Welcome to an enlightening journey exploring the profound depths of the Christian faith. Prepare to have your understanding enriched like never before as we discuss the profound significance of baptism in the name of Jesus. It's not merely a title, it's a name - a name through which we find salvation as pointed out in Acts 4:12. Discover the divine revelation of God as the father incarnate in Jesus, the son in redemption, and the Holy Spirit within us. Remember, the key to unlocking these truths is context – the single most important tool in biblical interpretation. Would you like to understand the bible in a completely new light? Then this episode is for you.
In our journey, we won't stop at baptism. We'll take you through the extraordinary experience of receiving the Holy Ghost. Wondering how you can tell if you've received it? We'll answer that too. We'll explore the rich symbolism behind the tearing of the veil in the temple, signifying the removal of separation between God and man. Experience the peace and joy ushered in through the Holy Ghost, and challenge the idea that some may not need to receive it. And as we get into the holiday season, we'll inspire you with ways to spread cheer and kindness. Get ready to be moved, inspired, and enlightened. This episode is sure to enrich your faith journey!
Welcome to an enlightening journey exploring the profound depths of the Christian faith. Prepare to have your understanding enriched like never before as we discuss the profound significance of baptism in the name of Jesus. It's not merely a title, it's a name - a name through which we find salvation as pointed out in Acts 4:12. Discover the divine revelation of God as the father incarnate in Jesus, the son in redemption, and the Holy Spirit within us. Remember, the key to unlocking these truths is context – the single most important tool in biblical interpretation. Would you like to understand the bible in a completely new light? Then this episode is for you.
In our journey, we won't stop at baptism. We'll take you through the extraordinary experience of receiving the Holy Ghost. Wondering how you can tell if you've received it? We'll answer that too. We'll explore the rich symbolism behind the tearing of the veil in the temple, signifying the removal of separation between God and man. Experience the peace and joy ushered in through the Holy Ghost, and challenge the idea that some may not need to receive it. And as we get into the holiday season, we'll inspire you with ways to spread cheer and kindness. Get ready to be moved, inspired, and enlightened. This episode is sure to enrich your faith journey!
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Welcome to today's episode of Walk With Me. I am your host, jj. It's so good to see each and every one of you on this podcast. I could see that my C, of course, is not a video, but I can tell people who are listening and downloading and it's like a feedback that you get every time somebody does. I really do appreciate it. It humbles me, each and every one of you that take the moment to listen to this podcast. I can be listening to any other podcast so many other voices out there saying similar things, but not quite the same. But God brought you here and it's not because of me, it's only because of him, and I thank you all so much for eating the voice of God, the draw of God, because, as the Bible say, no man can come to God except God draws him. So I thank you. That is not JJ's voice, it's not anything else, is just that God that brought you here and you were obedient and sympathetic to the spirit.
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Last week, we were talking about repentance and baptism and how important that was, but what a lot of people picked up. One was, you know, I kept saying in Jesus name and, and some of them, some of you guys, have emailed me and asked why was that so important? That I'm, you know, mentioned that, and if you have any questions or anything like that, email me at walkwithmebiblestudyatgmailcom. Walk with me, bible study, all one word, all lowercase, at gmailcom. If I have Enough questions, I can make an episode of it, like we have here. A lot of people ask me why is the name of Jesus? Why are you keep saying baptize in the name of Jesus Christ and and when? And I know why. I know why the question is such a prominent question because some of us were baptized Tight and the father, son, the holy ghost, and some of us are baptized in Jesus name and some people are baptized in other ways, but the Bible only talks about it In Jesus name and we are going to kind of explain why that is. We were talking last week about the name of Jesus and we were talking about it in the in the order of the Great Commission.
