Have You Experienced the Baptism of the Holy Spirit?

Sunday, February 8, 2026
Pastor Jojo Ma

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1 And it happened that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the inland country and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples. 2 And he said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” And they said, “No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.” 3 And he said, “Into what then were you baptized?” They said, “Into John's baptism.” 4 And Paul said, “John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, Jesus.” 5 On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

I. Baptism of the Holy Spirit [vv2-3]
II. Power by the Word of God [vv8-10,20]
III. Healing in the Name of Jesus [vv11-12]

I. Baptism of the Holy Spirit [vv2-3]
2 And he said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” And they said, “No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.” 3 And he said, “Into what then were you baptized?” They said, “Into John’s baptism.”

4 And Paul said, “John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, Jesus.” 5 On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

2 And he said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?”

Acts 1:5 for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.

1 Cor 12:13 For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body.

“We affirm one baptism for the forgiveness of sins, and we look forward to the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. Amen.” – Nicene Creed

Every conversion is a spiritual resurrection, every conversion is the working of our powerful God, every conversion experiences the baptism of the Holy Spirit.

6 And when Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they began speaking in tongues and prophesying.

II. Power by the Word of God [vv8-10,20]
8 And he entered the synagogue and for three months spoke boldly, reasoning and persuading them about the kingdom of God. 9 But when some became stubborn and continued in unbelief, speaking evil of the Way before the congregation, he withdrew from them and took the disciples with him, reasoning daily in the hall of Tyrannus. 10 This continued for two years, so that all the residents of Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks…20 So the word of the Lord continued to increase and prevail mightily.

What charracterizes genuine revival? Faithful preaching of the gospel (law and grace) --- and repentance and faith.

III. Healing in the Name of Jesus [vv11-12]
11 And God was doing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul, 12 so that even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his skin were carried away to the sick, and their diseases left them and the evil spirits came out of them.

Eph 6:12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.

13 Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists undertook to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, “I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul proclaims.” 14 Seven sons of a Jewish high priest named Sceva were doing this. 15 But the evil spirit answered them, “Jesus I know, and Paul I recognize, but who are you?” 16 And the man in whom was the evil spirit leaped on them, mastered all of them and overpowered them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. 17 And this became known to all the residents of Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks. And fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was extolled.

Behind all that happens, whether in Acts 19 or in our own lives today, the power for change is in the name of the Lord and the Word of the Lord.

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