Read John 3:3-8 and Rom 8:9-11

What is the role of the Holy Spirit in these verses?

Is it possible for a person to be a Christian and NOT have the Holy Spirit?

Read 1 Cor 12:13

What does this verse say about the Spirit’s activity in the body of Christ?

To whom does it apply?

In a recent sermon I used the illustration of buying new technology and that even the most advanced devices are useless without the necessary power to function as they’ve been designed.

How does this compare with the Christians dependence on the Holy Spirit?

Read Acts 1:4-8

Why would Jesus give this command to His disciples who already believed (they were already born again by the Spirit—see John 20:21-22)?

Does the baptism of the Spirit that Jesus is speaking of sound the same as 1 Cor 12:13 or different? Why?

Read Acts 2:2-4 and Acts 2:16-18

How would you describe what the baptism of the Spirit looked like at Pentecost? 

Read Acts 8:12-17

What do these verses tell us about receiving the Spirit at a point subsequent to conversion?

Why might we need the empowerment of the Spirit beyond conversion?

Andy Hall highlights the difference between the Spirit “in me” speaking of salvation and the Spirit “upon me” with power to minister… In other words, they were already converted—the Spirit was “in them”—but the Spirit had not yet “come upon them.”

Is this a one time empowerment or is it something we should continue to pursue? (See Acts 4:29-31).

How does it make you feel knowing this is available to us?

What practical actions can you take to continuously seek to be filled with the Holy Spirit?

Read Acts 19:1-7 and 1 Cor 14:2-4

Why did Paul pray for these new believers in Acts 19 and what was the outcome?

What do these verses say about the gift of tongues?

Why would the gift of tongues benefit all believers?