“I baptize you with water for repentance, but the One who is coming after me is more powerful than I. I am not worthy to remove His sandals. He Himself will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. His winnowing pitchfork is in His hand, and He will clear His threshing floor and gather His wheat into the barn. But the chaff He will burn up with fire that never goes out.” Matthew 3:11, 12

This is one of the most important lessons in the Bible. John the baptist, who is introducing the Lord to the world, tells us that we are chaff UNLESS we have been baptized in the Holy Spirit. But this isn't an isolated teaching in God's Word. This is the fulfillment of prophecy (Jer 31:31-33 and Ezekiel 36:26, 27), and is expounded upon throughout the entire New Covenant writings.

In John 14:18, When teaching about how we enter the New Covenant, Jesus the Christ says, "I will not leave you as ORPHANS; I will come to you." The KJV says, "I will not leave you COMFORTLESS"! That is an incorrect translation. The Greek word is ORPHANOS (orphan). John chapter 14 contains the clearest instructions given to us by the Lord Himself about HOW to ENTER the New Covenant by being baptized in God's holy Spirit! And the KJV translators made something simple and clear and turn it into something confusing. I have done several messages on this over the past two months: