Friday, December 4, 2009

Baptism By Fire [Fire/Water]

“As for me, I baptize you with water for repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, and I am not fit to remove His sandals; He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. His winnowing fork is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clear His threshing floor; and He will gather His wheat into the barn, but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.” - Matthew 3:11-12

The Baptist called them to repent.
He baptized them with their consent,
To cleanse them all from all their sins.
Now John to preach the Christ begins:
John tells them of His whelming might,
His terrible, majestic height:
“He’ll baptize you with Spirit sent
From God above; and not content
With Spirit only, Jesus twins
The Spirit with what burns your skins:
With fire sent from heaven’s bright
And incorrupt immortal Light.
He cometh not with light intent;
The wicked souls will soon be rent
By winn’wing fork, with which He thins
The worthless chaff, then it He spins
Through air and burns to cleanse the blight:
With fire unquenchable ignite.”

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