Spiritual Participation
The participation in the Spirit is compared to fire, and John the Baptist speaks about this and Jesus Christ, saying he baptizes with water for repentance, but Christ says he came to bring fire on the earth.
Christ says, 'I came to bring fire on the earth, and what do I desire if it is already kindled?' (Luke 12:49).
John the Baptist says, 'I baptize you with water for repentance' (Matthew 3:11).
Those who were once drawn back to Judaism, however, did not keep the irrevocable things, for they were again subject to the yoke of slavery, and in doing so, they despised the truth itself.
We are justified by the free gift of life in Christ, through grace, without paying the price of freedom, but rather gaining it through the Lord's gentleness and philanthropy.
The Lord says, 'I will take vengeance on Ammon' (Nahum 1:1).
You are not stronger than Ammon, which dwells in rivers, with water around her, whose wealth is the sea, and water her walls; Ethiopia her strength and Egypt, and no end to her flight; and Libyans became her helpers, and she will go into exile (Nahum 3:8-10).
Greek
Πνεύματος μέθεξιν, ὃ καὶ πυρὶ παρεικάζεται. Καὶ γοῦν ὁ πάνσοφος Ἰωάννης ὁ Βαπτιστὴς περὶ αὐτοῦ τε καὶ τοῦ πάντων ἡμῶν Σωτῆρος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ οὕτω φησίν· Ἐγὼ ὑμᾶς ὕδατι βαπτίζω εἰς μετανοίαν, κ.τ.λ. Ὀρθῶς οὖν ἔφη ὁ Χριστός· Πῦρ ἦλθον βαλεῖν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, καὶ τί θέλω εἰ ἤδη ἀνήφθη; Καὶ ὑπεστρέψατε Ὁρᾷς ὅπως οὐκ ἀνέχεται τῶν τύπων ἀθετουμένων, μᾶλλον δὲ αὐτῆς τῆς ἀληθείας ἐξυβρισμένης ὡς ἐν σκιαῖς ἔτι; Ἀμεταμέλητα γὰρ τὰ χαρίσματα καὶ ἡ κλῆσις τοῦ Θεοῦ, κατὰ τὸ γεγραμμένον. Τοὺς δὲ ἀνεθέντας ἅπαξ ἀνόπιν ἕλκοντες Ἰουδαῖοι, καὶ τοῖς τῆς δουλείας αὖθις ὑποφέροντες ζυγοῖς, τὸ 70.1456 ἀμεταμέλητον οὐ τετηρήκασι· προσκεκρούκασί τε διὰ τοῦτο, τοῦ μυστηρίου τὴν δύναμιν ἀτιμάζοντες , εἰ καὶ ἦν ἐν τύποις ἔτι. ∆ικαιούμεθα δὲ ὅτι δωρεὰν διὰ χάριτος τῆς ἐν Χριστῷ ζωῆς ἀντάλλαγμα προσενεγκόντες οὐδὲν, ἀλλ' οὐδὲ τὴν τῆς ἐλευθερίας ἐκπριάμενοι δόξαν, ἡμερότητι δὲ καὶ φιλανθρωπίᾳ ∆εσποτικῇ τὸ χρῆμα κερδαίνοντες. Ἐὰν ὑμεῖς δῶτε, κ.τ.λ. Ἐπειδὴ γὰρ ταῖς Αἰγυπτίων ἐπικουρίαις ἐπιθαρσήσαντες ἀντεφέροντο τοῖς Βαβυλωνίοις, ταύτῃ τοι λελυπημένοι μετὰ τὴν τῶν Ἱεροσολύμων καὶ τῆς Σαμαρείας ἅλωσιν, ἐτράποντο κατ' αὐτῶν, καὶ ἀμογητὶ νενικήκασιν. Τοῦ ἐπιστρέψαι, κ.τ.λ. Ὅταν διώκῃ Θεὸς, οὐδεὶς ἀνασώσει τὸν κινδυνεύοντα· ἀλλ' ἐνθάπερ ἂν εἴη τις, ἐκεῖ περιτεύξεται τῷ θυμῷ. Ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐκδικῶ τὸν Ἀμμών. Κυρίλλου τὸ αὐτὸ καὶ Ἀπολιναρίου. Ἀμμὼν δὲ οἱ μὲν τὴν Ἀλεξάνδρειαν λέγουσιν, οὕτω πάλαι καλουμένην, ὡς καὶ ἐν τῷ Ναούμ φησι· Μὴ κρείττων εἶ σὺ τῆς Ἀμμὼν , τῆς κατοικούσης ἐν ποταμοῖς; Ὕδωρ κύκλῳ αὐτῆς ἧς ἡ εὐπορία θάλασσα, καὶ ὕδωρ τὰ τείχη αὐτῆς· Αἰθιοπία ἰσχὺς αὐτῆς καὶ Αἴγυπτος, καὶ οὐκ ἔστη πέρας τῆς φυγῆς· καὶ Λίβυες ἐγένοντο βοηθοὶ αὐτῆς, καὶ αὐτὴ εἰς μετοικίαν πορεύσεται. Ἀλλ' οἱ