The Baptism of the Holy Spirit in Acts 2

[Always in His Presence]

And I means that. I would explain. what I. see what 1 Cor 10:2 means and you can see how I see that verse , is what

I mean and. nothing more ??

dan p

The verse has absolutely nothing to do with the baptism of the Holy Spirit.

 

[retired firefighter]

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Notice the emphasis on they were all - Look just a could verses back (remembering the Scripture was not written in chapter and verse.


Notice - the eleven were address, but there were others in the room that made up the 'them all' - Mary, the mother of Jesus, with His brothers and 120 people in total.

Did you catch it?

How many were filled with the Holy Spirit? Them all!

Thoughts

you hit the nail right on the head! too many of todays churches resist the movement of the Spirit . i once when into a church, they had a sign on the wall , it read: we believe in speaking in tongues but don"t encourage it . if you find this , shake the dust off your feet !

 

[retired firefighter]

And your OP. says the BAPTISM of the HOLY SPIRIT , and just asking , was that BAPTISM. with Water. OR a BAPTISM

WITHOUT WATER ?? two totally different events, one emerged into water , the other washed over by the spirit

dan p

 

[timothyu]

it read: we believe in speaking in tongues but don"t encourage it . if you find this , shake the dust off your feet !

So English only?

 

[The Liturgist]

you hit the nail right on the head! too many of todays churches resist the movement of the Spirit . i once when into a church, they had a sign on the wall , it read: we believe in speaking in tongues but don"t encourage it . if you find this , shake the dust off your feet !

I believe in speaking in tongues but my experience of the phenomenon was so radically different from the Pentecostal experience, which is not to say your approach is wrong, but that we have perhaps a different understanding. Within Orthodoxy the most common theolougoumemnon is that it gives us the ability to communicate with those who have something important to tell us, but we lack a common language - it is a sacred gift to overcome the limitations imposed by the confusion of Babel.

Thus, in the Divine Liturgy, all words are spoken in comprehensible language; but according to the most common (but unofficial) understanding, the one I’ve experienced, well, we have some blessed clergy who can say things to the congregation in apparent silence.