✝SCRIPTURES:
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🕊Matthew 3:11-12 NKJV
V11. 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 Spirit and fire.
V12. His winnowing fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor, and gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

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🕊Isaiah 4:4-5. AMP
V4. After the Lord has washed away the [moral] filth of the daughters of Zion [pride, vanity, haughtiness] and has purged the bloodstains of Jerusalem from the midst of it by the spirit and blast of judgment and by the spirit and blast of burning and sifting.
V5. And the Lord will create over the whole site, over every dwelling place of Mount Zion and over her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory shall be a canopy (a defense of divine love and protection).

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🕊Isaiah 4:4_5 (KJV)
V4. When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the Spirit of burning.
V5. And the Lord will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence.
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✝COMMENT:
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🔥Matthew 3:11_12 & Isaiah 4:4_5 are talking about same thing. We can’t form a doctrine with 1 scripture. So these 2 different scriptures reaffirm a doctrine regarding baptism of fire. Many christians thought there is only 2 kinds of baptism, water baptism & baptism of Holy Spirit. Baptism of Holy Spirit includes fire burning of chaff. But it is not true.

🔥So many christians are baptized in Holy Spirit, but they are unable to release the fullness of the power of Holy Spirit, because of chaff or hindrances not burned away.
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Luke 24:49 AMP
And behold, I will send forth upon you what My Father has promised; but remain in the city [Jerusalem] until you are clothed with power from on high.
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🔥Baptism of Holy Spirit is for clothing us with power (luke 24:49), baptism of fire is to remove chaffs (Matthew 3:11_12) , they are for 2 different purposes.

🔥To rcvd baptism of fire, we must first understand His word on baptism of fire, and we must be willing to offer ourselves to the Spirit of burning. Because the Holy Spirit is a gentleman, He will not over ride our free will. Willingness to be purged has to be uttered verbally by faith. Not silent thinking.

🔥Chaffs are husks, useless part of a wheat, that hinders growth. We are all wheats, sons of God, not tares which are sons of Satan.

🔥Isaiah 4:4_5 (amplified version) is saying after the filth is purged by the Spirit of burning, then the glory will cover the ppl like a defence. Cover the ppl is talking about externally clothing us with His glory. It is a similar message to matt 3:11_12.

🔥Before Adam fell from grace, he was also covered with God’s glory. God wants to restore His original plan with us today & cover us with His glory.

🔥But we need His help – His blood to wash away our sins after repentance, and we need consecration & dedication , plus His baptism of fire to purge away filths such as demonic presence, fear, doubts, past disappointment that trigger fear & unbeliefs, that are crippling our rising to our callings, wrong moral values, lust of the eyes, lust of the flesh & pride of life, trusting in our riches. We can’t achieve holiness by our own strength alone. We need to be totally yielded to Him , consecration and baptism of fire to achieve purity and holiness.

🔥Even as our spirit man is a new creation, born again redeemed by His blood. We also need to allow our soul (mind , emotions, will) to be restored anew, be renewed by His Word, and purged, purified & sanctified by the baptism of fire. Then the glory of God, His holy manifested presence will cover us like a defence.