Acts 1:5-6 (8)

New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update Chapter 1

5 for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit bnot many days from now.”

6 So when they had come together, they were asking Him, saying, “Lord, is it at this time You are restoring the kingdom to Israel?”

New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update Chapter 1

5 for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit bnot many days from now.”

6 So when they had come together, they were asking Him, saying, “Lord, is it at this time You are restoring the kingdom to Israel?”

Jesus’ promise is strengthened by a reminder of the testimony of John the Baptist; he had claimed to baptize merely with water, but prophesied the coming of One who would baptize with the Spirit ().

Baptized

to employ water in a religious ceremony designed to symbolize purification and initiation on the basis of repentance

The Holy Spirit is made available to all that believe in Jesus. We receive the Holy Spirit (are baptized with Him) when we receive Jesus Christ as our Savior. The baptism of the Holy Spirit must be understood in the light of His total work in Christians.

(1) The Spirit marks the beginning of the Christian experience. We cannot belong to Christ without His Spirit. ().

We cannot be united to Christ without His Spirit ().

We cannot be adopted as His children without His Spirit (; ).

We cannot be in the body of Christ except by baptism in the Spirit ().

(2) The Spirit is the power of our new lives in Jesus. He begins a lifelong process of change aw we become more like Christ (; ).

When we receive Christ by faith, we begin an immediate personal relationship with God.

The Holy Spirit works in us to help us become like Christ.

(3) The Spirit unties the Christian community in Christ ().

The Holy Spirit can be experienced by all, and He works through all (; )

Vs.6

So when they had come together, they were asking Him, saying, “Lord, is it at this time You are restoring the kingdom to Israel?”

Jesus’ promise is strengthened by a reminder of the testimony of John the Baptist; he had claimed to baptize merely with water, but prophesied the coming of One who would baptize with the Spirit