1. Acts 2:38 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What is the gift of the Holy Spirit?

Acts 2:38 (ESV)

38 And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

The gift of the Holy Spirit is the Holy Spirit coming to transform God’s people, his indwelling power1 by which he brings to believers the saving benefits which Jesus the Christ has purchased for them in his life and death.2 He unites us to Christ so that his benefits become ours.