Monday, June 25, 2007

Receiving Holy Spirit Twice?

I was following the Bible Reading schedule and I found an interesting point on Holy Spirit. When did the disciples receive tht Holy Spirit? How different are the two "holy spirits"?

[So Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you; as the Father has sent Me, I also send you."]
And when He had said this, He breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. (John 20:22)

And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit was giving them utterance. (Acts 2:4)

1 comment:

Inelle Tang said...

「有聖靈內住 (Holy Spirit live inside us)」不等同「被聖靈充滿 (filled with the Holy Spirit)」。

每一個人在決志接受神的時候,聖靈都會從此住在他裡面。所以簡單的說,每一個信主的人裡面都有聖靈。

但不是每一個基督徒都被聖靈充滿。因此,被聖靈充滿也成了一個命令每一個基督徒需要追求的。例如以弗所書5:18節有一個給予基督徒的命令,就是「卻要被聖靈充滿」。