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Matthew 28, 19 talks about a baptize in the name, which is singular, of Jesus Christ, or the father, son, the holy ghost which is Jesus Christ. Now, this father, son and holy ghost there these are titles. These are not named. Fathers are named just like If you were parent, if you're either your father or mother, that's a title to you, a Son, and if, if you're a son or a daughter, that is a title of the role that you are playing in that family. So, but that is not your name. Now, I know none of us can be a holy ghost, but if we're coworkers or if we're friends, or if we're best friends, or we're right or die homies, all of these are titles that describe our relationship To whoever it is that that title applies to. So, to my co-workers I am a co-worker, I am not the boss, I am a co-worker, but that is also not my name. But in this Matthew 28, 19, god actually reveals himself as the father incarnate in Jesus, as Jesus, and he brings himself out as father in the incarnation, brings himself out as a son in redemption and then turn around at this in the same sentence brings himself out as the Holy Spirit would generate from the inside Right.
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And now here's where this is where some of this happens In Acts, chapter 4 and 12. Now, this is all in the King James version. If, if you knew relatively new to the podcast, we have a rule here. The rule is, whether we're talking about a scripture or anything like that, always read a verse or two above the verse or two below, but we prefer to read the entire chapter of what, because context is key. Context is important.
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So in Acts, chapter 4 and 12, there is something that that was said right there. Neither is there salvation in any other, or there is none other name under heaven given among men Whereby we must be saved. Now, what name are we talking about? What name was given under heaven? Father wasn't given under heaven, son wasn't. Neither was Holy Ghost Jesus. The name Jesus was given and and that word Jesus replaced Jehovah. But it didn't really replace Jehovah. It was a different language that it was being spoken in. Jehovah was spoken in the Hebrew, jesus was spoken in the Greek. They both have the Je and the suffix, which which Jehovah was God with us and Jesus was God saved. So in John 5 and 43 we'll talk more about that. Jesus actually says it and it would confuse someone if you thought that Jesus and God were two different people, because Jesus says I am coming my father's name, in my father's name, and you receive me not. If another shall come in his name, him you will receive.
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Now, when I was reading that subject and I've written that scripture getting ready for the podcast, and I was thinking about how people will Discredit the Bible or try to discredit the Bible, and one of their chief arguments is this you know, I don't believe the Bible because it was written by man. It's been translated by man and man hands are all in it. But the Bible says that this is the word of God, but you won't believe it because it's written in man's hands. But these same people who say they won't believe the Bible because it's written by man Will turn around and pick up a math book and believe everything in the math book, and you can prove everything in the math book. They'll pick up everything in a social studies book and believe everything in a social studies book. They'll pick up everything in the science book and believe everything in the science book, even though all three of those books Were written by man, I. So what is the real issue here? Is the real issue that is the real issue because the book was written by man, or is the real issue is that you didn't want to believe it and you were looking for a way out of it? That's the real issue.
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But again, jesus is talking about how he came with his father's name. So what is his father's name? His father's name is his son's name Jesus. I'm here in my father's name. I'm here in my father's name Matthew 1 and 21 and she shall bring forth the son. This is going to further lay a foundation for what he says in John 43 and she shall bring forth the son and shall call his name Jesus, or he shall save his people from their sins. No one could have saved the people from the sins except God himself. So if Jesus was able to save his people from his sins, then it makes sense to say Jesus was God manifest in the flesh.
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As a matter of fact, this is what also confuses the Trinitarian, because in John 14 and 26, but the comforter, which is the Holy Ghost shall the father send in my name shall teach you all things and bring all things to your remembrance whatsoever. I have said unto you and by saying it that way, and I get it. If you take that one scripture out of context, it makes you think there's another, there's another entity that's coming, but I came in my father's name and my father's going to send the Holy Ghost in my name. So wait a minute, if I'm coming, my father's name, that means I actually am coming in the Holy Ghost. You see how that works and I know by using the what, and this is why it's important and I'm only doing this for the interest of time you got to read the, the entire chapter on this, because Jesus will will further explain this to you.
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But we also saw this predicted or prophesied in the Old Testament, zachariah 14 and 9 and the Lord shall be king over all the earth, and that day there shall be one Lord and his name one. Up until that time, we're still talking about the Lord in the title. The name Lord is a title. It was never the name of God. As a matter of fact, there was a scripture where Jesus God said but by my name Jehovah. I was not known to them. So if you could consider that the Lord is a name, then that means Jehovah is also a separate God from Lord.
