Another way I have just been brought to understand Baptism in the Spirit is.
Once we are Born Again, God brought me to do his will in a certain area..I believe I was then Baptised or given power / authority by him, to carry out what he showed / led me to do, by his power./ authority.......as and when God chooses to baptise us in the Spirit/ by giving us power and authority in his name.......my mission like Jesus was done under God’s authority and his power through us, is what gets his will done..
Spirit baptism is not continual indwelling, Spirit baptism is Gods authority/ power given to us on certain occasions to carry out the plan that God has intended for our lives.
To be Baptised in the Spirit.....it means to be under the authority and power of the Holy Spirit, one must be Born Again for that to happen.
Baptism in the Spirit is not a permanent indwelling........we are Baptised with Gods power and authority to do his will....once our spirit has been regenerated.
“When he says, 'You will be baptized with the Holy Spirit,' he means you will receive extraordinary power for Christ-exalting ministry.” Third, Luke describes being baptized with the Spirit as receiving power for witness (Acts 1:8).
The Ascension
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Mark 16:19–20;
Luke 24:50–53)
6So when they came together, they asked Him, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?”
7Jesus replied, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by His own authority. 8But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
9After He had said this, they watched as He was taken up, and a cloud hid Him from their sight.
10They were looking intently into the sky as He was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them.
11“Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen Him go into heaven.”
Luke 10:19 - Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
Matthew 16:15-19 - He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
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Luke 9:1 - Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases.
Matthew 18:18-20 - Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
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Matthew 28:18 - And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
Romans 13:1 - Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
1 John 4:4 - Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
Hebrews 13:17 - Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
James 4:7 - Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
2 Corinthians 10:3-5 - For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
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John 10:27 - My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
Genesis 1:28 - And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
Romans 12:1-21 - I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
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1 John 3:8 - He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
Mark 16:17-18 - And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
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1 John 5:4-5 - For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
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John 16:13 - Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
Deuteronomy 28:7 - The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.
