what is Holy Spirit baptism?
– Dallas There are those who believe that baptism in the Holy Spirit replaced baptism in water since it is the superior baptism. There are those who believe that baptism in the Spirit must be sought after by people today because you are neither sanctified or saved without it. There are those who believe that some sort of experience, miraculous or otherwise, must accompany the baptism of the Holy Spirit. And there are those who believe that baptism of the Spirit is simply receiving the indwelling of the Spirit through faith in Christ. As a result, some interpret most of the references to “baptism” in the New Testament to refer to the reception of the Holy Spirit rather than to baptism in water. All of these views are erroneous. Instead of doing an exposition of each of these views, the best thing to do is simply look at what the New Testament teaches concerning the Spirit while trying to lay aside our presuppositions. John the Baptist declared that Jesus would baptize with the Spirit (L
