<TITLE>19. Par 67-70</TITLE>L-67 Acts 19, Paul having passed through the upper coasts of Ephesus, he find certain disciples. Now, there was a young Baptist preacher up there, and his name was Apollo, which was... Apollos, rather. And he was a brilliant man. Now, Acts the 19th chapter. And he was a brilliant man, and he was, he was proving by the Bible, like a real Baptist, that Jesus was the Christ, by the Bible. And they had a revival up there, great revival.
And Paul had been put in jail for casting out a devil, out of a fortune-teller. And so him and Silas... And one night they go to praying in there and singing hymns, and the Lord come down and shook the jail down. So, then, after he'd got delivered, and went out and took the centurion and baptized him and his wife, as Paul's custom... 'Course they was baptized in Jesus' name. And then, when they took him and his family out and baptized them... and then Paul went on his way.

L-68 And he went over to Aquila and Priscilla, which were tentmakers, friends of his, converts to Christ. And they had been attending this revival up here with these Baptists. (Eighteenth chapter is where you'd read that, just on chapter before.) So, then, so then Paul passed through the upper coast of Ephesus. He finds certain disciples. They were disciples. They were Baptists, fine preacher and everything, proving by the Bible Jesus was the Christ. And he said unto them, "Have you received the Holy Ghost since ye believed?"

L-69 Now, how you Trinitarian brethren, sister, used to like to lay that into the Baptists, but I wonder if we can lay something back again. You like to say, "Now, you Baptists, I thought you said you received the Holy Ghost when you believed."
Paul said, "Have you received it since you believed?"
And these people were honest. They said, "We know not whether there be any Holy Ghost."
Now, if it don't make any difference--after that--of baptism, water baptism, if it don't make any difference, then why did this apostle ask this question? Said, "Then to what were you baptized?"
Oh, they might have said this, "We've been baptized." They said, "We've been baptized unto John. And we're very well satisfied with it. The same man that baptized Jesus Christ, same old water. Sure." If you was baptized by John right in the same hole of water Jesus was baptized in, you'd think if was pretty good, wouldn't you?

L-70 But remember, the keys was locked in heaven. Peter did it on the day of Pentecost. Yes, sir. Yes, sir, See? It's a mystery. It's hid now. "Whatever you bind of earth, I'll bind in heaven. Here's the revelation. It only can come through this revelation. See?" If he'd...
Paul said, "But that won't work any more. Have you received the Holy Ghost since you believed?" he said.
Said, "We don't know whether there be any Holy Ghost."
Said, "Then to what was you baptized?" Otherwise, "to... how was you baptized?"
They said, "We've already been baptized. Oh, yes, sir. Yes, Mr. Apostle Paul, we've been baptized. We was baptized by John the Baptist, right there in the same hole of water Jesus Christ was baptized in. If he was good enough for Jesus to be baptize, and be...?... boy, I'm telling you, he's good enough for me. Hallelujah!"
If they'd have done that, they'd have never got it. But Paul said, "Have you received it since you believed?"
Said, "We know not whether there be any Holy Ghost."
Said, "Then to what was you baptized?"
They said, "Unto John."
He said, "John only baptized unto repentance, saying they was to believe on Him that was to come." That is, on Jesus Christ. And when they heard this, they were rebaptized in the name of Jesus Christ. That brings this group over to this group. And they laid their hands upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.


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