Dr. David Warren of Amridge University presented his understanding of the baptism of the Holy Spirit at Heritage Christian University's Spiritual Enrichment Conference. These slides are taken from Dr. Warren's presentation.

1. Christian, Were You Baptized with the Holy Spirit? Part One The Spiritual Enrichment Conference September 24, 2011 David H. Warren

3. “ Now all the Athenians . . . spent their time in nothing except telling or hearing something new” Acts 17:21 Today in preaching, I hear much that is new and much that is true. Unfortunately, that which is new is not true, and that which is true is not new.

4. Christian, were you baptized in the Holy Spirit? Does this idea sound “ new ” to you? If it does, then you should know that it really has the longest list of supporters that can clearly be traced back to the second century after Christ.

27. Alexander Campbell (1788–1866) The Traditional View Long before either McGarvey or Challen published their view on the Baptism in the Holy Spirit, Alexander Camp-bell taught the very same understanding.

28. The Traditional View In “Incidents on a Tour to Nashville, Tennessee, No. V ,” Millennial Harbinger 2, First Series (February 2, 1831 ):54–63, Alexander Campbell mentions that he presented “a lecture” on “The Seven Baptisms,” in which he taught that the “Baptism in the Holy Spirit” only happened twice : ( 1 ) the Apostles on Pentecost and ( 2 ) Cornelius, his family, and his friends.

30. The Traditional View But the line seems to stop with Campbell in 1825. I have not yet found any scholar or “Christian” writer before Campbell who takes this same view, namely that the Baptism in the Holy Spirit only occurred twice, the case of the Twelve Apostles on Pentecost and the case of Cornelius, his family, and friends.

36. Walter Scott (1796–1861) An Alternative View Exactly thirty-one years earlier, in March 1833 , Walter Scott had espoused the very same view as that proposed by Lard in March 1864.

37. “ Every one then, who receives the Spirit of Christ, is baptized in that Spirit according to the Scriptural, i.e. the figurative or metaphorical use of the word baptize; and what Walter Scott (1796–1861) is called the baptism, pouring, shedding, receiving, &c. of the spirit is also called the gift of the Spirit, and what is called the gift of the Spirit; remission and the sanctifica-tion, &c. of the Spirit is also called . . .

38. the gift of the Spirit; see Acts 10th chap. the gift of the Spirit means no more than the Spirit itself just as the gift of a loaf of bread means no more than a loaf of bread itself; and so, the receiving, sanctification, shedding, pouring, and baptism in, mean no more than the reception of the Spirit versed in different points of light.” Walter Scott, “The Holy Spirit: A Discourse,” The Evangelist 2 (March 4, 1833): 48.

43. The Alternative View or the Catholic View Thomas Aquinas (ca. A.D. 1225–1274) Theophylact of Ohrid (A.D. 1055–1107) Augustine of Hippo (A.D. 354–430) Jerome (ca. A.D. 342–420) John Chrysostom (ca. A.D. 347–407) Ambrose of Milan (ca. A.D. 337–397)

44. The Alternative View or the Catholic View Origen (ca. A.D. 184–254) Hippolytus of Rome (A.D. 170–235) Tertullian (ca. A.D. 160–220) Clement of Alexandria (ca. A.D. 150–215) Justin Martyr (ca. A.D. 103–165)

48. The Alternative View or the Catholic View Origen (ca. A.D. 184–254) Hippolytus of Rome (A.D. 170–235) Tertullian (ca. A.D. 160–220) Clement of Alexandria (ca. A.D. 150–215) Justin Martyr (ca. A.D. 103–165) This is just a partial listing.

49. Moses Lard and Walter Scott were not the only brethren who espoused this view. Dr. Robert Richardson (1806–1876) Robert Richardson, A Scriptural View of the Office of the Holy Spirit (publ. in XXXX)

50. Moses Lard and Walter Scott were not the only brethren who espoused this view. As a personal friend and the biographer of Alexander Campbell, Dr. Richardson must have known about Campbell’s own view on the Baptism in the Holy Spirit. They probably had conversations over it. Yet Dr. Richardson chose to follow the view of Moses Lard and Walter Scott in his book on the Holy Spirit!

