John the forerunner of the Christ clearly stated in
Mathew 3:11 “I indeed baptize you with the water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I … He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire."
I have noticed the sequence in the Holy Spirit's order of presenting Himself to us. First, we have Christ introduced in His conception and Birth, by the Holy Spirit and now we have Him being presented as the one who baptizes us with the Holy Spirit.
So the one whose arrival on the scene was by the Holy Spirit, He is the only qualified to introduce or intimate us into the Spirit's occupied life. Therefore, the way we relate with Jesus determines our union with the Holy Spirit.
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