Water Baptism
Baptism is a significant moment in the life of a believer. Being baptized in water is an outward expression of the inward change of new life in Jesus (Galatians 3:27). The old person you once were has passed away and the new person you are in Christ is alive and well!

Water baptism is a way to demonstrate that you have aligned yourself with Jesus. For a believer, going under that water symbolizes the death of the old person before salvation. Coming up out of the water symbolizes rising up into new life in Jesus (Romans 6:4). Jesus died for us publicly. We are to live for Him outwardly, before the world.

Baptism in the Holy Spirit
Jesus promised that after He died and rose again He would send us another Helper — the Holy Spirit, the third Person of the Trinity. This promise of the Holy Spirit is for every person when he or she receives Jesus as Savior. When we are born again, He comes to live within us. He comforts, guides, and teaches us and He helps us understand God’s Word and will (John 14:26; John 16:13; 1 Corinthians 2:13).

According to the Bible, the baptism in the Holy Spirit is a separate event that happens after a person has become a Christian (John 20:22; Acts 1:5). It is a baptism of power and fullness (Acts 1:8). It gives us the ability to receive and function in the gifts of the Holy Spirit so that we can benefit the global Church — the Body of Christ — and carry the message of Jesus Christ to the world (Luke 24:49; Mark 16:17). One of those abilities is speaking or praying in tongues — speaking a language that you don’t know so that you can communicate directly from your spirit to God.

The baptism in the Holy Spirit is for every believer today! God is good, and He wants you to have all the good things He has provided for you — including the Holy Spirit (Luke 11:13). Read Acts 2 to learn more about the Holy Spirit and His purpose and power.

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