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Re: Acts 2:38: Two Commands and a Promise
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Originally Posted by Charnock
Is there any place in the Bible where men are commanded to receive the Holy Ghost?
Peter referred to it as a gift, not a work.
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How can someone be commanded to receive the Holy Ghost? We can't take it from God, it has to be given to us. It's a passive thing on our part we receive, God gives. We have to ask.
But as for a command, an imperative to receive the Holy Spirit? John 20:22
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