Wesleyan Pentecostal Church
of Washington
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Scriptures Revealing the Difference Between
the Salvation and Pentecostal Experience
The Salvation
Experience
The Pentecostal Experience
Born of the Spirit
Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. (Joh 3:5)
Baptized by the Spirit into Christ
For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. (1Co 12:13)
Receiving Christ
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: (Joh 1:12)
The Spirit Dwelling
Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
(Joh 14:17)
The Spirit Renewing
Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; (Tit 3:5)
Living in the Spirit
If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. (Gal 5:25)
The Believer Attesting to (sealing) God
He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true. (Joh 3:33)
Passive Reception of the Spirit as the Spirit of Christ
But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. (Rom 8:9)
Receiving the Promise of Christ
And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers, God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. (Act 13:32-33)
Receiving the Gift of Eternal Life
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Rom 6:23)
A Drink into the Spirit
For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. (1Co 12:13)
A Well Springing Up Within
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. (Joh 4:13-14)
Rivers Flowing Out
In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.) (Joh 7:37-39)
Being Drunk on the Spirit
For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day. (Act 2:15)
Filled with the Spirit
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; (Eph 5:18)
Baptized by Christ into the Spirit
I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: (Mat 3:11)
Receiving the Spirit
And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: (Joh 20:22)
The Spirit Filling
And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. (Act 2:4)
The Spirit Empowering
And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high. (Luk 24:49)
Walking in the Spirit
If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. (Gal 5:25)
God Attesting to (sealing) the Believer
In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, (Eph 1:13)
Active Reception of the Spirit as the
Holy Spirit
But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. (Act 1:8)
He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost. (Act 19:2)
Receiving the Promise of the Spirit
Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear. (Act 2:33)
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.
(Act 2:39)
Receiving the Gift of the Spirit
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. (Act 2:38)
