WHAT IS BAPTISM WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT?
In Christian experience there is nothing more important than the Baptism with the Holy Spirit, yet there is less knowledge and more confusion and ignorance concerning this great subject than almost any experience in the Christian life. The enemy of our souls tries his utmost to keep the sinner from experiencing regeneration. Failing in that, he blinds the newborn soul regarding the truth of sanctification and the baptism of the Holy Spirit. In the broad sense, we must admit that sanctification would include the whole Christian experience from regeneration to glorification. In a narrower sense, however, the term sanctification is also used as referring to the crisis experience subsequent to regeneration by which one is cleansed from all sin, filled with perfect love, and baptized with the Holy Spirit, who gives power to live a victorious and fruitful Christian life. 15. 2. THE PREPARATION, INDWELLING, AND FILLING IN In our subject, how to receive the Baptism with the Holy Spirit, we of
