This is obvious since the Scriptures represent us as in Christ, in indissoluble and eternal union, by the Spirit’s baptizing work. 5. The baptism of the Spirit is not the filling of the Spirit It is a common practice among Pentecostals and Neo-Pentecostals to identify the baptism of the Spirit with the filling of the Spirit. “To be Pentecostal,” declares Ernest Williams, “is to identify oneself with the experience that came to Christ’s followers on the day of Pentecost, that is, to be filled with
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