The Baptism of the Holy Spirit is an experience and a gift. As we came to understand the term "Baptism" as described in the word study of "Water Baptism," the word "Baptize" means more than a sprinkle.

Baptism actually means "to dip, immerse, submerge".

In the case of the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, it is an immersion into the Holy Spirit.

Jesus Christ Himself is the actual baptizer into the Holy Spirit - John 1:33 "And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost. " This was spoken by John the Baptist about Jesus Christ.

It is the desire, will and commandment of Jesus, that all who believe in Him would receive and accept the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. It is for every believer in Jesus Christ to receive the Holy Spirit. Acts 2:38, 39 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.

Receiving the Holy Spirit will empower you to be a witness for Jesus and enable you to grow in an intimate personal relationship with Him. Acts 1:1-5 The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen: To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God: And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.

The Baptism of the Holy Spirit will transition your experience with God from God dwelling in your midst to indwelling you. When you ask and receive the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, you will discover a whole new dimension into the things of God.

As God in the Old Testament found His temple and dwelling place with His people in the temple built with the hands of man, in the New Covenant with Jesus, man himself becomes the temple of God, where God desires to dwell.

Jesus eluded to this phenomenon in Matt 26:61 "... I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days." Referring not to the temple building itself, but the temple of His body as in the crucifixion and then the resurrection.

To continue with this article Click Here