Meeting: Teens Retreat 2026
Date: 2nd April, 2026
Message: Baptism into the Body of Christ and Holy Ghost
Minister: Pastor Taiwo Ajani
(Matt. 3:11) John the Baptist baptized people with water at the River Jordan. These people came from their different places to be baptized with water. He acknowledged that the person who is coming after him is mightier, and that person is Jesus Christ. John the Baptist was mighty, but the one coming after him is mightier.
Another gospel says whose sandal I’m not able to untie. He wasn’t saying whose sandal he couldn’t tie, but he was saying he couldn’t preach Jesus’ gospel. (Eph. 6:15) Paul describes the whole armour of God, called the sandal, “the gospel of peace, the preparation of the gospel of peace.”
Another prophetic meaning of the word “sandal” is the gospel. So when John the Baptist talked about sandals, he was saying he couldn’t preach/reveal the gospel Jesus would preach. Meaning Jesus has a higher gospel than John had to preach. He said he was baptized with physical water, but Jesus would come to baptize with the Holy Ghost.
Anyone baptizing with the Holy Ghost must be mighty. Jesus is so mighty that He can baptize with the Holy Ghost and with Fire. There is the baptism of the Holy Ghost and the baptism with Fire. Some people are baptized with the Holy Ghost and not with fire, some with both, and some neither.
What does it mean to baptize? – To baptize is to put something inside something, to be renewed, and to be born again.
In water baptism, the one who is going to be baptized is put under water wholly and brought out. This transaction gives a connotation that is something dying and something resurrected. It isn’t the same person going into the water who comes out; the person is renewed. Baptism rebirths and renews it. So to be baptized in the Holy Ghost is to be reborn in the Holy Ghost, immersed and reborn anew.
The first experience of the Holy Ghost comes with evidence. A new tongue is given, which shows you have been reborn. We are not just baptized by the Holy Ghost but also baptized with fire. Without the baptism with fire, you can’t go far with God. There is still more depth in the Holy Ghost for rebirth.
(Heb. 6:1-2) In Christianity, there are multiple baptisms. These baptisms are not just information but impartation.
(1 Cor. 12:12-13) Christianity isn’t about going to church but about being baptised. It’s possible to go to church without being baptized. The beginning of Christianity is baptism. There is something called the body of Christ. The first kind of baptism that every man must experience is the baptism into the body of Christ, and this is done by the Holy Ghost (1 Cor. 12:13). This first baptism makes you a member of the body of Christ, and the person who initiates this baptism is the Holy Ghost. The Holy Ghost can’t force you into the body of Christ, just as a Pastor won’t force you into water to baptize you.
There are two bodies in the spirit. You have to agree that the Holy Ghost would baptize you. (Rom. 6:6) There is the body of Christ and the body of Sin. Before we were baptized into the body of Christ, we were once in the body of sin. A man is either in the body of sin or a member of the body of Christ. If you die while still in the body of sin, you go to hell. You can be attending church, but still be in the body of sin.
When they give an altar call, they want to remove a person from the body of sin into the body of Christ. There is a definite moment when you are deleted from the body of sin and added to the body of Christ. To be part of the body of Christ, you have to decide in your heart, saying, ‘Lord Jesus, I want you to come into my life as my personal Lord and Saviour.’. Immediately this is said, the Holy Ghost takes that person from the body of sin into Christ. Being born again is when you have been baptized into the body of Christ. You have to mean it to be born again. (Rom 10:10) Immediately, you confess Jesus as your savior, and the Holy Ghost takes your spirit and adds it to the body of Christ. Without this baptism, you can’t partake of the other types of baptism.
Kenneth Hagin says welcome to the family if a spirit gets added to the body of Christ. (1 Cor. 12:13) The first baptism is into the body of Christ after being born again. The experience of being made to drink into one Spirit is another baptism.
(Acts 1:5)—”For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. ” (Acts 2:4-14) Not only does the Holy Ghost want us to get baptized into the body of Christ, but the Holy Ghost also wants us to drink of Him. When we drink (into) the Holy Ghost, the evidence will come back as other tongues. You can’t be filled without drinking into the spirit. The Holy Ghost is intoxicating and can keep us drunk if we drink into Him. He is a baptism.
The sign that a person can be baptized in the next baptism is utterance. You speak, but the Holy Ghost gives utterance. You can get used to the utterance of the Holy Ghost. If this baptism was not important, Jesus wouldn’t have given it. (Eph. 5:18) The reasons for which alcohol is desired to get one drunk can be solved perfectly by being drunk in the Holy Ghost. You can speak in tongues and forget your sorrow. Being filled with the Holy Ghost can give you understanding in school. The reason why people become captive to habits is that they do not have enough of the Holy Ghost.
Many other things are a kind of wine, for example, TikTok, Instagram, etc. How to know things are wines is the fact that you can’t stop them even when you want to. Satan has built different wines to captivate teenagers and keep them captive. In the generation of our parents, the wine given was books. But in this generation, God wants to give the Holy Ghost, but Satan has given wine to distract from God’s wine.
Our phones are cups, and they hold different wines. Paul had to say not to be drunk in them. The wine of the devil will never make us better or give us life. Rather, it would make you waste your teenage years. Without the baptism of the Holy Ghost, you can’t escape the wine of this world. The baptism of being filled with the Spirit isn’t a one-time thing, but it should happen continuously. No one is perpetually drunk unless he perpetually drinks.
You have to consistently fill up your cup by continually praying in the Spirit. After Kenneth Hagin was filled with the Holy Ghost, he read the place where Paul said he would pray in tongues. He kept praying in tongues until he hit a gusher. So, also, keep praying until you hit a gusher, and the Holy Ghost will carry you. You can’t fight against spirits if you are not drunk with the wine of the Holy Ghost. To be a Christian is to be a spirit boy and a spirit girl. Evil spirits target people who don’t have the Holy Ghost (Luke 11:24). You should not be a Christian and not be ghosted, so stay ghosted.
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