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Baptism by Water

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The Origin of Baptism

Revealed March 19, 2005

How did it originate or where was it copied from?

There is no teaching or revelation from the Prophets regarding the remission of sins through baptism by water. Where did John the Baptist copy this practice? We will know the answers by continuing to read the revelations of Maestro Evangelista.

Let us know:

Now Naaman was commander of the army of the king of Aram. He was a great man in the sight of his master and highly regarded, because through him the LORD had given victory to Aram. He was a valiant soldier, but he had leprosy. Now bands from Aram had gone out and had taken captive a young girl from Israel, and she served Naaman’s wife. She said to her mistress, “If only my master would see the prophet who is in Samaria! He would cure him of his leprosy.” 4 Naaman went to his master and told him what the girl from Israel had said. “By all means, go,” the king of Aram replied. “I will send a letter to the king of Israel.” So Naaman left, taking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold and ten sets of clothing. The letter that he took to the king of Israel read: “With this letter I am sending my servant Naaman to you so that you may cure him of his leprosy.” As soon as the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his robes and said, “Am I God? Can I kill and bring back to life? Why does this fellow send someone to me to be cured of his leprosy? See how he is trying to pick a quarrel with me!” When Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his robes, he sent him this message: “Why have you torn your robes? Have the man come to me and he will know that there is a prophet in Israel.” So Naaman went with his horses and chariots and stopped at the door of Elisha’s house. Elisha sent a messenger to say to him, “Go, wash yourself seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will be restored and you will be cleansed.”

 II Kings 5:1-10 (NIV)

“wash yourself seven times in the Jordan” – The Jordan River, meaning to wash or bathe many times to clean the disease. Not like what John the Baptist did, that with the immersion in water sin is washed away. What is being mentioned or talked about here is a kind of disease, not sin.

And:

But Naaman went away angry and said, “I thought that he would surely come out to me and stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, wave his hand over the spot and cure me of my leprosy.

II Kings 5:11 (NIV)

“cure me of my leprosy” – Everyone (including the religions) thought that this was a miracle, not according to the real teaching of God. There was no magic done, Elisha showed the cure for the disease through science, through proper hygiene. The washing or bathing with the water from the Jordan River that has some concentration of sulphur cured the disease of Naaman.

Are not Abana and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than any of the waters of Israel? Couldn’t I wash in them and be cleansed?” So he turned and went off in a rage. Naaman’s servants went to him and said, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more, then, when he tells you, ‘Wash and be cleansed’!” So he went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, as the man of God had told him, and his flesh was restored and became clean like that of a young boy.

II Kings 5:12-14 (NIV)

“his flesh was restored and became clean like that of a young boy” – This is the natural way of treating diseases. John the Baptist used or copied it for his baptism that removes sins, through immersion in the waters of the Jordan River or simply by pouring water on the head or forehead. If his baptism with water was according to the revelations and commandments of God, why is it that with a single request of a dancer, Salome, he was beheaded? It means that what John the Baptist did was an iniquity or an abomination to God!

And to continue with the reading:

Then Naaman and all his attendants went back to the man of God. He stood before him and said, “Now I know that there is no God in all the world except in Israel. Please accept now a gift from your servant.” The prophet answered, “As surely as the LORD lives, whom I serve, I will not accept a thing.” And even though Naaman urged him, he refused.

II Kings 5:15-16 (NIV)

The money that was offered was refused, like the teaching of Maestro Evangelista – nothing is asked in return for his revelations regarding the Word of God to all people – “no money making.” None shall be asked in return and this has been Maestro Evangelista’s bidding ever since.

And what is his advice to all?

“If you will not,” said Naaman, “please let me, your servant, be given as much earth as a pair of mules can carry, for your servant will never again make burnt offerings and sacrifices to any other god but the LORD.

II Kings 5:17 (NIV)

Serve God faithfully, do not be desirous and do not follow other gods that you have not known.

