Do You Want the BAPTISM by FIRE? - Herbert W Armstrong - June 1957

Herbert W Armstrong

By popular demand we are reprinting this article from the October 1953 issue. Often we receive letters asking, "I want that baptism with the Holy Spirit and FIRE." Or: "I have the baptism with the SPIRIT - now I want that FIRE!" Do such persons know what they are asking? A Common Misinterpretation. The common belief that we should desire that baptism with FIRE springs from texts showing God will purify and cleanse those who are His, by purging away the dross. And the Scriptures speaking of this purifying process usually speak of it as "purge away," or "take away the dross," rather than burning it away with fire. But in Ezekiel 22, God does speak of burning away this dross with fire. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library