The Baptism in the Holy Spirit

"THERE IS AN EXPERIENCE DISTINCT FROM AND SUBSEQUENT TO THE NEW BIRTH CALLED THE BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT"

That's true.

John the Baptizer spoke of this experience:

𝐋𝐔𝐊𝐄 𝟑:𝟏𝟔
𝟏𝟔 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝, 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐥𝐥, 𝐈 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫; 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞: 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐆𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞:

The baptism with the Holy Ghost is an experience the disciples hadn't yet experienced while Jesus was still with them:

𝐉𝐎𝐇𝐍 𝟕:𝟑𝟕-𝟑𝟗
𝟑𝟕 𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭, 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝, 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐈𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭, 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐤.
𝟑𝟖 𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐞, 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝, 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫.
𝟑𝟗 (𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞: 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐆𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐭 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧; 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐭 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝.)

But Jesus promised that after He would go away, He would send them the Spirit:

𝐉𝐎𝐇𝐍 𝟏𝟔:𝟕
𝟕 𝐍𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐈 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡; 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐠𝐨 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲: 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐟 𝐈 𝐠𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮; 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐈 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭, 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮.

After His resurrection, Jesus "𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮, 𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘺 𝘎𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵" (John 20).

𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐒 𝟏:𝟒,𝟓
𝟒 𝐀𝐧𝐝, 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐉𝐞𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐦, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡, 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞, 𝐲𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐞.
𝟓 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫; 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐆𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.

Then He was caught up into heaven. About ten days later:

𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐒 𝟐:𝟏-𝟒
𝟏 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞.
𝟐 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠.
𝟑 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐭 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦.
𝟒 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐆𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐠𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞.

Since Jesus was now ascended to heaven and glorified, the disciples - 120 in all - received the Spirit - they were filled with the Holy Ghost - baptized in the Holy Ghost.

𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐒 𝟐:𝟑𝟑
𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐆𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭, 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐲𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫.

This experience is the ongoing fulfillment of Joel's prophecy:

𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐒 𝟐:𝟏𝟒 -𝟐𝟏
𝟏𝟒 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧, 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦, 𝐘𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐮𝐝𝐚𝐞𝐚, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐭 𝐉𝐞𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐦, 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬:
𝟏𝟓 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐧, 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞, 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲.
𝟏𝟔 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐭 𝐉𝐨𝐞𝐥;
𝟏𝟕 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬, 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐆𝐨𝐝, 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐡: 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬:
𝟏𝟖 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭; 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐲:
𝟏𝟗 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐰 𝐰𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐯𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡; 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐦𝐨𝐤𝐞:
𝟐𝟎 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝, 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞:
𝟐𝟏 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐝.

And the same gift is for all whom God calls, Peter said, not only for the apostles:

𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐒 𝟐:𝟑𝟖
𝟑𝟖 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦, 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐆𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭.
𝟑𝟗 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟𝐟, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥.

The promise is for you and me.

Notice in the above verse there was a three-phase experience:

a) Repent

b) and be baptized

c) and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost

Don't stop at #a in your personal experience - go all the way with JESUS!

We see these three phases in the experience of the Samaritans too:

𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐒 𝟖:𝟓
𝟓 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦.
𝟔 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐠𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐤𝐞, 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝.
𝟕 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐬, 𝐜𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞, 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦: 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐞, 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐝.
𝟖 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐣𝐨𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲.

𝟏𝟐 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝, 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧.

They believed, and were baptized - but they hadn't yet experienced the third phase.

𝟏𝟒 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐉𝐞𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐦 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧:
𝟏𝟓 𝐖𝐡𝐨, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧, 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐆𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭:
𝟏𝟔 (𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦: 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬.)
𝟏𝟕 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐆𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭.

Peter and John came to pray for them, and when they laid hands on them they received the Holy Ghost - the third phase in their experience.

The same three phases were experienced by Gentiles too, at Cornelius' household:

𝟒𝟒 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐆𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝.
𝟒𝟓 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝, 𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐆𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭.
𝟒𝟔 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐲 𝐆𝐨𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫,
𝟒𝟕 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐆𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞?
𝟒𝟖 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝.

While they were still hearing Peter speak the word, the Holy Ghost fell on all of them - so Peter commanded them to be baptized.

In the experience of Cornelius, his relatives and close friends, the order was 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦→𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘺 𝘎𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵→𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥; while the Samaritans' experience was 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦→𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥→𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘺 𝘎𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵. So water baptism and the baptism in the Holy Spirit can happen in either order - but in both cases, and in every case in the Book of Acts, 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 always came first.