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So it's really when you try to reconcile that, that sort of doctrine, it makes sense now to sort of bring that all together. And when you realize that God is a singular spirit and can manifest himself in flesh and can manifest himself in other ways, then it starts to make a little bit more sense. But this is a revelation. This is a revelation that God will reveal unto you through thorough study and prayer. But yes, there is one God we know. His name is Jesus, is Jesus, is God manifesting the flesh, and that's the name given to us where, why we must be saved.
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We talked about it before, greatest the mystery of godliness, and it talks about how God was manifesting the flesh and seeing the angels and preach unto the world and recede up in the flesh. So it received up in the glory. But when I wait a minute, he was seen in the flesh. That was Jesus seen in the flesh. He was seen of angels. That was the hat to have been Jehovah. But Jehovah was Jesus and received up in the glory. Jesus was received up in the glory. So if that means if God is manifested, the greatest, the mystery of godliness, god is manifested in the flesh, and that means that Jesus is God, not was God is God.
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So now I hope that if you have any questions I can listen. Don't feel like if you ask, if I ask the question, I answer it. You know in a episode. Don't feel like you can't answer or follow the question. Please understand, I can do this all day. Get to this all day. I could.
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I love talking about God.
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I love talking about Jesus. I love talking about the Holy Spirit. I love talking about the things that will happen when Jesus is inside of you as the Holy Spirit I, the way that your life will change, as when you get the Holy Ghost. I, you know all of these things Bible, everything. I love talking about it. Continue to email. We can talk more. I, it is what it is, I love it and I respect you and I'm really happy that you are engaging with me this way. Joseph, you're listening. I just want to move on. I want to cover one thing real quick. Because we're talking about receiving the Holy Ghost, because this is the third step in the plan. This is the plan of salvation that was given to us to receive the Holy Ghost.
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Now, jesus actually spoke of this experience when he was talking to Nicodemus. We don't generally talk about this a lot, but in John 3 and 5, jesus said Verily, verily, I say unto you, except the man be born of the water and the spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. It doesn't say he may not be able to. It doesn't say it'll be more difficult for him to. The Bible says Jesus says he cannot enter the kingdom of God. Read John 3 and 3. As a matter of fact, just read the entire third chapter of John where he talks about this.
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And just to kind of verify this, paul came along long after Jesus was crucified and preached the same thing. He emphasized that when Romans 8 and 9 and a lot of people use eight and nine as a, as their own sort of version of Acts 238, as their own sort of plan of salvation. But listen to what Paul really was saying here you are not in the flesh but in the spirit. But here's the key part, right here, if the spirit of God dwell in you but when I wait a minute, that means you have already, have had to have gotten the Holy Ghost. That way, if applies Now, if any man have not the spirit of Christ, he is none of his. What spirit of Christ are we talking about? The Holy Spirit, the Holy Ghost? When did you get the Holy Ghost? If you didn't get the Holy Ghost, you are none of his, and I know this is very difficult to kind of wrap your head around if you've been using Romans 8 and 9 as a formula of salvation. But this is just the test of the salvation. This is the test of the plan of the salvation.
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Christ actually comes in and takes up a like a room in the house, in your, in your spirit, in your body. First, corinthians, six and nineteen what know you not that your body, your body, is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which you have of God, and you are not your own. Let me ask you something, walkers. Let me ask you something why do you think when Jesus died on the cross and the fleshly body of Jesus died on the cross, why do you think the veil was torn? Why do you think the veil was torn in the temple way over there? Jesus died on Calvary. He didn't die next to the temple when you got crucified. You basically got crucified out on the road somewhere, but the temple Way in Jerusalem. Where the temple was, the veil was torn from top to bottom and the, the holiest of polis, was exposed. Why do you think that is? Well, that was to symbolize that no longer would God be separated from man, that a man could access the Holy Spirit whenever he wanted to, whenever he needed to, and that Tearing was God removing the separation from himself.
