Absence of Power

"Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you became believers?" (Acts 19:2)

St. Paul noticed that something is missing in the new believers. What was missing?

• Power to live the Christian life
  
• Power to evangelize
  
• Power to witness
  

Wherever the Holy Spirit is, there is power. Where He is not, power is lacking. The discernment that the Holy Spirit was absent in some of the new Christians was apparent to Paul. Every Christian that has the Holy Spirit can make the same discernment. The discernment could be the first step in leading people to the Holy Spirit.