The Difference of Jesus's Water Baptism (TMF:2989)
Thursday, October 22, 2026
by Daniel Litton Listen to the Feature
Nevertheless, longterm, this baptism of the Spirit would include the most important point of all, and that is that God is always with us. God himself indwelling us. Jesus would die on the cross, he would rise, but he would ascend back to Heaven. That’s because of the Jewish people’s rejection of him. So, the Holy Spirit would indwell believers, and does so to this day. Thirdly, now that God is always with his people, we know that the Spirit seals the choice of salvation in those who willingly choose to count on Jesus’ sacrifice for sins, and his rising from the dead. It is as the Apostle Paul told the Ephesians early on: “In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory” (Ephesians 1:13-14, ESV). And that’s the fourth thing, there at the end of the verse, our inheritance.