What is the Baptism of the Holy Spirit?
I recently had someone ask me if I believed the Baptism of the Holy Spirit and the Gifts of the Spirit are still relevant today. Here is how I answered him. What is the Baptism of the Holy Spirit Scripture tells us the moment we place our trust in Jesus we are baptized into the Body of Christ by the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 12:13; cf. Titus 3:4-6). At that moment, we immediately become a “work in progress” for God in which the Holy Spirit becomes the Chief Architect in our lives. As a work in progress we begin a transformational process, in which t he Holy Spirit indwells (John 14:17), seals (Eph. 1:13-14; 4:30), comforts (John 16:7), guides (John 16:13), and ultimately conforms us into the image of Jesus (cf. Rom. 8:29). When talking about Baptism of the Holy Spirit beyond the conversion experience (cf. 1 Corinthians 12:13), I believe it is important to have a clear definition of what we are talking about when we use this term. If baptism of the Holy Spiri...