Baptized for the Dead

Jesus said to the Samaritan woman: But whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.” John 4:14 Why could Jesus be sure that after drinking the water that He gives a person would never thirst? Jesus could be sure is because He is the fountain of living waters. The bible says:  O LORD, the hope of Israel,  All who forsake You shall be ashamed.  “Those who depart from Me  Shall be written in the earth,  Because they have forsaken the LORD,  The fountain of living waters.”  Jeremiah 17:13 So if Jesus is the fountain of living waters and Jesus does this mean that you and I only need to drink once or better yet does this mean that we will only want to drink once? The answer is no. The bible says:  Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,   For they shall be filled. Matthew 5:6 An...

Jesus said in Luke 11:13: If you then, being evil,  know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him! Luke 11:13 It is clear then that we need to ask God to receive the Holy Spirit. But is it enough to simply ask? Are there any other conditions that need to be met in order to receive the Spirit of God. In the book of Acts the apostle Peter said to the Pharisees: And we are His witnesses to these things, and so also is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey Him. Acts 5:32 Peter makes it clear that God gives the Holy Spirit to those that obey Him. But what are we supposed to  obey? In Acts 10 Peter was called by God to go and share the truth about Jesus with a Roman centurion, Cornelius, and his men. So Peter went, told them about Jesus and said: 43 To Him all the prophets witness that, through His name, whoever believes in Him will receive remission of sins.”  44 ...