John 1:29-34 29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! 30 This is the one I meant when I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’ 31 I myself did not know him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that he might be revealed to Israel.” 32 Then John gave this testimony: “I saw the Spirit come down from heaven as a dove and remain on him. 33 And I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’ 34 I have seen and I testify that this is God’s Chosen One.”
Here John the Baptist says that the Lord Jesus is the Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world. In the Old Testament, if someone sinned, they had to offer animals sacrifice such as lambs or other animals as a sin offering so that their sins would be forgiven. In the New Testament, animals sacrifice is no longer required as a sin offering. In order to save the world, God sent his only son, Jesus Christ, into the world, he was crucified on the cross. As the lamb of God, he became the sin offering for the world. He is sinless and became the sin offering for the world in order to save the world, which showed the great love of God. The name Jesus means God saves, that is, he will save his people from their sins. Here again John the Baptist talked about Jesus was before him, that is, Jesus was with God in the beginning. John testified again that he saw the Holy Spirit, like a dove descending from heaven, remain on Jesus. God sent John to baptize people with water, and God said to him, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’ John saw it with his own eyes, it proved that Jesus was the Son of God. Here we see once again that God is the Trinity, namely Father, Son and the Holy Spirit. The Father told John that the Holy Spirit would descend like a dove on the Son, Jesus, the Son of God, and Jesus would baptize people with the Holy Spirit.
Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.(Acts 2:38)
Here Jesus’ disciple apostle Peter wanted people to repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ so that their sins would be forgiven. And they should receive the Holy Spirit, that is, the Holy Spirit will indwell on them, live in them, and live in their hearts. When a person is baptized and born again and be saved, he is waking on the path to heaven and to eternal life.
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