My theological musings about the Holy Spirit in believers’ life
The significance of Acts 10 lies in the Holy Spirit’s decisive movement across traditional ethnic and cultural boundaries, shifting the early movement from an exclusively Jewish context into a truly universal faith. Acts 1:8 -“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth .” Acts 1:8 ESV Look at the progression thereafter: Holy Spirit poured out on the Jewish believers in Acts 2. Acts 8 : Holy Spirit poured out on the Samaritan believers Acts 10: Holy Spirit poured out on the Gentile believers. Acts 19: Holy Spirit poured out on the followers of John the Baptist who had known Jesus when they were baptised into John’s baptism. (cf Acts 19: 3). Even Paul assumed that, because they were John the Baptist’s disciples, they were also Christ’s followers. They were not believers yet as verse 3 points out: “And he said, “Into what then were you ...