Morning Manna: Start Your Day with God’s Word

FRIDAY, 6 SEPTEMBER 2024

TEXT: Acts 19:1-10

1. While Apol’los was at Corinth, Paul passed through the upper country and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples.

2. And he said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” And they said, “No, we have never even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”

3. And he said, “Into what then were you baptized?” They said, “Into John’s baptism.”

4. And Paul said, “John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, Jesus.”

5. On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

6. And when Paul has laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them; and they spoke with tongues and prophesied.

7. There were about twelve of them in all.

8. And he entered the synagogue and for three months spoke boldly, arguing and pleading about the kingdom of God;

9. but when some were stubborn and disbelieved, speaking evil of the Way before the congregation, he withdrew from them, taking the disciples with him, and argued daily in the hall of Tyran’nus.

10. This continued for two years, so that all the residents of Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.

(Revised Standard Version Holy Bible)

TOPIC: WHAT BAPTISM DID YOU RECEIVED?

Baptism is one of the Christian sacraments by which one is received into the church as a member. This is done through dipping the person in water.

Paul explained to the people that baptism in Christ brings about renewal of life, the identification of a disciple or person to the death and resurrection of Christ – through which one is cleansed physically and spiritually.

The baptism of John was simply an outward sign of repentance but the baptism of Christ is a sign of the new life in Christ.

Speaking in tongues does not result from baptism but is a result of faith in Christ to show that He has the power to transform the lives of all who come to Him.

QUESTION: Has baptism resulted in the renewal of your life or are you still living in sin?

PRAYER: Dear Lord, help me to live a life of holiness that is physically and spiritually aligned with the knowledge of Christ, in Jesus name. Amen.