1/4 Tuesday truth

(continued from Monday)

. . . How could they tell when those commanded days of tarrying were at an end?

The same thing is clear from Paul's very definite question to the disciples at Ephesus. "Did ye receive the Holy Spirit when ye believed?" (Acts 19:2 ASV) Paul evidently expected a definite "yes" or a definite "no" for an answer. Unless the experience were definite and of such a character that one could know whether he had received it or not, how could these disciples answer Paul's question? In fact, they knew they had not received or been baptized with the Holy Spirit, and a short time afterward they knew they had received and been baptized with the Holy Spirit (Acts 19:6).
-- R.A. Torrey, The Baptism with the Holy Spirit

(to be continued)