Monday, January 25 They all became filled with holy spirit and started to speak in different languages.​—Acts 2:4.

[Ella Mentry]

Monday, January 25

They all became filled with holy spirit and started to speak in different languages.—Acts 2:4.

 

If you were one of the disciples gathered in the upper room at Pentecost 33 C.E., there would be no question in your mind that you were anointed by holy spirit. (Acts 2:5-12) But do all those who are anointed by holy spirit receive their anointing in some spectacular manner and at the same time in their life? No. Consider the matter of timing. That group of about 120 Christians were not the only ones anointed by holy spirit on that day. Later that day, about 3,000 others also received the promised holy spirit. Their anointing occurred when they got baptized. (Acts 2:37, 38, 41) But in the years that followed, not all anointed Christians received their anointing at their baptism. The Samaritans received their anointing sometime after their baptism. (Acts 8:14-17) And in what certainly was an exceptional instance, Cornelius and his household were anointed even before they got baptized.—Acts 10:44-48. w20.01 20-21 ¶2-4

[Alexa]

Christians with heavenly hope were anointed before, after or at the time of their baptism.