Luke 12: 49 - 53; Matthew 10: 34 - 36; Mark 10: 38, continued.
It was not John the Baptist's fault, he did the work he was asked to do and did it faithfully. God created us with free choice, and it is this free choice, that gets us in a lot of trouble; because we always seem to pick the wrong choice. When Adam brought sin into the world, we have been making the wrong choices ever since. This will continue to happen until Jesus comes again.
The next section is as follows: "But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am til it is accomplished!" What Baptism is Jesus talking about here? It is baptism by the Holy Spirit!
This is the same thing Jesus was talking to Nicodemus in John chapter 3. You must be born again.
Contrary to popular belief, anyone who is baptized with the understanding that he is now a follower of Jesus Christ and believes that "Jesus is the Son of God, Jesus died to save him from his sins, and since Jesus rose on Easter, then also he will rise!" No matter how he was baptized, immersed, sprinkled, or whatever. He is baptized!! This is what Paul meant when he said I believe in one Baptism for the remission of sins. The point of Baptism is not how, but why you were baptized. The sooner we remember why we are doing what we are doing the better off we all will be. We are Baptized into a Spiritual relationship with God. This is the point!!
If you are Baptized you are born again!!
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