我是用水给你们施洗，叫你们悔改；但那在我以后来的，能力比我更大，我就是给他提鞋子也不配，他要用圣灵与火给你们施洗。--马太福音 3:11
I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire. --Matthew 3:11
2018 年，我开始信主，成为一名慕道友。但是经历多年的无神论教育，令我对神迹、圣灵等较为抗拒，在我的观念里，神只是造物主，祂已完成创世的工作，不再需要看顾这个祂亲手所创的世界。当时的我更像是一个自然神论者。对于新约中提到的圣灵、捉鬼等事件，我也狭隘地以为，那是遥远的使徒时代的故事，当下不会再有了。
现在回看当时的我，是何等的愚昧、无知与顽梗啊。
2019年3月末，我经一位老师的介绍，与几位朋友来到济州岛，跟随王牧师学神学，同时在济州岛受洗。
4月3日，王牧师用水给我施洗，而神，在那一天，亲自用圣灵与火给我施洗。这一天，成为我铭记在心的重生之日。
当天上午，洗礼仪式十点开始。
第一项是考察对谈。
第二项是每人五分钟的见证。
第三项是点水洗。牧师穿着肃穆、庄严的白色礼服，师母和老师当助手，在圣洁的音乐声中，礼成。
受洗过程中，不晓得从何时起，我的胸口被塞进一团火，热乎乎的，室内温度似乎瞬间升高，原本湿冷、略显僵硬的身躯在那一刻好像被注入了崭新而强壮的生命力，四肢逐渐舒展开来，泪水不知不觉中汩汩而出，周身的细胞都像苏醒一般，个个饱满而充盈，似乎我只要稍稍起跳一下，就可以飞起来。
这种感觉太爽了，原来受洗竟然可以如此神奇。我陶醉其中。
仪式结束， 当我回味时，才警觉，胸口之前是有空缺的，我意识到，这团火进来之后，我才成为完整的。
这一发现令我诧异，我请教牧师，他很开心回应我，“你被圣灵充满了!”。
哇噢，原来圣灵充满的感觉如此强烈而真实，原来真有圣灵与火的洗礼，原来圣经上的一切从未过时，原来神的爱从亘古开始，一直都在， 也必将直到永远。
从那一天开始，我的生命彻底反转，跟随圣灵的指引，人生翻开了新的篇章。
In 2018, I started to believe in the Lord and became a Christian. After experiencing years of atheistic education I was resistant to miracles, the Holy Spirit, etc. In my mind, God is only the Creator, who has finished the work of creation and no longer needs to look after this world that He created. In fact, my thinking was similar a Deism. Regarding the events mentioned in the New Testament, such as the Holy Spirit and the casting out of demons, I only believed that they were stories from the apostolic times. It would not be repeated in the present.
Looking back at the past, how foolish, ignorant, and stubborn I was. In late March 2019, I and a few friends studied theology with Pastor Wang at Jeju Island. Pastor Wang baptized me with water, and the Lord baptized me with the Holy Spirit and fire on April 3rd. That's the day I was reborn, I will always remember it. The baptismal ceremony began at 10:00 a.m. after the pastor shared we each gave a 5 minute testimony and then were baptized. The pastor was dressed in a solemn, stately white gown, with his wife and his assistant.
During the baptism, I wasn’t sure why my chest felt like it was burning with a hot fire. My cold body seemed to be filled with new and strong vitality at that moment. I felt that I would be able fly if I jumped. How amazing it was to be baptized.
I after I was baptized, I realized that there was an hole in me and that the hole needed be filled by the Holly Spirit. I knew that I had become complete after the Holy Spirit filled me. When I asked the pastor about this, he responded happily, "You are filled with the Holy Spirit!" Wow, the feeling of the filling of the Holy Spirit was so strong and real. The baptism of the Holy Spirit and fire is true. Everything in the Bible is not only for the time of the apostles. His love for us will not weaken overtime as His love is constant and strong.
My life was completely changed from that baptism. Following the guidance of the Holy Spirit, a new chapter of my life was beginning.
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