Yep, it is a work of God. not our work.
So you can not relate faith (a work of God) with water baptism (a work of man) as the same things, for one is done by God himself. the other is performed by men, and work is also done by the one being baptised.
where as Holy Spirit Baptism (as apposed to water baptism) can be related to faith, as both are works of God. God gets all the credit.
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Now I have to go against not saying anything else and saying something more.
Jesus clearly answered them and told them that the work
THEY could do, is to believe in Him whom the Father had sent.
You say Holy Spirit baptism is a work that God does. I say Holy Spirit baptism is a work that God has done.
So let's look at that Holy Spirit baptism.
Joel 2:28; "And it will come about after this that I will pour out My Spirit on
ALL MANKIND; and your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. And even on the male and female servants I will pour out my Spirit in those days."
Now who would receive this "pouring out" of God's spirit, only believers? NO, but upon
ALL MANKIND.
Now fast forward to Pentecost. Acts 2:14-21: "14) But Peter, taking his stand with the eleven, raised his voice and declared to them: 'Men of Judea, and all you who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give heed to my words, 15) 'For these men are not drunk, as you' (Calvinists,LOL) "suppose, for it is only the third hour of the day. 16) but this is what was spoken of through the prophet JOEL:
17) 'And it shall be in the last days' , God says, 'That I will pour
FORTH of My Spirit
UPON ALL MANKIND , and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams; 18) Even upon My bondslaves, both men and women, I will in those days pour forth of My Spirit and they shall prophesy. 19) And I will grant wonders in the sky above, and signs in the earth beneath, Blood, and Fire, and Vapor or smoke. 20) The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the Great an Glorious day of the Lord shall come. 21) And it shall be, that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord, SHALL BE SAVED."
Notice that this is NOT the end times rapture, but rather the establishment of God's Kingdom upon earth, the advent of His ekklesia, His "called out", His elect, the church;
BECAUSE "everyone who calls on the name of the Lord, SHALL BE SAVED.
AND ALSO BECAUSE PETER SAID "THIS IS WHAT WAS SPOKEN OF BY THE PROPHET JOEL."
Once again, what did Joel say? That the Spirit of God would be POURED OUT ON
ALL MANKIND.
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And what did Peter say? "THIS is what was spoken of through the prophet JOEL,". "17) 'And it shall be in the last days', GOD SAYS,'that I will POUR FORTH of My Spirit
UPON ALL MANKIND,..."
God poured forth His Spirit on Pentecost, UPON ALL MANKIND. Otherwise you say He poured only a portion of His Spirit. Now if the Holy Spirit is a living being, how is it that only a portion of His Being could be POURED OUT, because "God giveth the Spirit not by limit". (Jn 3:30-34: "
30 He must become greater; I must become less.”[a]