Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed? Paul's question must refer to the special gifts, since a believer would be expected to have the Spirit living (indwelling) in him (1 Corinthians 6:19-20). Their answer shows a defect in their basic relationship to Christ, We have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit. John the Baptist taught that the Spirit would be given. Their answer must mean: "We do not know the role of the Holy Spirit in this. " They seemed to know nothing about Pentecost and all that happened there. They live nearly a thousand miles from Jerusalem, without means of rapid communication.

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