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<div class="SSN_intro">Intro. Paul has left Corinth and sailed for Ephesus with Pricilla and Aquilla, who will remain in Ephesus starting a home Bible study, as Paul spending a few days there will continue to Jerusalem for the feast. As Paul was waiting for a ship to go to Caesarea, he went to the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews, who desired that he remain with them for a while, but he was determined to get to Jerusalem in time for the feast, so he promised to return to them, if it was God's will. We are told nothing of Paul's visit to Jerusalem and the feast, except that he greeted the church and went to Antioch. After spending some time there, he took off again passing through Galatia and Phyrgia ministering to the churches. He finally made his way back to Ephesus where he found certain disciples.</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">I. PAUL'S QUESTION. "HAVE YOU RECEIVED THE HOLY SPIRIT SINCE YOU BELIEVED?"</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. Some say that it should read, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. The authorized translation reads "since" while the Revised Standard version reads "when."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Whichever reading you accept, they both infer the same thing, that the gift of the Holy Spirit is not necessarily bestowed at the time of conversion.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. The scripture does teach that there is a special gift of the Holy Spirit, that is separate, distinct, and subsequent from conversion.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. The three Greek prepositions.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. Para (with). Prior to conversion. Convicting you of sin, righteousness, and judgment to come.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. En (in). Upon conversion. The indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit conforming us into the image of Jesus Christ. Our bodies become the temple of the Holy Spirit.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">c. Epi (upon or over). The baptism of the Spirit where He now flows out of our lives like a torrent of living water, enabling us to be witnesses for Christ.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Stephen went to Samaria and preached Christ and many believed and were baptized in water.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. When the church in Jerusalem heard that the Samaritans had received the gospel, they sent unto them Peter and John, for as yet the Holy Spirit had not come upon them (epi).</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. Their receiving the Holy Spirit through the laying on of hands by Peter and John was separate from and subsequent to their believing and being baptized.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. Paul became a believer on the road to Damascus, but did not receive the Holy Spirit until Ananias laid hands on him.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. Why would Paul ask this question?</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. There no doubt seemed to be something missing in their experience.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. Perhaps a spark of life and enthusiasm.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. Perhaps love.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">c. Perhaps joy.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">d. Maybe a zeal for the things of God.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">e. Maybe a love for the Word.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. These are things that transpire in the life of a believer when they are baptized with the Holy Spirit.</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">II. THE RESPONSE, "WE HAVE NOT HEARD IF THEIR BE ANY HOLY SPIRIT."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. What they are saying is that they did not know the Holy Spirit had been given.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. The Holy Spirit is spoken of in the Old Testament, so they knew of the Holy Spirit.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. John had testified of the Holy Spirit. Speaking of Jesus, John said, "There is One coming after me, Who is preferred before me, for He was before me, and He shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. They did not know that this had happened. That the disciples were given the gift of the Holy Spirit.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. Paul then asked, "Unto what then were you baptized?"</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Were you baptized in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit?</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. There is a group today known as United Pentecostals, along with others such as the William Branham cult who believe and teach the "Jesus only" doctrine.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. This is a doctrine that is fraught with biblical error.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. They deny the trinity of the Godhead, saying that Jesus is the Father and the Spirit also, that it is Jesus only.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">c. One of their main points has to do with baptism.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">d. They believe and teach that unless you were baptized in the name of Jesus only, you do not have a valid baptism.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">C. Their response was unto John's baptism.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. John's baptism was a baptism of repentance from sin.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. John the Baptist preached "repent for the kingdom of God is at hand."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. To be baptized unto John's baptism was to renounce sin, I am not going to live in sin any longer. There are going to be some changes in my life.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">4. As John was preaching and baptizing, he said that another One was coming after him Who was mightier than he, and that He would baptize them with the Holy Spirit and with fire.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">5. Perhaps this small group had been in Jerusalem for the feasts at the time that John was baptizing, and had heard John's message and had been baptized by John.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">6. Returning to Ephesus from the feast, they possibly heard nothing further of John, but were still seeking to live a life pleasing to God.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">D. Paul explained to them that John in his preaching told the people that they believe on Him who was coming after him; that is, on the Messiah, Jesus.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">E. When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of Jesus.</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">III. THE RESPONSE OF THE PEOPLE, "THEY WERE BAPTIZED IN THE NAME OF JESUS."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. It would appear that Paul is the one that baptized them.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. It is interesting in the light of the letter of Paul to the church in Corinth in which he said, that he thanked God that he had not baptized any of them but Crispus and Gaius, for the Lord did not send him to baptize, but to preach the gospel.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. Paul then laid hands on them and the Holy Spirit came upon them.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Once again we see the gift of the Holy Spirit imparted by the laying on of hands.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. On three occasions we find the Holy Spirit imparted by the laying on of hands.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. The Samaritans.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. Paul himself.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">c. Now Paul laying his hands on them.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. In two major cases there were no laying on of hands.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. The original outpouring of the Spirit.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. The house of Cornelius.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">4. Note that the Holy Spirit came upon them. Epi.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">C. The evidence, "They spoke in tongues and prophesied."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. These are two of the vocal gifts of the Holy Spirit.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Paul devotes the 14th chapter of 1 Corinthians to these two gifts.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. It does not say that they all did both, or that some spoke in tongues and others prophesied.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">4. In the Old Testament the evidence of a person being filled with the Holy Spirit was the gift of prophecy.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">D. The number being about twelve.</div>
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