Ch19_02_Sermon_Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed？ (Acts 19:1–7)

I would like to share the word, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” (Acts 19:2). Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed in Jesus? The Book of Acts speaks of the fact that when the Apostle Paul preached the word and Peter also preached the word, the Holy Spirit came down upon people together with the gospel. The Book of Acts is the record of the spread of the gospel, in which, together with the Holy Spirit, the word was preached, deeds were done, and people were caused to receive the remission of sins and to receive the Holy Spirit. But when we look at this word, we see that Paul asked as follows: “It happened, while Apollos was at Corinth, that Paul, having passed through the upper regions, came to Ephesus. And finding some disciples he said to them, ‘Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?’” (Acts 19:1–2). The Apostle Paul thought of believing in Jesus and receiving the Holy Spirit together. So whenever people said that they believed in Jesus, he always checked whether they had received the Holy Spirit or not. So the Apostle Paul asked the believers in Ephesus, and they said, “We have not so much as heard whether there is a Holy Spirit” (Acts 19:2). They were people who knew nothing at all. So it is written, “And he said to them, ‘Into what then were you baptized?’ So they said, ‘Into John’s baptism.’ Then Paul said, ‘John indeed baptized with a baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe on Him who would come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.’ When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul had laid hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied. Now the men were about twelve in all” (Acts 19:3–7).

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