after the experience of believing. Some teach that the baptism in the Holy Spirit happens at salvation, but one is hard-pressed to prove this from the writings of Luke. It did not happen that way in any of his passages we have discussed so far. These are all references from the earliest history of the New Testament Church that deal with when and how people received the Holy Spirit or that indicate what it looked like when the Spirit “came upon” or “filled” believers. The focus of these events is