{"id":27015,"date":"2011-04-01T20:48:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-02T01:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=27015"},"modified":"2020-11-07T20:51:51","modified_gmt":"2020-11-08T02:51:51","slug":"did-i-receive-the-baptism-of-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/did-i-receive-the-baptism-of-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Did I receive the baptism of fire?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h2>Question:<\/h2>\n<p>Last night my pastor opened an altar call for the baptism of fire. After I received the baptism I felt as if I had a sunburn coming from the inside out. Have you ever heard of this experience before, or was I just wanting a sign from God and it was in my mind? Please send an answer.<\/p>\n\t<h2>Answer:<\/h2>\n<p>Here is a case where a phrase is pulled from the Bible and made into something that is nothing like what was originally discussed:<\/p>\nSee:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/please-explain-the-baptism-of-fire\/\">Please explain the &#8220;baptism of fire.&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/how-was-johns-baptism-different-from-jesus-baptism\/\">How was John&#8217;s baptism different from Jesus&#8217; baptism?<\/a>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;<em>The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness<\/em>&#8221; (II Thessalonians 2:9-12).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Last night my pastor opened an altar call for the baptism of fire. After I received the baptism I felt as if I had a sunburn coming from the inside out. Have you ever heard of this experience before, or was I just wanting a sign from God and it was in my mind?&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[213,363],"class_list":["post-27015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-baptism-of-the-holy-spirit","tag-miracles"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13245,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/please-explain-the-baptism-of-fire\/","url_meta":{"origin":27015,"position":0},"title":"Please explain the &#8220;baptism of fire&#8221;","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"November 8, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Please explain the \"baptism of fire.\" Thank you. Answer: The concept of a baptism of fire comes from a statement made by John the Baptist. \"And even now the ax is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":20823,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/do-you-know-of-the-baptism-of-fire\/","url_meta":{"origin":27015,"position":1},"title":"Do you know of the baptism of fire?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"November 10, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Do you know of the baptism of fire? Answer: See:\u00a0Please explain the \"baptism of fire.\" Question: [unedited] So do you want to know how it is done?\u00a0 It has to do with following in the footsteps of Christ and the commitments you make along the way\u2026 for me I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":14284,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/how-was-johns-baptism-different-from-jesus-baptism\/","url_meta":{"origin":27015,"position":2},"title":"How was John&#8217;s baptism different from Jesus&#8217; baptism?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 9, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I have some questions about John's baptism. I've read about how it was a fulfillment of prophecy to prepare the way, but I'm really confused about what that really means and what the point of John's baptism was. 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