The document describes passages from Acts chapters 1 and 2 regarding Jesus' ascension into heaven and his instructions to the apostles to remain in Jerusalem and await the promised Holy Spirit. It then discusses baptism in the Holy Spirit, that it is a promise for all believers, including new Christians, and how it is received through the laying on of hands. Signs of receiving the Holy Spirit include speaking in tongues and prophesying.

2. Acts 1:1-3
•1 The former account I made, O Theophilus, of all
that Jesus began both to do and teach, 2 until the
day in which He was taken up, after He through the
Holy Spirit had given commandments to the
apostles whom He had chosen, 3 to whom He also
presented Himself alive after His suffering by many
infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty
days and speaking of the things pertaining to the
kingdom of God.

3. Acts 1:4-5
•4 And being assembled together with them, He
commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem,
but to wait for the Promise of the Father,
“which,” He said, “you have heard from Me; 5
for John truly baptized with water, but you shall
be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days
from now.”

4. Acts 1:6-8
•6 Therefore, when they had come together, they
asked Him, saying, “Lord, will You at this time
restore the kingdom to Israel?” 7 And He said to
them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons
which the Father has put in His own authority. 8
But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit
has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to
Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria,
and to the end of the earth.”

5. Acts 1:9-11
•9 Now when He had spoken these things, while they
watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him
out of their sight. 10 And while they looked steadfastly
toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood
by them in white apparel, 11 who also said, “Men of
Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This
same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven,
will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into
heaven.”

6. Baptism In The Holy Spirit
Acts 1:4-8 And while staying with them he ordered
them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for
the promise of the Father, which, he said, “you heard
from me; for John baptized with water, but you will
be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from
now.” ……….But you will receive power when the
Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my
witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria,
and to the end of the earth.”

9. Is It For Everyone?
Acts 2:38,39 And Peter said to them, “Repent and be
baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ
for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive
the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you
and for your children and for all who are far off,
everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.”

10. Even Brand-New Christians!
Acts 10:44-47 While Peter was still saying these things,
the Holy Spirit fell on all who heard the word. 45 And
the believers from among the circumcised who had
come with Peter were amazed, because the gift of the
Holy Spirit was poured out even on the Gentiles. 46 For
they were hearing them speaking in tongues and
extolling God. Then Peter declared, 47 “Can anyone
withhold water for baptizing these people, who have
received the Holy Spirit just as we have?”

11. How Is The Spirit Received Today?
Acts 19:2-6 And he said to them, “Did you
receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” And
they said, “No, we have not even heard that there
is a Holy Spirit.” …On hearing this, they were
baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And when
Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit
came on them, and they began speaking in
tongues and prophesying.

12. What Happens?
•You receive heavenly power to be a witness
•You will probably speak in tongues at some point
•You may prophesy
•You sense that your Christian life has changed
•Your spiritual gifts become much more active.

13. Types of Tongues
•Languages that the hearers can understand (Acts 2)
•A special private speech to God that bystanders do
not understand but which is capable of spiritual
translation (1 Corinthians 14:2,5)
•Angelic (1 Corinthians 13:1)
•False (1 Corinthians 12:1-3)

14. Ask, Seek, Knock
•Luke 11:9,10 “So I say to you, ask, and it will be
given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and
it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks
receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him
who knocks it will be opened.

15. A Good Father Gives Good Gifts!
•Luke 11:11-13 If a son asks for bread from any
father among you, will he give him a stone? Or if he
asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent instead of
a fish? Or if he asks for an egg, will he offer him a
scorpion? If you then, being evil, know how to give
good gifts to your children, how much more
will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to
those who ask Him!”

16. How To Pray
•ASK Jesus to baptize you in the Holy Spirit, really
mean it, be intense about it.
•BELIEVE that it will happen, that you will receive.