Christians: When did you first receive the Holy Spirit?
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Christians (typically) receive the Holy Spirit for the frst time at baptism.\n\nThe Blessed Virgin received the Holy Spirit at conception.\n\nSt. John the Baptist received the Holy Spirit in his mother's womb.\n\nThe apostles received the Holy Spirit officially at Pentecost, and demonstrably, many other times, as well.
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Mark16:9  Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of\nthe week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene,\nMark16:12  After that he appeared in another form unto two\nof them,\nMark16:14  Afterward he appeared unto the eleven,\nMary  was certainly the first woman to see him after the\nresurrection, and the first to speak the good news of the\nresurrection.  As for the man it is hard to tell from \nscripture.  Perhaps a study of early church writing  would\nshed light on this wonderful question.  I'm 60 years old\nand have been a Christian since childhood and have never\nheard or thought about this issue before.  Thank-you
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NO\n\nIt was the day of Pentecost 33 C.E. Weeks earlier, Jews and proselytes from at least 15 regions of the far-flung Roman Empire and beyond had packed Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover. On that day, thousands of them heard—not in confusion, as those at ancient Babel did, but with understanding—ordinary people filled with holy spirit proclaim the good news in numerous languages spoken in the empire. \n\nJesus’ disciples could probably speak common Greek, the popular language of the day. They also used Hebrew, the language spoken at the temple. However, on that Pentecost day, they “astonished” their diverse audience by speaking in the native languages of those people. The hearts of the listeners were touched by the vital truths that they heard in their mother tongue.\n\nAmong those ‘speaking in tongues’ today are Pentecostals and Baptists, also Roman Catholics, Episcopalians, Methodists, Lutherans, and Presbyterians. Jesus said that the holy spirit would ‘guide his disciples into all the truth.’ (John 16:13) Do the members of each of these religions believe that the others who also “speak in tongues” have been guided into “all the truth”? How could that be, since they are not all in agreement? What spirit is making it possible for them to “speak in tongues”?\nIn the first century, when Christians ‘spoke in tongues,’ what they said had meaning to people who knew those languages. (Acts 2:4, 8) Today, is it not true that ‘speaking in tongues’ usually involves an ecstatic outburst of unintelligible sounds?\n\nIn the first century, the Bible shows, congregations were to limit the ‘speaking in tongues’ to two or three persons who might do that at any given meeting; they were to do it “each in turn,” and if there was no interpreter present they were to keep silent. (1 Cor. 14:27, 28, RS) Is that what is being done today?\n\nThe Bible does indicate how long the ‘gift of tongues’ would be a part of Christian experience. According to the record, this gift and the other gifts of the spirit were always conveyed to persons by the laying on of hands of the apostles of Jesus Christ or in their presence. Thus, after their death and when the individuals who in that way had received the gifts died, the miraculous gifts resulting from the operation of God’s spirit must have come to their end. Such a view agrees with the purpose of those gifts as stated at Hebrews 2:2-4.
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Christian were first establish about 24 days after Christs death.  In the same city that they crucified him...  They realized that he was the true messiah when he raised from the dead... they had seen him do miracles.... that they had seen the signs and wonders... and had seen that Christ fulfilled every old Testament prophesy.  So.. they became his followers even after his death and resurrection.
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Too bad the Catholic casts doubt on that which has not happened to him/her.    When I was 12 I was confirmed in the Lutheran church.   It meant that I had to stand before the congregation and answer a whole bunch of questions.  I was sacred silly and devoid of answers.\n\nMy pastor took our class down into the basemant and prayed for us.   All of a sudden the fear completely left me and I felt powerful and taller than everybody else.   I had always been very shy and timid like my father.  \n\nThe feeling left after the ceremony but I wanted to find it again but didn't know how.   I searched for 29 years for that power and boldness till I walked into a small pentecostal church and found it again and was baptized in the Holy Spirit for good.\n\nMy speaking in tongues gift is now the ability to perform in music and to speak and testify about my love for Jesus boldly and without fear.   I thank God for a true born again experience.\n\nGod works in mysterious ways and be very careful putting down others for the way they act when filled with the spirit.   Running, screaming, laughing are all things that God has given to us to express ourselves.   Don't put the Holy Spirit in a box.. Seek Him and He will set you free.   Would you jump and shout like the cripple in the Book of Acts Chp. 3?    Why not???
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It has been 3 1/2 years.  It seems like yesterday.  I was deployed to the holy land.  I was only miles away from the Gates of Nineveh.  Behind our chapel my co-workers dug a hole in the dirt and put a plastic overlay in it.  Then filled it with water.  I was baptized then.  It was a beautiful day.  I will never forget it no matter what happens.
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jesus christ, god and the holy spirit
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I became a Christian when I was 17 and got babitized not long after. It was in 98 and God has blessed me so much.I Love God!!!!
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When i was baptised with the Holy Ghost.\nTo know the details, click on the link in my profile.\nJoin the group and you will automatically get my personal testimony sent to you.\nGod bless you.