But may the LORD forgive your servant for this one thing: When my master enters the temple of Rimmon to bow down and he is leaning on my arm and I bow there also—when I bow down in the temple of Rimmon, may the LORD forgive your servant for this.” “Go in peace,” Elisha said. After Naaman had traveled some distance,

II Kings 5:18-19 (NIV)

Elisha did not accept the money that was offered to him for his cure.

Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said to himself, “My master was too easy on Naaman, this Aramean, by not accepting from him what he brought. As surely as the LORD lives, I will run after him and get something from him.”

II Kings 5:20 (NIV)

Like some people who have heard of Maestro Evangelista’s revelations, after knowing the truth regarding in the Holy Bible they used it for their own gain, they had the desire of making money like the religions.

What was Gehazi’s punishment?

So Gehazi hurried after Naaman. When Naaman saw him running toward him, he got down from the chariot to meet him. “Is everything all right?” he asked. “Everything is all right,” Gehazi answered. “My master sent me to say, ‘Two young men from the company of the prophets have just come to me from the hill country of Ephraim. Please give them a talent of silver and two sets of clothing.’”  “By all means, take two talents,” said Naaman. He urged Gehazi to accept them, and then tied up the two talents of silver in two bags, with two sets of clothing. He gave them to two of his servants, and they carried them ahead of Gehazi. When Gehazi came to the hill, he took the things from the servants and put them away in the house. He sent the men away and they left. Then he went in and stood before his master Elisha. “Where have you been, Gehazi?” Elisha asked. “Your servant didn’t go anywhere,” Gehazi answered. But Elisha said to him, “Was not my spirit with you when the man got down from his chariot to meet you? Is this the time to take money, or to accept clothes, olive groves, vineyards, flocks, herds, or menservants and maidservants? Naaman’s leprosy will cling to you and to your descendants forever.” Then Gehazi went from Elisha’s presence and he was leprous, as white as snow.

II Kings 5:21-27 (NIV)

Gehazi was punished. At present, the punishment to those who have bad intentions to Maestro Evangelista is written in Psalm 109:1-31. God does not allow anyone to make money in teaching His Word to the people.

Is it possible that a true servant of God may disobey or be persuaded to disobey the task given to him?

Read another event in the Holy Bible that answers this question to clarify the subject that is revealed:

Now there was a certain old prophet living in Bethel, whose sons came and told him all that the man of God had done there that day. They also told their father what he had said to the king. Their father asked them, “Which way did he go?” And his sons showed him which road the man of God from Judah had taken. So he said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” And when they had saddled the donkey for him, he mounted it and rode after the man of God. He found him sitting under an oak tree and asked, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?” “I am,” he replied.

I Kings 13:11-14 (NIV)

What was the task or the mission of the “man of God?”

By the word of the LORD a man of God came from Judah to Bethel, as Jeroboam was standing by the altar to make an offering. He cried out against the altar by the word of the LORD: “O altar, altar! This is what the LORD says: ‘A son named Josiah will be born to the house of David. On you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places who now make offerings here, and human bones will be burned on you.’” That same day the man of God gave a sign: “This is the sign the LORD has declared: The altar will be split apart and the ashes on it will be poured out.” When King Jeroboam heard what the man of God cried out against the altar at Bethel, he stretched out his hand from the altar and said, “Seize him!” But the hand he stretched out toward the man shriveled up, so that he could not pull it back.

I Kings 13:1-4 (NIV)

The king was struck by a sickness. And:

Also, the altar was split apart and its ashes poured out according to the sign given by the man of God by the word of the LORD. Then the king said to the man of God, “Intercede with the LORD your God and pray for me that my hand may be restored.” So the man of God interceded with the LORD, and the king’s hand was restored and became as it was before. The king said to the man of God, “Come home with me and have something to eat, and I will give you a gift.” But the man of God answered the king, “Even if you were to give me half your possessions, I would not go with you, nor would I eat bread or drink water here.

I Kings 13:5-8 (NIV)

“the altar was split apart” – this was the task of the “man of God,” not to travel the road from whence he came form. The task or the order that was given should be obeyed.

For I was commanded by the word of the LORD: ‘You must not eat bread or drink water or return by the way you came.’”  So he took another road and did not return by the way he had come to Bethel.

