My Journey to Life - Daily Study Guide

Q10. Do we receive the Holy Spirit at our baptism, as Jesus did?

Picture: Q10. Do we receive the Holy Spirit at our baptism, as Jesus did? JTLD 228.1

A dove symbolizing the Holy Spirit alighted on Jesus at His baptism. The dove represented a special outpouring of the Holy Spirit that anointed Jesus for the mission God had assigned Him. His experience demonstrates that water baptism and Spirit baptism belong together. A baptism void of the reception of the Spirit of God is incomplete. JTLD 228.2

Today, when we are baptized in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, we are also dedicated to the task of spreading the gospel, first to our family and friends, then wherever the Spirit provides opportunity. JTLD 228.3

The Holy Spirit prepares us for this ministry by purifying our hearts from sin and then helping us identify our spiritual gifts. Spiritual gifts are talents and aptitudes that enable the believer to serve the church and witness to those who have not yet accepted Christ. These gifts conferred by the Spirit on the baptized believer builds up the body so that it may reach “the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ” (Ephesians 4:11-13). JTLD 228.4

• Bible Discovery: Isaiah 4:4; Matthew 3:11-17; 24:14; Acts 1:5, 8; 10:38
• Further Reading: Ellen G. White, The Desire of Ages, pp. 112.1; 113.1