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What do you suppose happened here? (see scripture below)When the Holy Spirit comes to dwell inside the believer, He is "in" the believer, "with" the believer and "upon" the believer.
But He can only produce from the believer that which the believer is willing to do.
Yes, the Holy Spirit is limited by man in what He can do.
The OT prophets did not have the indwelling Holy Spirit, He would move on them in many ways but could not dwell in their hearts as he does now. The sin debt for man had not been paid yet.
The believers in Samaria had been water baptized but had not received the Holy Spirit.
1) How did they know these believers had not received the Spirit?
2) How did they know these believers HAD received the Spirit after the Apostle laid hands on them?
Acts 8:14-17
When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to Samaria. 15 When they arrived, they prayed for the new believers there that they might receive the Holy Spirit, 16 because the Holy Spirit had not yet come on any of them; they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 17 Then Peter and John placed their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
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