Acts 19:1-10 Did You Receive The Holy Spirit?
Paul at Ephesus
1It happened that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the upper country and came to Ephesus, and found some disciples. 2He said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” And they said to him, “No, we have not even heard whether there is a Holy Spirit.” 3And he said, “Into what then were you baptized?” And they said, “Into John’s baptism.” 4Paul said, “John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in Him who was coming after him, that is, in Jesus.” 5When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 6And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they began speaking with tongues and prophesying. 7There were in all about twelve men.
8And he entered the synagogue and continued speaking out boldly for three months, reasoning and persuading them about the kingdom of God. 9But when some were becoming hardened and disobedient, speaking evil of the Way before the people, he withdrew from them and took away the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus. 10This took place for two years, so that all who lived in Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.
2He said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?”
How do we receive the Holy Spirit?"
Answer: The apostle Paul clearly taught that we receive the Holy Spirit the moment we receive Jesus Christ as our Savior. First Corinthians 12:13 declares, “For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.” Romans 8:9 tells us that if a person does not possess the Holy Spirit, he or she does not belong to Christ: “You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.” Ephesians 1:13-14 teaches us that the Holy Spirit is the seal of salvation for all those who believe: “Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession—to the praise of his glory.”
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http://www.gotquestions.org/receive-Holy-Spirit.html
So how do you know if you have the Holy Spirit in you? He is your conscience, He is your joy in your heart when you worship, He is the joy in you when you read Gods word. He is the words you speak, when you don't know where they came from to a new believer.
Follow the Holy Spirit' nudging of your heart, pray for the words to speak and the actions you take. And you will SEE the Holy Spirit in you and you will know that you have received the Holy Spirit.
Dear Heavenly Father, I ask you bless those today reading this devotional. I ask you nudge those sitting on the fence to believe in Jesus Christ, that He is the way the truth and the life, so that they will have eternal life. Fill them with the Holy Spirt and guide them to do Your will. Fill them with the love of Jesus.
In Jesus name I pray.
Blessings, David
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