BAPTISM OF FIRE

(en pneumati hagio kai puri): This expression is used in Matthew 3:11. The copulative kai requires that the baptism "in the Holy Ghost and in fire," should be regarded as one and the same thing. It does violence to the construction, therefore, to make this statement refer to the fire Of judgment. The difficulty has always been in associating fire with the person of the Holy Ghost. But in the connection of fire with the work or influence of the Holy Ghost the difficulty disappears. The thought of John is that the Saviour would give them the Divine Sanctifier as purifying water to wash away their sins and as a refining fire to consume their dross; to kindle in their hearts the holy flame of Divine love and zeal; to illuminate their souls with heavenly wisdom. The statement, therefore, in this verse indicates the manner in which Christ will admit them to discipleship and prepare them for His service.

See BAPTISM; FIRE.

Jacob W. Kapp

The Baptism in Fire
... ST. MATTHEW Chaps. I to VIII THE BAPTISM IN FIRE. 'He shall baptize you
with the Holy Ghost, and with fire.'"Matthew 3:11 There ...
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The Fire to be Kindled. --The Baptism of Sufferings. ...
... Section 212. The Fire to be Kindled."The Baptism of Sufferings."Christianity
not Peace, but a Sword. (Luke, xii., 49-53.). "I ...
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The Two Baptisms
... That is to pass from the discipleship of John to the discipleship of Jesus, from
the baptism by water to the baptism by fire, from the spirit of the Advent ...
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Concerning Faith and Baptism.
... baptized with the Holy Spirit and with fire, not many days hence: [2325] or else
it is because of the baptism of future fire wherewith we are to be chastized. ...
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John's Witness to Jesus, and God's
... universal. So John saw that His coming would part men into two classes, according
as they submitted to His baptism of fire or not. The ...
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The Baptism of the Spirit
... The one shows how the Baptism of the Spirit provides the inward spring, the inward ...
the necessities of your hearts and lives than a picture of a fire will warm ...
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Fire on Earth
... but rather division.' The fire, the baptism, and the sword; these three may sum
up our Lord's vision of the purpose, means, and mingled result of His mission. ...
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Blessed be He that Ordained Baptism, for the Atonement of the Sons ...
... our Saviour, that with fire and the Spirit He should baptize."Lo! the fire
and the Spirit, my brethren, in the baptism of truth. ...
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John i. 24, 25. Of the Baptism of John, that of Elijah, and that ...
... tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire." This
is as much as to say to them: Since you have come to baptism without having ...
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Of John's Baptism.
... about to follow in Christ: for in that John used to preach "baptism for the ... that
One would shortly come who would baptize in the Spirit and fire;" [8653] "of ...
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