Lesson 4 · Upper Room Study Guides

Receiving the Holy Ghost

Jesus promised that His followers would be filled with the Holy Spirit — the same gift poured out on the Day of Pentecost. This promise is for you.

Key verse

“And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.”

Acts 2:4 · NKJV

The promise of the Father

Jesus told the disciples to wait for the promise of the Father (Luke 24:49; Acts 1:8). On Pentecost the Holy Ghost was poured out and filled them.

The evidence

When people received the Holy Ghost in Acts, they spoke with other tongues as the Spirit gave the utterance (Acts 2:4; 10:44–46; 19:6). This was the consistent sign of the infilling.

For you and your children

The promise is to you and to your children and to all who are afar off (Acts 2:39). Ask, and keep seeking — God gives the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him (Luke 11:13).

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  • Acts 2:4
  • Acts 2:39
  • Luke 11:13

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Scripture quotations are from the New King James Version (NKJV).