51. Moses Lard and Walter Scott were not the only brethren who espoused this view. Richard Rogers (XXXX–XXXX) Richard Rogers, A Study of the Holy Spirit (publ. in XXXX)

52. Moses Lard and Walter Scott were not the only brethren who espoused this view. Dr. Rick Oster (XXXX– ) For over thirty years, Dr. Oster has taught the New Testament at the Harding School of Theology (formerly Harding Graduate School of Religion).

53. Moses Lard and Walter Scott were not the only brethren who espoused this view. Dr. Rick Oster (XXXX– ) When I was a graduate student there in 1980, Dr. Oster presented the view of Lard as the better under-standing of the baptism in the Holy Spirit.

54. “ We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost” ( Acts 19:2 KJV). Were the twelve disciples at Ephesus here really saying that they had never heard of the existence of the Holy Spirit?

55. Aren’t they supposed to be disciples of John the Baptist? “ And Paul said, ‘Into what were you baptized?’ “ And they said, ‘Into John’s baptism.’ ” Acts 19:3

56. Didn’t John the Baptist teach his disciples about the Holy Spirit? “ I baptize you with water for repentance, but the One Who comes after me is mightier than I, . . . He shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit.” Matt 3:11 ; Mark 1:7–8 ; Luke 3:16

57. Didn’t John the Baptist teach his disciples about the Holy Spirit? So why wouldn’t these twelve disciples of John the Baptist here at Ephesus not know about the existence of the Holy Spirit?

58. These twelve disciples at Ephesus who knew only of the Baptism of John— Had they never read or heard about the first two verses in the Bible?

59. “ 1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the Earth. . . . 2 . . . , and the Spirit of God moved across the face of the waters.” Gen 1:1–2

60. Don’t other passages in the Old Testament speak about the Holy Spirit? “ Do not cast me from Your Presence or take Your Holy Spirit from me.” Ps 51:11

61. “ We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost” ( Acts 19:2 KJV). So why wouldn’t these twelve disciples of John the Baptist here at Ephesus not know about the existence of the Holy Spirit?

62. So how likely is it that these “disciples” had never even heard that there was a Holy Spirit?

63. Is it possible to understand Acts 19:2 in a different sense? “ 2 and he said unto them, Did ye receive the Holy Spirit when ye believed? And they said to him, Nay, we did not so much as hear whether the Holy Spirit was given .” (Text proper of the American Standard Bible of 1901)

64. Is it possible to understand Acts 19:2 in a different sense? “ 2 and he said to them, ‘Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?’ And they said to him, ‘No, we have not even heard whether the Holy Spirit has been given .’ ” (The footnote in New American Standard Bible of 1960)

65. Same Verb in Greek as in John 7:39 John 7:37–39 “ 37 On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, ‘If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. 38 Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him.’ 39 By this He meant the Spirit, . . .

66. Same Verb in Greek as in John 7:39 John 7:37–39 cont. . . . whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given [literally “the Spirit was not yet”], since Jesus had not yet been glorified.”

67. A Form of the Same Verb in Greek John 7:39b “ For the Spirit was not yet [ present on Earth], since Jesus had not yet been glorified.” Acts 19:2b “ No, we have not heard whether the Holy Spirit is [ present on Earth].”

68. Is it possible to understand Acts 19:2 in a different sense? “ 2 and he said unto them, Did ye receive the Holy Spirit when ye believed? And they said to him, Nay, we did not so much as hear whether the Holy Spirit was given .” (Text proper of the American Standard Bible of 1901)

69. Is it possible to understand Acts 19:2 in a different sense? “ 2 and he said to them, ‘Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?’ And they said to him, ‘No, we have not even heard whether the Holy Spirit has been given .’ ” (The footnote in New American Standard Bible of 1960)