born of water

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Originally Posted by Sean

Did you know, that if someone NEVER gets baptized after receiving the Holy Ghost, and continues in sin, that they are not saved?

Why are they not saved?

They have received the Spirit, Right?

The Spirit alone does not guarantee salvation, it is primarily a tool used by God to cause us to become hungry for spiritual things, like wanting to be baptized and giving us a desire to stop sinning.


That is why the Bible terms WATER BAPTISM for the REMISSION of sins.

Spirit infilling is not for the remission of sins, but to lead a soul to get themselves water baptized for the remission of sins.

We both believe baptism is part of the plan of salvation. I'm a Jesus name guy, but my point is I disagree with your description of a person filled with the Spirit, but that has not yet been water baptized. When a person is filled with the Spirit the life of Christ enters that person. They are born again, born of the Spirit. They have been made a new creature in Christ. Their heart and spirit has experienced a transformation and life giving regeneration. The inner man has been rebirthed.

So, my point is the Spirit of Christ puts the life of Christ in a believer and it is testimony and confirmation from God that he has honored the recipient's faith in Jesus and has forgiven their sins. (God doesn't fill unforgiven people. The Spirit bears witness of our sins being forgiven and that we are a part of the family of God) None of this does away with the fact that the Spirit filled believer must be baptized in Jesus name. Peter commanded this, but a person filled with the Spirit now has the life of Christ within them.