Spirit and Faith in Jesus

“I had scarcely begun to speak when the Holy Spirit came down on them in the same way as it came on us at the beginning, and I remembered that the Lord had said, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’ I realized then that God was giving them the identical gift he gave to us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ; and who was I to stand in God’s way?” (Acts 11: 15-17)

“What can we do to accomplish the work of God?” The people asked Jesus in John 6: 28. We can ask Jesus: “What can we do to receive the Holy Spirit?” In the above scripture (Acts 11: 15-17) , we read the testimony of Peter to his fellow disciples: We received the Holy Spirit when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ. This is a key and sine qua non condition. We can also add intense desire and prayer. When we believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, when we desire with intensity this gift of the Father, when we ask for it with faith, it shall be given to us.