Topic: The Holy Spirit And Cleansing

John 20:22 And with that he breathed on them and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit." (NIV)

People feel better when they are clean after taking a bath or shower. People in Christ's time didn't take a bath every day like many of us do in our modern era. These people of Jesus' time really understood what clean meant. When we normally read or hear this verse we think of the receivers of the Holy Spirit as doing something. However, they could not do anything until the Holy Spirit was inside of them giving them some kind of unction or motivation to act. In some people, the cleaning of the Holy Spirit produces a "wow" experience, in other people the Holy Spirit produces a sigh, or a peace, or an upwelling of love, or a sudden rush of wisdom or insight. The Holy Spirit can and does produce in human beings an infinite variety of experiences and expressions. No man, no woman, no preacher, no evangelist, no teacher, and no person on earth should dictate what anyone else must experience when one experiences the cleansing of the Holy Spirit. In addition, no person should ever be placed in a position to tell you or anyone else what you are supposed to do, think, or feel upon an encounter with the Holy Spirit.

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