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Term is people. We're not just talking about Jews here. We're talking about anybody willing to get the Holy Ghost. Now, this baptism of the Holy Ghost is promised to anyone who obeys God's commandment of repent and having faith in Jesus Christ, because faith you need faith to go through this whole repentance and baptism process. You got to believe that he is, you got to believe that he's a believer. You got to believe that he is. You got to believe that he's a reward of them that diligently seek him. And you also got to believe that there is such a thing called the Holy Ghost, and that thing that you now believe in cannot dwell inside you and actually move you and change you and fix you and save you. Not necessarily in that order, but the end of it is God saving. Peter told it.
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Now, peter spoke of it, the experience of the Holy Ghost. Later he described the feeling when you know when God came in and broke through you in the baptism of the Holy Ghost. First, peter 1 and 8. He's described it as joy and speakable. Whom, having not seen you love in whom you have seen him not, I'm sorry, in whom now you see him not, though you see him not, sorry yet, believing you, rejoice with joy Unspeakable, full of glory. We sing that song. Joy is speakable and full of glory, and we have no idea what we're talking. We're talking about the joy of Jesus, having that connection with Jesus in your spirit, in your heart, deep, just deep inside it. Romans 4 and 18 for the kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Ghost. Over talking about joy here, okay, so how do you know that you have the Holy Ghost today? Hmm, now, now I could actually I could spend four episodes just on this question and and in this question here.
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Acts to 1 through 3 records very first time out for the Holy Ghost. And and the believers in the upper room spoken of the time acts to 1 through 3, and when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all one accord in one place, and suddenly there came the sound of heaven as the rushing mighty wind and it filled all the house where they were sitting and there appeared, to the clothing, tongues that took the fire to set upon each day, and they all spoke the tongue as they received the Holy Ghost. And. And then one version says as the spirit gave them, matter fact, and they all feel with the Holy Ghost and begin to speak with other tongues as two and four, as the spirit gave them utterance. This is a legitimate question. Now. Who spoke in tongues and scriptures? I Want you to do that and then go ahead and send me an email of who spoke in tongues and scriptures. But it was everybody in the upper room, not sorry, I just gave you the answer yes, everybody in the upper room.
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That day, 120 people were filled in the upper room and among them was Mary, the mother of Jesus. Jesus is for half brothers and all the disciples. So now, if she, if Mary, had had to get the Holy Ghost, how is it that we can justify us not having to get the Holy Ghost? Jesus is for half brothers had to get the Holy Ghost. How is it we can justify not having to get the Holy Ghost? If all of the disciples, who we now like to call saints, had to get the Holy Ghost, how is it that we can justify not getting the Holy Ghost the same way they got it? Remember, we talk about how God is no respect to a person and these are absolutely people. It's like we're people. So how is it they were able to get the Holy Ghost? How is it that they got the Holy Ghost and we can justify not having to get the Holy Ghost? This is something I wanted you to. Really. This is the real question I really wanted to get to.
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Okay, now, next week, we're going to talk about people who actually receive the Holy Ghost and how we knew that they got it. And I know, I know I just sort of tease that one. Really good, but it was. It wasn't just people that went up a room, it wasn't just those 120 people. There were thousands of people who got the Holy Ghost. There was thousands of people who were notified, who were, I'm sorry, described as having the Holy Ghost, and we'll talk about that. All right, in that time we're going to talk about a lot of different things, about when people got the Holy Ghost in a lot of different places, and they all had a couple things in common.
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Alright, until then, thank you so much for listening. Hope you guys are having a great holiday season. If you're listening to this and it's not a holiday season, yeah well, I guess that broke the first rule about dating a podcast, but that's okay. We just want everyone to know you have a great holiday season. Season for the season. And if you really want to do something nice for humanity, tell somebody that they are loved, smile at somebody, say hi, just, even if it's not going to sound like a creep, just smile and nod, and you know, just nod your head, like we used to do, like when you know people were feeling more loving towards each other, alright, that being said, I hope you have a great day. Thank you so much for listening. I'll see y'all on the next one.