tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2675473586657538589.post8734926677093554657..comments2023-07-28T09:47:26.239-04:00Comments on Law and Gospel: The Temptation of IndifferenceLaw+Gospelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04635380643783565043noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2675473586657538589.post-30239346294395061852015-02-22T20:49:11.474-05:002015-02-22T20:49:11.474-05:00Often times when we think of being "filled wi...Often times when we think of being "filled with the Holy Spirit" we grapple with manifestations of the Spirit such as speaking in tongues or being slain in the Spirit and other phenomenon that seem a bit creepy to some non-Pentecostal Christians. I have rarely thought about being infused with the Holy Spirit in connection with water baptism, but then, of course, there is only 'one Lord, one faith and one baptism'. So, when we are immersed, sprinkled, or whatever the means by which we experience physical baptism, it is merely the outward evidence or sign of what has hopefully been performed within our hearts, souls, and minds by the work of the Holy Spirit. Just as the washed sow returns to wallowing in her mire, unless there is that Divinely radical transformation from within that washes us from our filthiness, physical baptism is little more than a variation of taking a bath/shower. Thank you for provoking me to thinking about the subject of baptism.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944957189650637877noreply@blogger.com