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NASB | Acts 2:38 Peter said to them, "Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 2:38 And Peter said to them, "Repent [change your old way of thinking, turn from your sinful ways, accept and follow Jesus as the Messiah] and be baptized, each of you, in the name of Jesus Christ because of the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. |
Bible Question:
Greetings Forum participants! For many days we have masticated the issue of baptismal regeneration or the belief that water baptism is necessary for salvation. Now, if the Holy Spirit is only given AFTER (water) baptism, how could the Gentiles receive the Holy Spirit as they did in Acts 10 PRIOR to their water baptism? |
Bible Answer: Mommapbs: The Lord Jesus taught that we must be "born from above" "That which is born of the Spirit is spirit" John 3:6 It is the Holy Spirit who indwells the believer at the moment they place faith in Christ, who makes the change within. 11 Cor. 5:17 Regeneration is the work of God through his Spirit alone. It is the Holy Spirit who baptises us into the body of Christ. "For by one Spirit are we all baptised into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles..."1 Cor. 12:13 and we find that as such "Now ye are the body of Christ and members in particular" 1 Cor.12 :27 Your reference to Acts 10:44 again demonstrates "that when they heard the word" the Holy Spirit fell upon them. In v. 47 it was because they had received the Holy Spirit that Peter asks "Can any forbid water that these should not be baptized? V47 and in V48 they were baptised. Do you not think that in Acts we see a progressive unfolding of truth to the church? I agree with you that the fruit of the Spirit in our lives after we are born again is evidence that we are in Christ. Your brother by his grace Robert |