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  Picture from Wallpapers.com - twodazza We will keep moving along, exploring what it means to be baptized by the Holy Spirit. As you can see above, this is my fourth article on this subject, and I encourage you to read the previous three if you haven't already. They provide a foundation on which I will continue building in this article, and if you do not have that foundational knowledge, what I am writing here may not make sense to you. My first article investigated how the the Bible talks about baptism by the Holy Spirit and it included a look at Jesus' own water and Holy Spirit baptisms. My second article presented the evidence that there are actually two separate experiences of relationship with the Holy Spirit; the first being the receipt of the Holy Spirit upon our confession of faith, and the second being living under the influence of the Holy Spirit so that He empowers us with gifts of the Spirit in the same way that Jesus was empowered and was able to act in th...

   Picture from Wallpapers.com - twodazza This is the third instalment in my series in which I am actively exploring what the nature of Holy Spirit baptism is, when it happens and what it looks like; and I am taking you along on the ride. If you haven't read my first two articles, I strongly encourage you to do so so that you can follow along properly. I am building on foundations that are already laid, and jumping in in the middle of the series could leave you confused or misdirected. In my first article , we looked at how the Bible talks about Holy Spirit baptism and we touched on Jesus' own Holy Spirit baptism. In my second article , I presented the idea that there are two distinct aspects of our relationship with the Holy Spirit; that which begins when we confess faith in Jesus, which I referred to as the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, and a second experience of Holy Spirit baptism which empowers the Believer into better obedience to God. As I think that this topic ...

P icture from Wallpapers.com -twodazza This is the second article that I am writing on the topic of the baptism by the Holy Spirit. As I stated in my first article , I am not writing this as if I know all the answers that this topic may require. I am on a journey of exploration with this topic and you are walking that path with me as I write this. That being said, please keep in mind that this is opinion and not a theological foundation; though I hope that it can amount to something like a foundation if, in hindsight, there is actually some insight into what I write. We have already looked at how the Bible refers to the baptism by the Holy Spirit, and we have touched on Jesus' own Holy Spirit baptism. Now, I think I will tackle trying to figure out the nature of that baptism and how it comes about. In the case of Jesus' baptism, we see that there are two separate and distinct baptisms that happen. First, Jesus is baptized with water by John the Baptist. Now, John the Baptis...