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1 | When was the Holy Spirit first given? | Acts 2:1 | Brent Douglass | 2109 | ||
'So Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you; as the Father has sent Me, I also send you." And when He had said this, He breathed on them and said to them, ""Receive the Holy Spirit.' John 20:21-22 Did Jesus first give the Holy Spirit here in John 20:22, or over a month later at Pentecost? If not until Pentecost, what exactly did Jesus do when he breathed on his followers after his resurrection and told them to receive his Spirit? If Jesus first gave the Spirit here, what exactly happened at Pentecost? |
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2 | When was the Holy Spirit first given? | Acts 2:1 | kndyah | 6490 | ||
In the first chapter of the Bible it says that God's Spirit moved upon the face of the earth. In chapter 6 "Then the LORD said, "My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal ; his days will be a hundred and twenty years." The first person spoken of as having the Spirit of God in him is Joseph - Genesis 41:38 "So Pharaoh asked them, "Can we find anyone like this man, one in whom is the spirit of God ?" So in reality the Holy Spirit was first given before the flood. Specifically to your question, Jesus told His disciples during His ministry, when He sent them out on their own, that His Spirit would be with them. In your instance here in John, Jesus indicated to them again that His Spirit was available to them. Then on Pentecost, it was more powerfully demonstrated, and to more than just those refered to as His inner circle of disciples. Perhaps they needed this manifestation to have the human courage to preach and minister? |
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3 | When was the Holy Spirit first given? | Acts 2:1 | kalos | 6492 | ||
The disciples did not actually receive the Holy Spirit until the day of Pentecost. kndyah: "In the O.T. economy, the Holy Spirit was particularly related to service, rather than salvation...Here [in Psalm 51] David is asking God not to take away his service as the anointed king of Israel..." (p. 846, The Ryrie Study Bible, 1976, 1978, Moody Press) Luke 24:49 ASV "And behold, I send forth the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city, until ye be clothed with power from on high." In 24:33 the text makes it clear that in v. 49 Jesus is adressing "the eleven [apostles] and those who were with them gathered together." Question: If the Apostles had previously received the Holy Spirit (John 20:22), then why does Jesus command them "tarry ye in the city, until ye be clothed with power from on high"? Acts 1:8 ASV "But ye shall receive power, when the Holy Spirit is come upon you: and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea and Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth." Question: Again why say "ye shall receive [future tense] power, when the Holy Spirit is come upon you," if the Holy Spirit had already come upon them in the past? 1) Upon salvation we are baptized (placed) into the body of Christ by the Holy Spirit(1 Cor 12:13). 2) Also, at the time of our salvation, we are indwelt by the Holy Spirit (Rom 8:9). 3) We must realize that those first disciples did not receive the Holy Spirit until the Day of Pentecost, because the Holy Spirit had not yet been given. 4) Pentecost was a one-time, never to be repeated event in the history of the church. Now there is no need to wait or tarry to receive the indwelling Holy Spirit. This was only true of the first (pre-Pentecost) disciples. John 20:22 "Since the disciples did not actually receive the Holy Spirit until the day of Pentecost, some 40 days in the future (Acts 1:8; 2:1-3), this statement must be understood as a pledge on Christ's part that the Holy Spirit would be coming." (p. 1627, MacArthur Study Bible, Word Publishing, 1997) |
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