I Kings 13:9-10 (NIV)

This is the task given to the “man of God.” He went to Bethel.

Now there was a certain old prophet living in Bethel, whose sons came and told him all that the man of God had done there that day. They also told their father what he had said to the king. Their father asked them, “Which way did he go?” And his sons showed him which road the man of God from Judah had taken. So he said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” And when they had saddled the donkey for him, he mounted it 14and rode after the man of God. He found him sitting under an oak tree and asked, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?” “I am,” he replied. So the prophet said to him, “Come home with me and eat.” The man of God said, “I cannot turn back and go with you, nor can I eat bread or drink water with you in this place. I have been told by the word of the LORD: ‘You must not eat bread or drink water there or return by the way you came.’” The old prophet answered, “I too am a prophet, as you are. And an angel said to me by the word of the LORD: ‘Bring him back with you to your house so that he may eat bread and drink water.’” (But he was lying to him.)

I Kings 13:11-18 (NIV)

The “old prophet” came and talked to the “man of God.” He said to the “man of God” to come with him and eat at his house, because an angel told him.

What the “man of God” doesn’t know is that he was tested by his fellow Prophet and he agreed to come with him. What happened next?

So the man of God returned with him and ate and drank in his house. While they were sitting at the table, the word of the LORD came to the old prophet who had brought him back.

I Kings 13:19-20 (NIV)

After the meal, the “old prophet” admitted that he tested the “man” because the Word of God came to test him:

He cried out to the man of God who had come from Judah, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You have defied the word of the LORD and have not kept the command the LORD your God gave you.

I Kings 13: 21 (NIV)

As it was said by God, when you obey what is ordered – Blessing. And if not – Curse. These are the examples given by God written in the Holy Bible.

You came back and ate bread and drank water in the place where he told you not to eat or drink. Therefore your body will not be buried in the tomb of your fathers.’”

I Kings 13:22 (NIV)

This is one of the punishments given to those who are disobedient to the Word of God, curse. And what happened next?

When the man of God had finished eating and drinking, the prophet who had brought him back saddled his donkey for him. As he went on his way, a lion met him on the road and killed him, and his body was thrown down on the road, with both the donkey and the lion standing beside it. Some people who passed by saw the body thrown down there, with the lion standing beside the body, and they went and reported it in the city where the old prophet lived. When the prophet who had brought him back from his journey heard of it, he said, “It is the man of God who defied the word of the LORD. The LORD has given him over to the lion, which has mauled him and killed him, as the word of the LORD had warned him.”

I Kings 13:23-26 (NIV)

It shows us that the Commandments of God should be obeyed to be blessed. Do not disobey His Commandments.

The prophet said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me,” and they did so. 28 Then he went out and found the body thrown down on the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it. The lion had neither eaten the body nor mauled the donkey.

I Kings 13:27-28 (NIV)

Do not be persuaded by others, obey what has been asked of you. No friends and no relatives, as ordered, obey only the Word of God.

So the prophet picked up the body of the man of God, laid it on the donkey, and brought it back to his own city to mourn for him and bury him. 30 Then he laid the body in his own tomb, and they mourned over him and said, “Oh, my brother!”

I Kings 13:29-30 (NIV)

“Oh, my brother!” – This is how the Prophets of God refer to each other. Read in Revelation 22:8-10. And:

After burying him, he said to his sons, “When I die, bury me in the grave where the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones. For the message he declared by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel and against all the shrines on the high places in the towns of Samaria will certainly come true.” Even after this, Jeroboam did not change his evil ways, but once more appointed priests for the high places from all sorts of people. Anyone who wanted to become a priest he consecrated for the high places. This was the sin of the house of Jeroboam that led to its downfall and to its destruction from the face of the earth.

I Kings 13:31-33 (NIV)

The advice of Maestro Evangelista is to obey and fulfill the Commandments of God; whatever is the teaching, that’s all. Do not go beyond, do not add and do not remove anything from it. Guard yourselves from making a mistake in obeying the teachings and the Commandments of God. So that all may be blessed by Him.

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