A. Matthew 3:11 - "I indeed baptize you with water
unto repentance. but he that cometh after me is
mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear:
he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with
fire:"
B. Luke 3:16 "John answered, saying unto them all, I
indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I
cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to
unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and
with fire:"
C. Mark 1:8 - "I indeed have baptized you with water:
but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost."
D. John 1:33 - "And I knew him not: but he that sent
me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon
whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and
remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with
the Holy Ghost."
E. Acts 11:15 "And as I began to speak, the Holy
Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning."
Acts 11:16 "Then remembered I the word of the Lord,
how that he said, John indeed baptized with water; but
ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost."
II. He is a gift for everyone.
A. Luke 11:13 - "If ye then, being evil, know how to
give good gifts unto your children: how much more
shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to
them that ask him?"
B. Acts 2:39 "For the promise is unto you, and to
your children, and to ALL THAT ARE AFAR OFF, even as
many as the Lord our God shall call."
C. Hebs 2:4 - "God also bearing them witness, both
with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and
gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?"
III. Speaking in tongues is the evidence of the
Baptism in the Holy Ghost.
A. Acts 2:2-4 - "And suddenly there came a sound from
heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all
the house where they were sitting. And there appeared
unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat
upon each of them. And they were all filled with the
Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as
the Spirit gave them utterance." (Also see Acts 10:45)
B. Acts 19:6 - "And when Paul had laid his hands upon
them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with
tongues, and prophesied." (Also see 1 Cor. 14:1)
