Holy Spirit 53. Are men baptized in the Holy Spirit today? Do men receive the “gifts” of the Holy Spirit today? How does He work in people today? 54. If the gifts have passed away, what about I Corinthians 12, 13, & 14? 55. What is the difference between the words “Ghost” and “Spirit”? 56. What is the “gift of the Holy Spirit” (Acts 2:38)? 57. Does not Joel 2:28 teach that the Holy Spirit would be poured out upon all flesh? Why do you restrict this to the apostles and the household of Cornelius? 58. Does not Jesus tell Nicodemus (and us) that he needed to be baptized in the Holy Spirit (John 3:5)? 59. Were not the people in Acts 19:1-7 baptized in the Holy Spirit? 60. Do you believe that the Holy Spirit is of no use today? 61. What is baptism of the Holy Spirit and the baptism of fire as expressed in Matthew 3:11? 62. Can one be qualified to be an apostle today? 63. Did Paul see the Lord only in a vision? 64. For what purpose did the apostles impart gifts to others? 65. Since some in the church today are still babes, are not gifts still necessary for maturation? 66. The purpose of Holy Spirit baptism is to give special abilities. You explained that the Holy Spirit indwells only through the word. Since you have the Holy Spirit dwelling in you, but you have no special ability, how is it that you can teach the Bible? Where did you get the ability? 67. Does I Corinthians 12:7 (all men) include Christians today? 68. Does Mark 16:17-20 teach that gifts of the Holy Spirit are meant for us today? 69. Some say that the one hundred and twenty disciples (Acts 1:15) were baptized in the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost. Is this true? 70. What does Ephesians 5:18 mean? How can one be filled with the Spirit? 71. What is the difference in being baptized with the Spirit and being filled with the Spirit? 72. How does the Holy Spirit convict men of sin as John 16:8-13 says? 73. How is the fruit of the Spirit produced in our lives today (Galatians 5:22-25)? 74. If heaven is a place of no pain, no tears, how can the Holy Spirit of God be grieved (Ephesians 4:30)? 75. Jesus, according to Matthew 4:23-24 and other passages, healed people with various diseases. Do pastors, evangelists, and bishops have this same power today? 76. If some have the power to heal today, why don’t they heal those in the hospitals? 77. In John 16:12-13, is Jesus telling only His disciples that they will be guided into all truth by the Spirit of truth or is He saying that He will guide people today into all truth? 78. Please explain I Corinthians 13:10 as to what the “perfect” is. Basically we teach that it is the complete Word of God as opposed to Ephesians 4:13: “unto a perfect man.” Is this correct? 79. If you are a Christian, but cannot speak in tongues, what can you do about it? 80. How are we to understand the word “now” in I Corinthians 13:12 and how are we to understand the word “now” in I Corinthians 13:13? Are they to be understood as referring to different periods? 81. Please explain further Ephesians 4:7-14. 82. Our “Pastor” says that the “perfect” in I Corinthians 13:10 refers to the Second Coming. True? 83. Does I Corinthians 13:1 teach that there are two kinds of tongues; one of foreign languages; the other a heavenly language? 84. Is it true that we take away the empowering of the Holy Spirit today when we discredit Mark 16:16-20? 85. Why were not all of the gifts mentioned in I Corinthians 13:8? 86. Have we concentrated less in the past on the Holy Spirit than the Father and the Son?