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Clearly John made a distinction between his water baptism and the baptism of the Holy Spirit by Jesus Christ of Nazareth. This baptism would first occur on the day of Pentecost and spread to all who believe. Though some denominations claim that John's baptism of water saves, it is actually Christ's baptism with the Holy Spirit that brings us into His Kingdom. His baptism has nothing to do with physical water and everything to do with living waters.
Blessings.
Im not convinced that the disciples hadn’t received the Holy Spirit prior to Pentecost. I believe they already had received the Holy Spirit and that at Pentecost they had received the gift of tongues enabling them to speak in different languages so that they could spread the gospel. Jesus said that they already knew the Holy Spirit and that He abides with them in John 14. He also says that the Holy Spirit will be in them. So I think it’s interesting that the Holy Spirit will remain with them and will later be in them. I think perhaps being “in them” could mean that He will be working thru them.
“I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you.”
John 14:16-17 NASB1995
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