John
20:22 – And with that he breathed on
them and said, “Receive the
Holy Spirit.
Acts
2:17,38 – “‘In the
last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people.
Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions,
your old men will dream dreams…Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of
Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the
Holy Spirit.
Acts
8:15-16 – When they
arrived, they prayed for the new believers there that they might receive the
Holy Spirit, because the Holy Spirit had not yet come on
any of them; they had simply been baptized in the name
of the Lord Jesus.
Application:
- · The disciples needed God’s help to carry out the commission they had just been given.
- · Two gifts are now given: the forgiveness of sins and the Holy Spirit.
- · Since the day of Pentecost, those who “belong to Christ” also have the Holy Spirit.
- · The age of Messianic fulfillment has arrived.
All Scripture verses taken from NIV
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