Saul's experience was three-phase. After Saul's Damascus road encounter with the risen Lord, a certain disciple named Ananias was sent to him that he might receive his sight and be filled with the Holy Ghost - and Saul arose, and was baptized.

At Ephesus, Paul told them about Jesus - they were baptized - and then he laid hands on them and they were filled with the Holy Ghost. Three phases.

I was born again on Sunday 16th December 1979; baptized in the Holy Spirit on Saturday 22 March 1980 - then baptized in water on Friday 25 April. I experienced salvation first of course, then empowerment (after the Holy Ghost came upon me), and then the feeling of having 'fulfilled all righteousness' (through baptism) next, in that order.

Others I know were baptized in water, and later received the Holy Spirit.

Sometimes the three phases can be separated by days or longer. One person I knew experienced it all together the same evening.

You see examples of all that, both in the New Testament, and in present-day experience.

The change in me, and soon afterwards in my brother also, and then in our friends, just teenagers, after having this three-fold experience, was poignant.

Throughout the New Testament we see that receiving the Holy Ghost was an observable and audible experience:

In Acts 2 they were 'all filled with the began to speak with other tongues'. This was 'noised abroad', prompting a whole multitude came together. Peter then talked to the multitude about what they'd just 'seen and heard'.

At Samaria, even Simon the sorcerer could 'see' that through the laying on of the apostles' hands the 'Holy Ghost was given'.

At Corenelius' household, Peter and company knew they were receiving the Spirit, 'for we heard them speak with tongues and magnify God,' Peter explained.

The Ephesians were filled with the Holy Spirit, and spoke in tongues and prophesied.

That's an experience that can be seen and heard.

RECEIVING THE HOLY GHOST

Some believers belong to denominations which don't teach this experience; therefore some feel wary of it.

My beloved dad, a missionary to the Japanese, now with the Lord, prayed to the Lord one day, saying something like, "If this is of you, let me receive it."

Dad said he was filled with the Spirit right there and then sitting in a park while on deputation in Perth, Western Australia. And a short time afterwards, dad spoke in tongues.

My older sibling, my brother, said he observed a change in Dad and in dad's ministry from that moment on - an empowerment (even though dad had already been saved and baptized and preaching and even completed a first term of overseas missions).

𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐒 𝟏:𝟖
𝟖 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐆𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮: 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐉𝐞𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐦, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐉𝐮𝐝𝐚𝐞𝐚, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡.

𝐈𝐈 𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐀𝐍𝐒 𝟐:𝟒,𝟓
𝟒 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐚𝐧'𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐝𝐨𝐦, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫:
𝟓 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐞𝐧, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝.

𝐈𝐈 𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐀𝐍𝐒 𝟒:𝟐𝟎
𝟐𝟎 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫.

Do you desire that?

𝐋𝐔𝐊𝐄 𝟏𝟏:𝟗-𝟏𝟑
𝟗 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐀𝐬𝐤, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮; 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐤, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝; 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐤, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮.
𝟏𝟎 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐭𝐡; 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐡; 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝.
𝟏𝟏 𝐈𝐟 𝐚 𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞? 𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐟 𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐚 𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐡, 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭?
𝟏𝟐 𝐎𝐫 𝐢𝐟 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐠𝐠, 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚 𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧?
𝟏𝟑 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧, 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥, 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐠𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧: 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐡𝐢𝐦?

The Holy Spirit can be received alone, without anyone else ministering to you.

Or you can also ask someone to pray for you.

MINISTERING THE SPIRIT

We can minister the Spirit to others.

𝐆𝐀𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐀𝐍𝐒 𝟑:𝟓
𝟓 𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐰, 𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡?

Minister (Strongs furnish, fully supply, aid or contribute) the Spirit.

One way to see the Holy Spirit given to others, is by laying hands on them.

Another way, when you sense the Holy Spirit fall, is to just let Him take the room and hold the floor - even if He does so while you're still speaking. I've seen that happen too. In fact, we can actively see it happen more.

It wasn't only the apostles who ministered the Spirit, but also 'a certain disciple named Ananias', it says in Acts. He was the one who prayed for Paul. That's you and I - a certain disciple - whether we're also apostles or not.

My brother and my friends and I were laying hands on people and seeing them filled with the Spirit and speak in tongues from when I was just a 12 year old high school student.

So can you.

Laying on of hands is a principle of the doctrine of Christ, along with the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, the doctrine of baptisms [plural], and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment (see Hebrews 6:1,2).

Praying for people to be baptised in the Holy Spirit. Let's remember to keep doing the foundational stuff.