Lucas 3
J. Vernon McGee · Citado em PreceptAustin
Lucas 3
Vernon McGee - This is a practical message that John gave to these people who came from different classes and conditions. My friend, if you are a printer, you reveal that you are a Christian by the way you print. If you are a soldier, you reveal your Christianity by the way you soldier. If you are a housewife, you reveal your Christianity by the way you are a housewife. You reveal what you are. "Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them" (Matt. 7:20+). (See Thru the Bible) Robert Neighbour - The believer is a child of light, and he should walk no longer in darkness. God's message is the same throughout the whole Bible—"Be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the Lord." (Wells of Living Water) Kent
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Vernon McGee - John baptized with water. Jesus has been baptizing with the Holy Spirit for over nineteen hundred years now. He shall also baptize with fire at His Second Coming. Fire speaks of judgment. Some folk think that this is a reference to the Day of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit came, and there was the appearance of fire on the heads of those assembled. However, it is important to notice that in Acts 2:3+ it was "...like as of fire..." (italics mine) -- it was not fire. The coming of the Holy Spirit was not the fulfillment of the baptism of fire. That will take place at the Second Coming of our Lord. (See Thru the Bible) Ryrie agrees with Criswell, MacArthur and McGee - The baptism with the Holy Spirit occurred on the Day of Pentecost, whereas the baptism with fire refers to the judgments accompanying the Second coming of Christ. (Borrow the Ryrie Study Bible Expanded Edition) Darrell Bock writes "The Holy Spirit and fire, then, represent two integral aspects of Jesus' ministry. He comes to gather and to divide (Lk 12:49-53+; Lk 17:29-30+). The offer of the Spirit must be received. Those who respond are purged and taken in, while those who reject are tossed away like chaff, as verse 17 suggests. (IVP Commentary) Kent