Christian Healing Ministry - Devotionals

Devotional for September 20, 2026

BAPTISM OF FIRE

SCRIPTURE READING - 📖 Luke 3:16

John answered saying to all, “I indeed baptize you with water; but One mightier than I is coming, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

Additional Verses

📖 Luke 3:1-22; John 14:12-31; Acts 19:1-10

Many children of God do not understand the significance of baptism into the Christian Faith. When you are born again and you are baptized into Christ Jesus, you enter into a special covenant with Christ. You become a new creation just as 2 Corinthians 5:17 says, “Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” It is just like when fire is set to burn and destroy dry grass. The dry grass will be burnt to ashes and will be remembered no more. What will come out from the ground will completely be new grass that is green and with no connection to the former dry grass that existed before. In Matthew Chapter 3: 11, John the Baptist declares, "I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Ghost and fire." Before Jesus Christ ascended to heaven, he commanded his disciples not to do anything at all until they had received the baptism of the Holy Spirit which is the baptism of fire. Acts 1:4-5 says, "And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, "which," He said, "you have heard from Me. For John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now." Acts Chapter 2 is an account of the Apostles' experience of the baptism of Fire. "When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. Then there appeared to them divided tongues as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance." The Apostles were completely transformed and they were filled with boldness to witness for the LORD Jesus Christ. They were filled with the dynamic ability to cause changes to lives. Many children of God today even though they are immersed in water as they are baptized in their different Churches, do not at all experience the baptism of fire. Their lives continue to manifest their old character of the old man. They continue to be victims to satanic powers. Once you go through the baptism of fire, demons will flee from you, sicknesses will flee from your system because of the fire of the LORD that will be burning in you. It is not optional for you to receive the baptism of fire, but a must. Take note that the LORD Jesus Christ would not allow the disciples to begin to go about witnessing for Him until they had received the Baptism of the Holy Spirit and Fire. Without this baptism commanded by the Lord Jesus Christ Himself, your witnessing will not be effective at all. Seek to be baptized with the Holy Spirit and fire and I tell you mighty works will begin to manifest in your life. The Lord Jesus Christ says in John 14:12, “Verily, verily, l say unto you, he that believeth on Me, the works that l do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because l go unto my Father.” Your commission as a child of God is to witness for the Lord Jesus Christ and win souls from darkness to His marvelous light. Alleluia.

Prayer

Thank You Father, for teaching me on the significance of baptism into the Christian faith. I pray that I am able to maintain my baptism in Christ Jesus so that mighty works of the Holy Spirit may be made manifest through me. In Jesus Christ's name I pray, Amen.