Did everyone?

[Adino]

Originally Posted by stmatthew

That is the biggest bunch of garbage I have seen in a while. Don't try confusing this issue by saying some mumbo jumbo about the Holy Ghost falling on them being OT. The Holy Ghost fell on the day of Pentecost. It was a New Birth experience.

The FACTS are as follows:

- Phillip preached on things that pertained to the Kingdom of God.
- He must have mentioned water baptism in Jesus name during his discourse
- The folks must have repented, and submitted to water baptism
- They had not received the Holy Ghost until Peter and John came


Now the facts are that they had NOT RECEIVED the Holy Ghost, though they had repented and been water baptized. Again, they had not received the Promise yet. This answers your initial question.

Ignoring the language of Luke is your prerogative, Bro.. Evidence is strong that those of Samaria were not receiving the indwelling Spirit, but an impartation of some spiritual gift as the elders came to lay hands on them (1Timothy 4:14; Romans 1:11). It was this ability to impart which Simon wished to purchase from the elders. The man who RECEIVES the Spirit at faith subsequently RECEIVES blessings from that self-same Spirit as God sees fit.

Accept it or not, there are alternative plausible ways of interpreting the passages you have grown accustomed to viewing through a lens handed down to you from 20th preachers in early American pentecostalism.