What is the one true baptism of the Holy Spirit for today?
The one true baptism of the Holy Spirit for today is the work of the Holy Spirit at salvation whereby every believer is placed into the Body of Christ. It is not water baptism. This baptism is necessary for glory, and those who have it are written in the Lamb's Book of Life.
Les explains that 1 Corinthians 12:12-13 uses the human body as a comparison: as the body is one and has many members, so also is Christ, or the body of Christ. All believers are brought into it and become members, never losing individuality but part of the composite. The only true baptism of the Holy Spirit for today is that by one Spirit all believers—not just the most spiritual—are baptized into the Body of Christ. This is not water baptism; it is a work of the Holy Spirit that at the moment of salvation places us into the Body of Christ. Les teaches that everyone must have this baptism to be in glory, and if you have it, your name is written in the Lamb's Book of Life. He also uses the analogy of a baby in the mother's womb for nine months.
For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
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Does 1 Corinthians 12:13 mean we are baptized in water or baptized by the Spirit?
In 1 Corinthians 12:13 the "one Spirit" by whom all are baptized is identified as the Holy Spirit, so this baptism is a Spirit baptism, not a water baptism — the verse is as dry as a bone with not a drop of water in it.