through the 48-meter-deep sea where I could not go in and out.I came out alive without being killed by the oxygen tank, and I passed through the sea through a tunnel.I did not die but came out alive because of the oxygen tank, and I passed through the see through the tunnel.What I want to say is about baptism.In Noah's time, if there was no ark, everyone would be submerged in water and would surely die.However, Nowa's family of eight was saved from the water by the ark.It means that they are saved from judgment.The Bible says that this is baptism (1 Peter 3:21).They had to die, but they lived because of the ark. It explains that it is a sign of the resurrection of Christ and His resurrection in us.If Christ did not come by resurrection, water is judgment, but to those to whom Christ came by resurrection and life, water is salvation.Baptism is immersion, but to die is to die and to live is to live.Israel's crossing of the Red Sea is also called baptism (1 Corinthians 10:2). Crossing a shallow river where one cannot die is not baptism.It should be immersed.Israel already belonged to Moses who was delivered from the water and was saved from the water, but the Egyptian army without any spiritual guarantee drowned in the water.Likewise, water baptism is judgment on one side and salvation on the other side.Through the baptism, the land is healed like in the days of Noah.The word came to the healed land, and according to the word, they received the baptism of the Holy Spirit (1 Cor. 12:13), who became one body with Christ. However, John the Baptist, who discovered Jesus under the law, could not share the baptism of the Holy Spirit because he did not see the glory of the Lord to be obtained after the suffering of the cross.The baptism of the Holy Spirit can only be given by the Lord (Matthew 3:11).Those who have received the grace of the redemption of the cross of Christ are baptized to be immersed in the name of the Lord as those who died with Christ and were raised to life with Christ.The baptism of water is the sign of dying to sin and living again, but the baptism of the Holy Spirit is the coronation of the new creation, where the old self was crucified with Christ and resurrected with Christ.Therefore, the moment we become a new creation born again by following the death and resurrection of the Lord through the grace of redemption of the cross of Christ, we realize that we have become one spirit with the Lord in the Holy Spirit.These people can proclaim baptism in the name of Christ Jesus. The problem is that people who only know about water baptism insist on receiving the Holy Spirit while diligently telling the story of Jesus like Apollos, so they only see signs and wonders.When you are baptized according to the message of the cross of Christ, you will receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit to be immersed in the name of Christ.From then on, they become one body and one spirit with Christ and become the kingdom of God.As the Holy Spirit teaches and reminds us as a tutor, He repeatedly reminds us of the message of the cross of the Lord Jesus Christ, that is, the meaning of the baptism of the Holy Spirit, and makes us deny ourselves and draw closer to the Father by following the truth.On the path, you will move on to the fullness of the Holy Spirit.Always ponder the meaning of baptism in which you died with Christ and rose again with Christ according to the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ's redemption.It is the platform from which the spiritual blessings of the kingdom of God begin. Written by Ptr. Yohan Kim.Translated by  Nancy Chung COME AND SEE WORLD MISSION