No one was ever commanded to seek the baptism of the Holy Spirit or to pray for it. Unlike some of the practices of charismatics or Pentecostals today, no one in the book of Acts, or in the whole Bible for that matter, was ever commanded to be baptized in the Holy Spirit or to seek the baptism of the Holy Spirit. It was never presented as something one must seek. Not one instance in the Scriptures even slightly mirrors today’s charismatic practice of inviting people to the altar to be baptized in the Holy Spirit and receive the gift of tongues. The Spirit always came upon people according to
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