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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:
Hi all, I checked the Search mechanism, but didn't really get the info I was looking for - so maybe it's time to bring up the subject again. What are anyone's views on the difference between the indwelling (at the time of receiving Jesus as Lord and Savior) and infilling (at the time of asking for it) of the Holy Ghost? All thoughts are welcome, please blessings cheri |
Bible Answer: Hello Cheri, I’m not sure I follow you regarding the “asking for it” part of your question regarding the “filling” of the Holy Spirit. To my knowledge, there is no place in Scripture where we are commanded or told to ask, or pray for the filling (or infilling as you put it) of the Spirit. I have heard this in certain denominational teachings though- “ask/pray for the Spirit” but I don’t find that in the bible. What we do know is that every believer is “sealed” with the Spirit 2 Corinthians 1:21-22 (ESV) 21 And it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us, 22 and who has also put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee. It is a one-time event that happens at the moment of conversion and is never repeated. John 14:16 (ESV) 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, 5 to be with you forever, Notice the Lord promises that the Helper (Holy Spirit) once given, will be “with you forever”. So I’m assuming that this is what you are meaning by “indwelling”. 2Timothy 1:14 (ESV) 14 By the Holy Spirit who dwells within us, guard the good deposit entrusted to you. My understanding is that the “filling” of the Spirit is something quite different as well as something that is repeated during the life and ministry of believers. Eph 5:18 ESV 18 And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit, This is a command – “be filled with the Spirit,…” 1 Co 3:1 ESV But I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. 2 I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it. And even now you are not yet ready, 3 for you are still of the flesh. For while there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh and behaving only in a human way? My understanding here is that Paul is not able to address them as “spiritual people” not because they do not have the Spirit. They do, they are believers as indicated by Paul addressing them as “the church” in the introduction of the letter and as "infants in Christ" in the above quoted passage. Paul could not address them as spiritual because they were not being “controlled” by the Spirit. As in Eph 5:18 the warning was to not get “drunk with wine” (that is, controlled/altered by it) these believers in 1 Cor. were being controlled by the flesh; that is “jealousy” “strife”. Another example of what I am referring to as the “filling” of the Spirit is Mt 10:19 ESV 19 When they deliver you over, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say, for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour. I have always been amazed by the passage in Matthew 10. Hope this helps, Jeff |