Hello again and thank you for listening to Asbestos John, whether you're commuting to work

or if the gym or running errands are doing chores wherever you are, we are certainly

glad to have you along.

I'm your host Tony Ranki and John Piper joins me over the phone for today's question.

It's an important one.

What are we to make of the baptism of the Holy Spirit?

The phrase seems to mean very different things in the Bible and it certainly means very different

things to different denominations and church practices.

Here's today's question sent into us anonymously from Berlin, Germany.

Hello Pastor John, thank you for this podcast.

I've struggled to understand and embrace the baptism of the Holy Spirit, especially manifested

as someone laughing and rolling around on the floor or even passing out for 30 minutes

for longer.

I've seen churches do this and put a lot of focus on these experiences which make me

quite uncomfortable.

Can you explain what the Bible means by the baptism of the Spirit as it relates to both

number one, our initial salvation experience and then number two, in explaining whether

or not we are to expect or seek after subsequent baptisms of the Spirit later in the Christian

life?

Pentecostalism is usually defined as a movement in Christianity that thinks of the baptism

of the Holy Spirit as a second experience, usually after conversion marked by speaking

in tongues.

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