![]() It is evident then that there is something unscriptural about the notion that baptism in the Spirit is an experience after conversion that will result in speaking in tongues. At Corinth, all had been baptised in the Spirit but not all spoke with tongues. As far as the gift of tongues is concerned, even when it was in vogue not every believer was expected to have it (1 Cor 12.30). For by one Spirit all of us Jews and Greeks, slaves and free were baptized into one body and were all privileged to drink from one Spirit. 1 Corinthians 12.13 shows that we have all been baptized into one body, so there is no need to seek such an experience. While we are told to be filled with the Spirit, we are never told to be baptised with the Spirit. That will be evidenced in you being involved in something miraculous such as speaking in a strange language. Perhaps this is a simplistic way of expressing their belief, but as I understand it, they say that if you tarry, pray, and plead for the Holy Spirit, He will come upon you in dramatic fashion. Some believers regard what they call “the baptism of the Spirit” as an experience that we need subsequent to conversion. We have already observed that regeneration, sealing and receiving the earnest are all associated with the activity of the Spirit at conversion, but the expression “baptized in the Spirit” is never related to it. God saw the whole church in prospect, and in His reckoning, every believer of the Christian era was baptised into that one body.ĭoubtless the benefits of being associated with the body of Christ are experienced at conversion, but the term “baptized in the Spirit” is never linked with the conversion experience. In His reckoning we were associated with Christ in His death and resurrection (Rom 6.1-11). We were not present, yet God regards us as having been there. The same concept is true of what happened at the crucifixion and resurrection. 1 now, concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, i would not have you ignorant. ![]() ![]() The words “we all” indicate that even though we were not present that day, from the divine perspective we are regarded as having being there. It had to do with the incorporation of every believer into that one body. Baptism in the Spirit is the aspect of the Spirit’s ministry relating to the formation of the church, the body of Christ.
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