ASLC Devotions -- Friday

²[Paul] said to them, ‘Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you became believers?’ They replied, ‘No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.’ ³Then he said, ‘Into what then were you baptized?’ They answered, ‘Into John’s baptism.’ ⁴Paul said, ‘John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, in Jesus.’

I could make the joke here that those who had not heard of the Holy Spirit must have been Lutherans. Among groups of Christians, we Lutherans talk about the Holy Spirit a whole lot less than other groups. My gentle chiding is self-directed, also. But to Paul's question, did you receive the Holy Spirit, we need to answer, "Yes!" 

And, having received the Holy Spirit, having been baptized with the Holy Spirit, we should proclaim and recognize the Spirit's work! All joking aside, even if we don't talk about it all that often, we certainly have heard that there is a Holy Spirit! 

Peace,
Pastor Jenn