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This was really cool.  I had been a Christian at that point for about 2 years.  I was driving to go see a friend who was in a really bad situation and I was praying.  I suddenly realized that I wasn't speaking English anymore.  I didn't know what I was saying, but I could feel the presence of the Holy Spirit warming me and a calming sense washed over me.  I also knew just what to say and do when I saw my friend.  I've never been the same since.
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Yes. If you read Acts 2:1-4, on the Day of pentecost in the upper room there the 12 apostles, Mary the mother of Jesus and other women were filled with the Holy Ghost and spoke in tongues as the spirit gave the utterance. If you read acts 2:39 you'll see that the Holy Ghost mentioned in Acts 2:38 is a promise from God. In Acts 10:46 Peter was preaching to Cornelius and his family, while Peter was preaching Cornelius and his family was filled with the Holy Ghost and spoke in tongues.\nBack in the summer of 1998, in Fayetteville,NC at the First United Pentecostal Church I received the precious gift of the Holy Ghost and spoke in tongues. Yes, speaking in tongues is a sign that a person does have the Holy Ghost.   That promise is still available today.
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I was raised in a Christian home.  My mom played (and still plays) the piano for church, and my dad was sometimes an interim pastor.  He was at the church we attended in South Carolina, when we were between pastors.\nWhen I was 13, I fell away from the faith, because of my bitterness regarding my father's death three years prior, and all of the other people I had lost.\nFor twelve years, I wandered in darkness, even ignoring the fact that God actually spoke to me.\nAbout three weeks ago, I recommitted my life to Christ completely.  I researched the faith, including the history of the church, and the scientific, historic, and archaelogical evidence that supports the Bible.\nSurprisingly, it isn't the research that necessarily led me to God, although it did strengthen my faith.  What REALLY led me to God was the Holy Spirit...there is nothing like the feeling of the Holy Spirit filling you.\n\nThank you for your question, and for giving me the chance to share!
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Speaking in Tongues is evidence you got the Holy Ghost..\n\n\nAct 2:38
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Nicodemus did not understand the things Jesus was telling him at the time, thus his question on can a man go back into his mothers womb.  Jesus was not talking about the physical birth but a spiritual one.  One must be born again of water and the Spirit.  In other words, we must be baptized by water signifying the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus whom you accept as your sacrifice for your sin.  Death of the old man of sin and the rebirth of the new man with the new heart.  Then you will receive the gift of the Holy Ghost, which can be any of a number of gifts but He knows the one that is right for you and you may get more than one or just one or just one as you need it.  The Holy Spirit will lead you in the way He wants you to go so we just need to have faith and trust in Him to lead and be sure to follow the lead where He takes us.  Old Nic thought Jesus was talking about the physical, fleshly things but He was talking about the Spiritual, which is why you need the Holy Spirit to understand the Spiritual side of it all.  Hope this helps.. More info at the following site.
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How about this:\n\n1 Cor 6:19-20\n\n19Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.
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None, they actually arrived to worship Him about 18 months after Jesus was born into this world!
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Definitions of holy spirit on the Web:\n\nAccording to the Old Testament, the Holy Spirit, sent by God, is the divine principle of activity in the world. For Christians the Holy Spirit is part of the Trinity, which is three aspects of God, consisting of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Able to bestow gifts on individuals, especially the gift of prophecy, the Holy Spirit aided in the conception of Jesus (Matt. 1:18-20); descended to Jesus at his baptism (Matt. ...\nwww.metmuseum.org/explore/Byzantium/glossary.html\n\nThe third person in the Christian Trinity. Some faith groups consider him to be an active force. Historically, Christianity has taught that the Holy Spirit is a person, along with God the Father, and Yeshua of Nazareth (Jesus Christ).\nwww.religioustolerance.org/gl_h.htm\n\nThe Universal Christ consciousness or Christ Principle. Spirit is all unnamed, unnumbered Universal Substance, ready to become. The Holy Spirit is the composite vibration of Equilibrium Harmony, and Balance.\nmiriams-well.org/Glossary/\n\nRuach HaKodesh. Ha: The. Kodesh: Holy. Ruach: spirit, breath. The Breath of God. The Spirit of God. Yeshua is The Word of God. Yeshua breathed on them and said receive the Ruach HaKodesh (Yochanan 20:22).\nwww.new-testament-study-bible.com/Dict-Ency.htm\n\n1. The third person in the Trinity. The Holy Spirit creates and strengthens faith by means of the Word and Sacraments.\nwww.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/4855/jargon.htm\n\nOne of the three persons of the Holy Trinity (Father, Son and Holy Spirit). He is God and Christians believe that He comes to dwell in every believer.\nwww.fitzwimarc.org.uk/glossary/h.htm\n\nThe Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God. This Spirit helps us follow Jesus.\nwww.blestarewe.com/glossary/index.cfm/section/parish/level/1