The Holy Spirit.
In us, or upon us? Or both? Is there a difference?
Pentecostals have always believed that there is a difference between receiving the Holy Spirit
and being "baptized" in the Holy Spirit.
There argument for this, is that no one in the Bible was "baptized" in the Holy Spirit when they
got saved. It always came at some point after the believed in Jesus.
However it appears that some (if not all), received the Holy Spirit within them when they got saved.
I find this difference in the language intriguing.
In many verses we see the phrase "the (Holy) Spirit upon or orsomeone.
Matt 12:18; Mark 1:10; Luke 1:35; Luke 4:18; John 1:33; Acts 1:8; Acts 10:44; Acts 11:15;
There seems to be a Holy Spirit that all believers have within them.
But this being baptized in the Holy Spirit, this where supernatural power comes from. Power that
we don't normally have on our own.
So why do many verses use the phrase on (or upon) you when talking about the Holy Spirit.
Acts 2:17; Acts 10:45; Acts 19:6; 1 Pet 4:14; etc...
but yet, many other verses use the phrase "in" or "within" you, when talking about the Holy Spirit.
Rom 5:5; 1 Pet 1:11; John 14:17; Acts 6:3; Rom 8:9; Rom 8:11; Rom 14:17; 1 Cor 3:16; etc...
I have noticed this isn't simply just a figure of speech due to language translation, but the words are
actually different in the Greek.
eperchomai - to supervene, arrive, occur, impend, attack, influence, come upon.
oikeō - to occupy, to inhabit, to reside, to dwell.
One word seems to indicate the Holy Spirit is simply "within" us, or dwells within us.
The other word seems to indicate that the Holy Spirit can "arrive" upon us, or "occur" upon us, and can "influence" us.
I notice in the old testament not very many people had the Holy Spirit, normally only prophets (such as Elijah) , kings of
Israel (such as David)leaders of Israel (such as Moses), judges, such as Samson. There were some exceptions, like in Numbers
chapter 11, the Holy Spirit is given to seventy elders among the Israelites, and they prophesy (only one time), but
then the Spirit is taken away from them, and they never have that power again.
... to be continued ...
In us, or upon us? Or both? Is there a difference?
Pentecostals have always believed that there is a difference between receiving the Holy Spirit
and being "baptized" in the Holy Spirit.
There argument for this, is that no one in the Bible was "baptized" in the Holy Spirit when they
got saved. It always came at some point after the believed in Jesus.
However it appears that some (if not all), received the Holy Spirit within them when they got saved.
I find this difference in the language intriguing.
In many verses we see the phrase "the (Holy) Spirit upon or orsomeone.
Matt 12:18; Mark 1:10; Luke 1:35; Luke 4:18; John 1:33; Acts 1:8; Acts 10:44; Acts 11:15;
There seems to be a Holy Spirit that all believers have within them.
But this being baptized in the Holy Spirit, this where supernatural power comes from. Power that
we don't normally have on our own.
So why do many verses use the phrase on (or upon) you when talking about the Holy Spirit.
Acts 2:17; Acts 10:45; Acts 19:6; 1 Pet 4:14; etc...
but yet, many other verses use the phrase "in" or "within" you, when talking about the Holy Spirit.
Rom 5:5; 1 Pet 1:11; John 14:17; Acts 6:3; Rom 8:9; Rom 8:11; Rom 14:17; 1 Cor 3:16; etc...
I have noticed this isn't simply just a figure of speech due to language translation, but the words are
actually different in the Greek.
eperchomai - to supervene, arrive, occur, impend, attack, influence, come upon.
oikeō - to occupy, to inhabit, to reside, to dwell.
One word seems to indicate the Holy Spirit is simply "within" us, or dwells within us.
The other word seems to indicate that the Holy Spirit can "arrive" upon us, or "occur" upon us, and can "influence" us.
I notice in the old testament not very many people had the Holy Spirit, normally only prophets (such as Elijah) , kings of
Israel (such as David)leaders of Israel (such as Moses), judges, such as Samson. There were some exceptions, like in Numbers
chapter 11, the Holy Spirit is given to seventy elders among the Israelites, and they prophesy (only one time), but
then the Spirit is taken away from them, and they never have that power again.
... to be continued ...