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gallenwalsh:
I just have to ask anyone if they believe they have been given the holy spirit. I would think that just as in the old testament it would be a life changing experience that one would not forget. Has Ray shared his receiving of the holy spirit ? I have not found it any ware.Any comments appreciated.

Roy Martin:
I am led to pray, and have guilt and shame asking for forgiveness everyday.I want to love my enemies and not judge others, seeing them as God sees them. I want to seek God with all my heart mind and soul; even though I fall short of doing so. I want to be humble and grow daily in Christ.
  These are just a few of the things I use to not care about. There is nothing in myself that would have ever wanted to change any of them.
 One has to have the Holy Spirit to lead us to these things. It is the Holy Spirit just as Jesus promised that will guide us and comfort us and teach us in all things.

Peace
Roy

elias3013:
What I read in Acts 2:38 tells us how to receive the Holy Spirit. If you think receiving the Holy Spirit will instantly change everything about you, I don't believe this. If you respond to the Holy Spirit working within you and leading you, positive change will come. Have faith in what God's Word says and believe that His Word is truth.

Ron

Roy Coates:
Of my ownself I can do nothing. The Spirit is what empowers me to do good, think good, rebuke my carnal mind. I ask often for God's Spirit to guide my steps, thoughts etc. Hope this helps

This will be interesting, a very good question that many may share.


Thanks Gallenwalsh

Dave in Tenn:
Hi, Ron.  I don't see a tit for tat in Acts 2:38, and all of the translations I have (including the KJV) support that--though some of the more 'parpaphrased' ones seem to, following tradition.

"Then Peter said unto them, 'Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins" is one statment in answer to the question of the crowd "Men and Brethren, what shall we do?" 

"ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost." is a different statement, with the two seperated by 'and'.  Of course, all this is English, not Greek, which makes it telling that the more 'literal' translations make these two statements seperate sentences.

So what I see is a seperation between repentance and baptism and the receiving of the Holy Spirit, not a formula for how one recieves the Holy Spirit. 

It also seems odd that there even needs to be a formula or a set of instructions for recieving a free gift.  I was baptized twice.  Both times I believed.  Did I recieve the Holy Spirit both times?  The first?  The last?  Niether, because I didn't do it right?  These are babylonian questions.  The Truth makes it unnecessary for me to even ask them in all solemnity.

Apologies if that's not what you meant.  Further apologies if I've done violence to the Word of God. 

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