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May 22, 2005
Not all who profess to be Christians are truly followers of Jesus Christ, regardless of the Christian language they use or the Christian activities in which they participate. These “almost Christians” try their best, struggling to do for themselves what God in His grace has already accomplished. In this study of Paul’s visit to Ephesus in Acts, Alistair Begg discusses the identifying marks of genuine conversion and the evidence of the Spirit’s work in the Christian experience.
1And it happened that while tApollos was at Corinth, Paul passed uthrough the inland1 country and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples. 2And he said to them, v“Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” And they said, “No, wwe have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.” 3And he said, x“Into what then were you baptized?” They said, “Into yJohn's baptism.” 4And Paul said, y“John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people zto believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, Jesus.” 5On hearing this, athey were baptized in2 the name of the Lord Jesus. 6And bwhen Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and cthey began speaking in tongues and dprophesying. 7There were about twelve men in all.
8And ehe entered the synagogue and for three months spoke boldly, reasoning and persuading them fabout the kingdom of God. 9gBut when some became stubborn and hcontinued in unbelief, speaking evil of ithe Way before the congregation, he withdrew from them and took the disciples with him, reasoning daily in the hall of Tyrannus.3 10This continued for jtwo years, so that kall the residents of Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.
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