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So I tried to lay great emphasis on the gospel of the baptism of Jesus and His Cross in every sermon. If there had been no baptism of Jesus. His Cross would be meaningless to all of us. These are the reasons why I have stressed His baptism repeatedly. My purpose is to make it clear to you. Until you are all blessed with the gospel of the water (the baptism of Jesus) and the Spirit, I would like to repeat it for you. I eagerly desire that all of you come to believe in the gospel of His baptism and the Cross in order to be saved from sin. And I am sure these sermons will lead you to be born again. ◄ CONTENTS ► H Y AVE OU H Y AVE OU TRULY BEEN TRULY BEEN B A B A ORN GAIN ORN GAIN WATER WATER OF AND OF AND THE SPIRIT? THE SPIRIT? PAUL C. JONG Hephzibah Publishing House A Division of THE NEW LIFE MISSION SEOUL, KOREA ◄ CONTENTS ► Thanks We would like to offer a prayer of thanks to the Lord for giving us the words of salvation and blessing us with the gospel of being born again of water and the Spirit. Thanks also to all the servants of God, Have you truly been born again of water and the Spirit? including Rev. Samuel J. Kim and Rev. John K. Copyright © 2002 by The New Life Mission Shin, who provided invaluable services in the All rights reserved. publication of this book; to Mrs. Jungpil Sul for translating it; to brothers and sisters in the No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any Hephzibah Publishing House; and to Elaine means–electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or Dawe of Kangwon National University and Ross otherwise–without the prior written permission of the Wallace of THE KOREA TIMES. They have all publisher and copyright owners. worked hard on this book. Thank you all again. Scripture quotations are from the New King James Version. I hope and pray that this book and the tapes accompanying it will help many souls to be born ISBN 89-8314-035-6 again, and I want to give real thanks again to all ◄ CONTENTS ► of those who worked so hard with us. I sincerely wish that our Lord will permit us to spread the gospel of being born again of water and the Spirit all over the world through those who believe in Jesus. With undying faith, I thank the Lord. PAUL C. JONG ◄ CONTENTS ► 8 Preface Preface We Must Be Born Again of Water and the Spirit God, when He created the heavens and the earth in the beginning, also created the eternal worlds, Heaven and hell. He created mankind in His own image, but, since the first man, Adam, sinned before God, all people have to die once. “And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment” (Hebrews 9:27). The death of our flesh is the passageway to eternal life. Those who are without sin shall enter the eternal world of Heaven and everlastingly enjoy being the children of God, while sinners will be thrown into “the lake of fire and brimstone” (Revelation 20:10) and be tormented ◄ CONTENTS ► 9 Preface day and night for all eternity. humankind. Therefore, all of humankind must be born In the Old Testament, God gave Israel the again. We have to be born again through our merciful law of redemption. This was so that on faiths, be redeemed from all our sins and become the Day of Atonement, all the sins of Israel for righteous. For only then can we enter the eternal that year could be expiated through the High Kingdom of Heaven. The Bible says, “Unless Priest, Aaron, by laying his hands on the head of one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot the ‘scapegoat’ and passing all the sins onto that enter the kingdom of God” (John 3:5). “To be scapegoat. born again of water and the Spirit” is the only These were the words of revelation, which way we can enter the eternal Kingdom of God. foretold the sacrifice of eternal atonement. It What, then, is this ‘water’ and ‘the Spirit’ that revealed the truth that all the sins of humanity allows us to be born again? The ‘water’ in the would be passed onto Jesus all at once, who Bible refers to ‘the baptism of Jesus.’ came in the flesh of a man, according to the will Why was Jesus, who is God, baptized by John of the Father. And He was baptized by John the the Baptist? Was it to show His humility? Was it Baptist who was the descendant of Aaron and the to proclaim Himself the Messiah? No, it wasn’t. representative of all humankind. When Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist When Jesus was baptized, He said to John, by means of ‘the laying on of hands’ (Leviticus “Permit it to be so now, for thus it is fitting for us 16:21), it was ‘one Man’s righteous act’ to fulfill all righteousness” (Matthew 3:15). (Romans 5:18), which took away all the sins of Here, ‘for thus’ means ‘by the laying on of ◄ CONTENTS ► 10 Preface hands,’ in order to pass all the sins of the world received the complete judgment for them in our onto Jesus, so that all righteousness might be place. fulfilled for all of us. The word ‘righteousness’ is ‘dikaiosune’ in Greek, and its meaning is “the fairest state” or “to be just in character or deeds The Water, Which Means with the implication of being righteous or the Baptism of Jesus, Is the Antitype fitting.” of Salvation Jesus had fulfilled all righteousness for all people through His baptism in a just and fitting Therefore, without having ‘the faith in the manner. Because Jesus took on all the sins of baptism of Jesus,’ we cannot be saved. That is people through His baptism, the next day, John why the Apostle Peter declared the water, which the Baptist testified, “Behold! The Lamb of God means the baptism of Jesus, to be “an antitype who takes away the sin of the world!” (John which now saves us” (1 Peter 3:21). 1:29) Today, most people who believe in Jesus do With all the sins of humankind on His not believe in the baptism of Jesus, the ‘water,’ shoulders, Jesus walked toward the Cross. He but only believe in His death on the Cross. But vicariously took the judgment for all the sins He will this kind of faith save sinners? Can we be had taken on Himself through His baptism. He redeemed from all our sins by believing only in died on the Cross, saying, “It is finished” (John the blood of Jesus? Can it give us salvation? 19:30). He took all our sins onto Himself and ◄ CONTENTS ►
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