And he was preaching, saying, “After me One is coming who is mightier than I, and I am not fit to bend down and untie the straps of His sandals. I baptized you with water; but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”
The essence is the baptism of the Holy Spirit. The baptism of the Holy Spirit is the same now as it was in the early church. It is the baptism of the Holy Spirit that we should receive now.
The event where Jesus asked them to be baptized with the Holy Spirit also happens to us. All we need to do is believe in Jesus. And pray like the disciples did. Without prayer, there is no experience of the Holy Spirit, and without the experience of the Holy Spirit, people do not change.
Excerpt from the sermon by Pastor Lee, Jan 17, 2024.
Mar 1:2-8