January 7, 2018
Acts 19:1-9
While
Apollos was at Corinth, Paul took the road through the interior and arrived at
Ephesus. There he found some disciples and asked them, "Did you receive
the Holy Spirit when you believed?" They answered, "No, we have not
even heard that there is a Holy Spirit."
So Paul asked, "Then what
baptism did you receive?" "John's baptism," they
replied.
Paul said, "John's baptism was a
baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the one coming after
him, that is, in Jesus." On hearing this, they were baptized into the name
of the Lord Jesus.
When Paul placed his hands on them,
the Holy Spirit came on them, and they
spoke in tongues and prophesied. There were about twelve
men in all. Paul entered the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months,
arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God. But some of them became
obstinate; they refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way. So Paul left
them. He took the disciples with him and had discussions daily in the lecture
hall of Tyrannus.
John 3:5,6
Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water
and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
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