"And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized."
Today's quote confirms that Ananias did exactly what Jesus had instructed him to do, "Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost." Ananias indeed accomplished the result that Jesus demanded of him, as he spoke to Saul the scales immediately fell from Saul's eyes and he arose baptized in the Holy Ghost.
In yesterday's lesson I typed, in all caps, the things that Ananias was to accomplish when he visited Saul. I did that to point out the fact that neither Jesus nor Ananias ever said anything about baptizing Saul in water. This is important because today's quote says "he received sight fortwith, and arose, and was BAPTIZED". The baptism that Saul received in the presence of Ananias was the baptism of the Holy Ghost, it was NOT a water baptism. As a matter of fact, there is NO biblical record of any of the apostles of Jesus Christ ever having been baptized in water.
John the Baptist made a clear distinction between a water baptism and the baptism of the Holy Ghost in Mark 1:8 when he said, "I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost. The "He" John referenced, was our Lord Jesus. I'll say this again, the baptism that Saul was subjected to in the presence of Ananias was NOT a water baptism, but rather, it was the baptism of the Holy Ghost referred to by John the Baptist in Mark 1:8~.
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