How Do We Receive the Holy
Spirit today?
1). Listen to His revealed and confirmed
word in the gospel.
Rom.10:17; Acts 2:37

2). Let the truth of His word convict
you of truth about Jesus, truth
about your sin, and the truth of
your desperate need for mercy
and grace. - Acts 2:37; John
16:13f

3). Repent of your sins and of your
resistance of the Holy Spirit - Acts
2:38; 7:51

4). Be baptized in water (Acts
2:38; 10:47-48) in the name of
Jesus Christ for the remission of
sins.

5). You will receive the gift of the
Holy Spirit (salvation from sin and
condemnation) Acts 2:38,39,21;
Rom. 8:1

6) Failure to submit to His message
is "resisting the Holy Spirit".
Acts 7:51

7) Those who resist remain lost
and condemned. Heb.10:29;
Rom.3:23; 6:23

What Happens at the point of
Spirit guided baptism in the
name of Jesus Christ?

1) You are added to the church
(Acts 2:47) or baptized into One
Body - 1 Cor.12:13

2) You are showing faith and God
operates to remove the sins of the
flesh - Col.2:12

3) You have buried the old man in
baptism with Christ, are forgiven,
and rise to walk in newness of life -
Rom.6:3-5

4) You have "put on Christ" and
have been adopted as sons and
daughters. Gal.3:26,27

5) You have been spiritually translated
out of darkness and into the
kingdom of God's dear Son.
Col.1:13

6) Your sins are washed away -
Acts 22:16; 2:38 - "you are
washed" -1 Cor.6:11

7) You body becomes the temple
of the Holy Spirit - 1 Cor.6:19,20

8) You are justified in the name of
the Lord Jesus - Acts 2:38; 1
Cor.6:11

9) You are sanctified by the Spirit
of our God - 1 Cor.6:11

10) You are saved from sin and
condemnation. Mk.16:16; 1
Pet.3:21

11) Your conscience is cleaned in
the blood of Christ. 1 Pet.3:21;
Heb.9:14; 10:22

12) Your old manner of life is
washed away and you are a new
creature in Christ. 2 Cor.5:17

13) Your name is written in the
Lamb's book of life - Phil.3:20; 4:3

14) You begin growing to spiritual
maturity. 2 Pet.1:5-10; 1 Pet.2:1-3

~ Terry W. Benton