"Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" This was the question Paul asked some disciples of John. They responded, "we haven't even heard that there is a Holy Spirit."
Sadly, this reality is still true today. Many say that they believe but have never heard of or understood the Holy Spirit! Without the Holy Spirit there is no salvation. Jesus taught about the work of the Holy Spirit and encouraged his disciples to
"receive the Holy Spirit". This is what it means to be "born again".
Many "christians" today would say that they "believe" in Jesus. Have they even thought about the Holy Spirit or what Jesus taught about Him. It is as though we have a lot of pre-christian "believers" who need further teaching. Last chapter we saw Apollos, who was preaching skillfully about Jesus, but needed to hear about the Holy Spirit, and today, we have the Jews in Ephesus.
Have we received the Holy Spirit? Jesus said, "The Spirit is the One who gives life."
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