Despite their disagreement on the interpretation of Acts regarding reception of the Spirit, both Evangelicals and Pentecostals operate from the assumption that the purpose of Acts is to provide a normative template of experience to be repeated in later Christians. Here it is argued that the purpose of Luke-Acts in reporting on the reception of the Spirit is not to provide an experiential norm at all, but rather to highlight the contrast between John's water baptism without the Spirit and Christian water baptism with the Spirit. A careful reading of Luke-Acts reveals a consistent and at times strident distinction between John and Jesus, suggesting a long-forgotten struggle in the early church to ascertain where the otherwise identical practice of water baptism by John and by Jesus's followers diverges. This interpretation is supported by consideration of the missional focus of Acts and the issue of the forgiveness of sins. Despite their disagreement on the interpretation of Acts regarding reception of the Spirit, both Evangelicals and Pentecostals operate from the assumption that the purpose of Acts is to provide a normative template of experience to be repeated in later Christians. Here it is argued that the purpose of Luke-Acts in reporting on the reception of the Spirit is not to provide an experiential norm at all, but rather to highlight the contrast between John's water baptism without the Spirit and Christian water baptism with the Spirit. A careful reading of Luke-Acts reveals a consistent and at times strident distinction between John and Jesus, suggesting a long-forgotten struggle in the early church to ascertain where the otherwise identical practice of water baptism by John and by Jesus's followers diverges. This interpretation is supported by consideration of the missional focus of Acts and the issue of the forgiveness of sins.
مجموعه
تاريخ نشر
2016
توصيف ظاهري
476-501
عنوان
Pneuma
شماره جلد
38/4
شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها
1570-0747
اصطلاحهای موضوعی کنترل نشده
اصطلاح موضوعی
baptism in the Spirit
اصطلاح موضوعی
forgiveness of sins
اصطلاح موضوعی
John the Baptist
اصطلاح موضوعی
Luke-Acts
اصطلاح موضوعی
mission
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