And  it  happened  that  while  Apollos  was  at  Corinth,  Paul  passed  through  the  inland  country  and  came  to  Ephesus.  There  he  found  some  disciples.  And  he  said  to  them,  “Did  you  receive  the  Holy  Spirit  when  you  believed?”  And  they  said,  “No,  we  have  not  even  heard  that  there  is  a  Holy  Spirit.”  And  he  said,  “Into  what  then  were  you  bapFzed?”  They  said,  “Into  John's  bapFsm.”  

And  Paul  said,  “John  bapFzed  with  the  bapFsm  of  repentance,  telling  the  people  to  believe  in  the  one  who  was  to  come  aJer  him,  that  is,  Jesus.”  On  hearing  this,  they  were  bapFzed  in  the  name  of  the  Lord  Jesus.  And  when  Paul  had  laid  his  hands  on  them,  the  Holy  Spirit  came  on  them,  and  they  began  speaking  in  tongues  and  prophesying.  There  were  about  twelve  men  in  all.  

Acts  19:1-­‐7  (ESV)  

Paul’s  Ques*on:  

“Did  you  receive  the  Holy  Spirit  when  you  believed?”  

Which  is  it?  

“…when  you  believed”  or  “…since  you  believed”  

God’s  Word:  

Our  authority  for  –  • What  we  BELIEVE  

• How  we  should  LIVE    

“Did  you  receive  the  Holy  Spirit  when  you  believed?”  

“But  you  will  receive  power  when  the  Holy  Spirit  has  come  upon  you,  and  you  will  be  my  witnesses  in  Jerusalem  and  in  all  Judea  and  Samaria,  and  to  the  end  of  the  earth.”  

Acts  1:8  (ESV)  

Jesus  said  to  them  again,  “Peace  be  with  you.  As  the  Father  has  sent  me,  even  so  I  am  sending  you.”  And  when  he  had  said  this,  he  breathed  on  them  and  said  to  them,  “Receive  the  Holy  Spirit.  If  you  forgive  the  sins  of  any,  they  are  forgiven  them;  if  you  withhold  forgiveness  from  any,  it  is  withheld.”  

John  20:21-­‐23  (ESV)  

And  while  staying  with  them  he  ordered  them  not  to  depart  from  Jerusalem,  but  to  wait  for  the  promise  of  the  Father,  which,  he  said,  “you  heard  from  me;  for  John  bapFzed  with  water,  but  you  will  be  bapFzed  with  the  Holy  Spirit  not  many  days  from  now.”    

Acts  1:4-­‐5  (ESV)  

THREE  Bap*sms  

1.  Holy  Spirit  bapFzes  us  into  the  Body  of  Christ  (salvaFon)  

2.  Church  bapFzes  us  in  water  (sacrament  of  water  bapFsm)  

3.  Jesus  bapFzes  believers  in  Holy  Spirit  (power  for  witnessing)  

HAVE  YOU  RECEIVED?  

•  Have  you  trusted  Jesus  for  salvaFon?  •  Have  you  obeyed  the  commands  of  Scripture  and  been  bapFzed  in  water?  

•  Have  you  been  bapFzed  in  the  Holy  spirit  and  received  POWER  ?