Commonly Asked Questions about the Holy Spirit pt 1

Pastor Bill Winston
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE "WITHIN" AND "UPON" EXPERIENCE?
 
The "WITHIN" experience is the rebirth of the human spirit. This is commonly referred to as being "born again" or getting "saved". This is the point where an individual receives Jesus as Lord and Saviour and the Holy Spirit comes within.

THE BORN AGAIN EXPERIENCE
John 3:3
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

THE WELL OF WATER SPRINGING UP INTO ETERNAL LIFE
John 4:13-14
Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

DEPOSIT OF THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT INTO YOUR REGENERATED SPIRIT
Galatians 5:22-23
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
The "UPON" experience is the Baptism (immersion) in the Holy Spirit or being filled with the Holy Spirit. Jesus said in John 7:38, He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.

THE INITIAL EVIDENCE OF HOLY SPIRIT BAPTISM IS SPEAKING IN OTHER (UNKNOWN) TONGUES
Acts 2:4
And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Acts 2:38-39
Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.

HOLY SPIRIT BAPTISM IS A PROMISE FROM GOD. IT IS FOR POWER, FOR SERVICE AND FOR THE MANIFESTATION OF THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT
1 Corinthians12:7-11
But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues: But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.