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The Gift of the Holy Spirit also referred to as the baptism with/in/by the Holy Spirit, was understood as an event after water baptism throughout Church History up to the Reformation. It was considered the time the Holy Spirit indwells a believer. During the Reformation, a novel view emerged that taught that a person receives the indwelling of the Holy Spirit at regeneration (Calvin) or when a person is water-baptized (Luther). Most evangelicals today affirm the Calvinist position on this matter. Lutherans and the Church of Christ hold that one receives the Gift of the Holy Spirit automatically at water baptism. Most classical Pentecostals, coming out of the evangelical stream of Christianity, created a partial-reception idea foreign to Reformation theology, Historical Theology, and the Bible. They were the first to separate the Indwelling of the Holy Spirit and the Gift of the Holy Spirit. It appears that in their mind, they wanted to remain in the Evangelical camp while acknowledging that a post-conversion event takes place throughout the book of Acts.
The Biblical position and the Historical position agree. The Gift of the Holy Spirit and the Indwelling of the Holy Spirit are the same event but are only received after coming to faith first.
The Biblical position and the Historical position agree. The Gift of the Holy Spirit and the Indwelling of the Holy Spirit are the same event but are only received after coming to faith first.