How do you receive the gift of the Holy Spirit? Scriptures that apply please.?

Answer 1

Only through baptism into the body of Jesus Christ Romans 6

Acts 2:38
Peter replied, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Romans 6
Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ
1What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? 2By no means! We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? 3Or don't you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.
5If we have been united with him like this in his death, we will certainly also be united with him in his resurrection. 6For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with,[a] that we should no longer be slaves to sin— 7because anyone who has died has been freed from sin.

8Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. 10The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God.

11In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. 12Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. 13Do not offer the parts of your body to sin, as instruments of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer the parts of your body to him as instruments of righteousness. 14For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Acts 1:4-5 And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, said he, You have heard of me.
For John truly baptized with water; but you shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.
Acts 2: 2-4 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
3: And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
4: And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

Hopefully this helped unless you wanted the gift of the Holy Ghost that edifies the church. This would be covered under the gifts of the Spirit.

Answer 4

I agree with Forgive , but also just to add a little Acts chapter 10 verses 45-46 speaks of the gentiles recieving the Holy Ghost ( spirit ) and Peter knew it because they spake in other tongues, Speaking in tongues is the evidence of recieving the Holy Spirit.

Answer 5

Ask for it:
Luke 11:13
13" If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”


Of course, one must be a believer in order to recieve it. That is implied because if you don't believe, you would not believe Jesus' words to be true.

Answer 6

Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ ans you will be saved. The Baptism comes from the Holy Spirit through faith.

John 3
34 "For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit. 35The Father loves the Son and has placed everything in his hands."

John 16
6 "Because I have said these things, you are filled with grief. 7 But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. 8 When he comes, he will convict the world of guilt in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment: 9 in regard to sin, because men do not believe in me; 10 in regard to righteousness, because I am going to the Father, where you can see me no longer; 11 and in regard to judgment, because the prince of this world now stands condemned."

2 Corinthians 4
13 It is written: "I believed; therefore I have spoken." With that same spirit of faith we also believe and therefore speak, 14 because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in his presence.

Answer 7

open your heart completely to him and ask him to come.The Holly Spirit is a gentlemen he wont come if you don't ask.