What, exactly, is a "Fire Baptism"

There is also the verse where Jesus asks them if they are willing to have his baptism...
There is more to this concept, and the answer is in the OT.
More to follow.

The sound of a raging wind, and tongues of fire are to be found in both Isaiah and Jeremiah as signs of judgment.
The baptism from Jesus' perspective is then of being equipped for the ministry as one must be immersed in order to be useful.

I would say 'fire baptism' is already described in Acts 2:1-3 by eye witnesses.
The scene must have been awesome with wind that sounds tornado-like and cloven tongues of flame alighting on those in attendance.

I read an account of the the Azusa street church where the revivals were being held by Brother Seymour. It described the steeple acting as if it were highly electrified at times -- It made me thing of high voltage phenomena usually produced in a lab.

I remember the experience I had when it came to the baptism, I remember I had finally made the commitment to really follow Jesus, after what I would say is and on and off relationship. As I grew up in a home that preached conversion. I remember I was seeking God and wanted everything to do with Him, and I know I was praying for this baptism of the Holy Spirit and the gifts of the Holy Spirit. I wasn’t unfamiliar with it, as I come from a Pentecostal home, it’s just that I didn’t have the experience of its truth. It was an evening service that I went to that day,… I was writing exams the next day and I really needed to study, so I was very reluctant to go, but my then boyfriend, now husband was very persistent that we go. He rocked up at the door, and I had to rush to get ready as, I had said no, and had no intention of going. I don’t regret not going and am so grateful for his persistence that day..lol .. I remembered we were singing and worshipping and I had my hands lifted up, I can’t remember what we singing.. but I remember the atmosphere it was so peaceful. The voices all in unison singing to the Creator. And I don’t recall if my eyes were open or if they were closed, but I saw myself, I was engulfed in flames, flames enveloping me and flames coming out of my mouth. Needless to say I was shocked, because I didn’t know if it was real or not. All I know is what I saw. So I sat down, I remember asking in my heart, Lord show me in your word. So I just took my bible, and immediately my hands started flipping through the pages. It was like I didn’t have control over them. But I stopped at John 3:5 where Jesus answered, Truly, truly, I say to you, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God, and the words popped out at me from the page, like I was seeing it for the first time.. and then my hand started moving again, I really couldn’t stop it, I just paged..and I stopped at Mark 9 : 49..For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt. And again it just stood out from the page. I never had a memory of this particular verse. I knew the Nicodemus story well. But I liked this verse because it spoke to what I just saw earlier… but I sat in that pew.. just thinking about what just happened.. thinking about those scriptures and what it could all possibly mean. Now we were young and wanted to follow after God, so we didn’t stop at that service, we heard of a friends church who also had a service that evening and we went.. “church hopping”…lol .. I remember the message from that service, 2 Corinthians 5:7 for we walk by faith and not by sight. After the preacher was done preaching we were worshipping and I saw what you would call a wave of wind coming towards me and I opened my mouth and started speaking in tongues. It was a wonderful experience, I felt so loved. So as we continued worshipping, the preacher called me and a few other people out of the crowd. And he prayed he didn’t need to lay a hand on me, I was just “slain” in the Spirit... To this day God has been faithful.. fire purifies like salt…
I still experience his winnowing fan, when he separates the wheat from the chaff in my life. Sometimes it’s difficult to welcome it, but you see He is a Holy God, and we are called to be holy to. God consumes with fire what is not needed, what is a hindrance and what will hinder.. I’m reminded of the mixed multitude that came with the Israelites as they left Egypt and caused them to anger God when they lusted after meat.. and God destroyed them with fire as they camped along the outskirts, so too is it with the things in my life.. he destroys what “encamps on the outskirts". Even with Peter, as God allowed Satan to sift him as wheat is sifted, knowing what had to be separated from his life in order for Him to be of service to the Lord whom he loved.

Fire purifies, it refines. It brings forth light... when I read about those disciples in that upper room..as the flames of fire were on there heads.. I see the lampstand /candles that was lit and put on a hill and not hidden , so that others could see the light of God and glorify Him.

God's dealings in our lives to adjust us unto maturity in Him
are referred to in the Bible as "fire". John the Baptist prophesied
of Christ Baptizing into the Holy Spirit, where he also said
"... baptizing you in the Holy Spirit and "fire".
The most important of all Biblical types of fire is that of God being
the fire. Heb12:29 "for our God is a consuming fire."
"fire" is an expression of the nature of God via His Holy Spirit
who is the fire of God. Just as we sought and received the baptism in the
Holy Spirit, we also make ourselves available and invite the Lord to baptize us
in fire. It is a manifestation of God's nature by which He cleanses
and purifies us and elevates us to a realm of spiritual living as Christ is formed within.
This fire touches every part of our lives and beings as we yield to Him. It purifies us,
removing self-will and independence, step by step acclimating us to a “walk in the Spirit”.
This fire is not necessarily to punish nor destroy us but to correct, purge
and discipline us. It removes the remnants of the old nature that "filter" the
expression of the life of Christ. It is only by Gods fire that we are prepared to
enter the Kingdom. To experience and embrace these intense dealings we need the
Baptism in the Holy Spirit, then we are able to receive the Baptism in "fire" that will burn
within and reveal….The King of all kings and The Lord of all lords....Christ in you and me.

In 1999 I saw a man with prayer and the hands placed on him and the word "Fire" and he fell out under the Spirit's power and ab crunched as fire was poured into him, and appeared to be in pain and seeming to say argh intermittently. But we knew he was not in pain and being burned as we saw him like this on Sundays for a few weeks. God seems to use images and likenesses of natural things. This was from the Blessing of the Father's Heart.

znr said:

The tag is kind of irrelevant, don't you think.

My question is simply, what does a fire baptism look like. I was hoping people would share their experience.

Maybe I wasn't clear enough. I'm looking for first hand accounts of what a fire baptism looks like. In other words, from people who reply to this thread.

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12 years ago, I accepted Jesus in my heart through a powerful encounter with His presence at a Church. I received the gift of tongues, but had major trouble trying to follow the Lord due to addictions.

About 6 years ago, God challenged me to go all in. I was living worldly and had alot of stuff I didn't surrender to the Lord. I finally surrendered everything and went after Him 100% after He challenged me in a dream. I found a Church and started going and the third time going to this Church I had a radical encounter with the Lord. During worship, the Lord asked me to surrender my pride, so I repented and surrendered it to the Lord and then started getting rocked by God's presence.

I started feeling a fire in my chest physically burning. I started trembling in God's presence and couldn't stop crying. When the Church stood up to pray after worship, I stood up and went into a vision where I saw myself in third person. I had angels wings, golden armor, and a sword in my hand, then I saw a demon step toward me and instead of trying to swing at it, I rested in God's glory and the demon stumbled and fell on the sword. I didn't have to swing it. After that vision, I heard I believe it was audibly, "I am the Prince of Peace and I am with you." After that encounter, every craving and addiction was gone and my awareness of God's presence had dramatically increased. Following the Lord with all my heart became easy after that encounter. It was like being born again, again.