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all baptized into one body, whether we
be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or
free; and have been all made to drink into
one Spirit.” Now, “to drink” here is to
partake or receive, because the Spirit is
referred to in John 7 and other places as
living water, a fountain of living water. So
we find that all who are saved and have
been baptized into the body of Christ have
been made to drink into one Spirit; they
have partaken or received the Spirit of God
at salvation. Now, why is this so important?
In John 3, verses 3 through 8, Jesus speaks
of being born of the Spirit, and Titus 3,
verses 5 through 7, speak of regeneration
and the renewing of the Holy Ghost, the
renewing of the Spirit. So we see clearly in
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