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Acts 19:2 "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when[a] you believed".
They answered, No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy
Spirit. So Paul asked, Then what baptism did you receive?
Johns baptism, they replied.
Paul said, Johns baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told
the people to believe in the one coming after him, that is, in
Jesus.
On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord
Jesus. When Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit
came on them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.
There were about twelve men in all.
True Repentance
Hosea 14:1 [ Repentance to Bring Blessing ] Return, Israel, to the
Lord your God. Your sins have been your downfall!
Isaiah 30:15 This is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of
Israel, says: In repentance and rest is your salvation, in
quietness and trust is your strength, but you would have none
of it.
Matthew 3:8 Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.
Luke 5:32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to
repentance.
Acts 20:21 I have declared to both Jews and Greeks that they
must turn to God in repentance and have faith in our Lord
Jesus.
Lord of all time and eternity, you opened the heavens and
revealed yourself as Father in the baptism of Jesus your
beloved Son: by the power of your Spirit complete the heavenly
work of our rebirth through the waters of the new creation;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.