This is another question I can't figure out, stupid Paul says you need the holy sport in you to say the word out loud "lord" and the only way you can get the holy spirit in you is to be born again (Romans 10:9, 10:10)
So how does that work?
And how did they get the holy spirit in the OT if Jesus wasn't born and died yet to release his spirit? Read the book of acts.
Yea I know Genesis one says the spirit of God was hovering over the surface...
Moses placed his hands on Joshua and gave him the spirit (where did Moses get the spirit from? )
Luke 2:35 says some guy named simeon held Jesus up as a baby and he had the holy spirit in him. Mary and Elizabeth got the spirit with Jesus and John the Baptist in their womb..
The Holy Spirit is given to man in varying degrees. All mankind are born with a portion of the Holy Spirit.
John 1:9
9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
The Holy Spirit is a portion of the glory of God. It is a receipt of God's divine glory into our souls. It is light and truth. We can either chase that spirit out of our lives or we can gain more and more of the spirit into our lives. When one accepts more of the spirit of God into his/her life, they are given the opportunity to receive even more. When one receives the word of God and acts upon it by obeying the word of God and living according to his teachings, he/she is then able to receive a greater portion of the Holy Spirit. When one accepts the teachings of God and joins His true church, through the priesthood of God, one is given the gift of the Holy Ghost. The gift of the Holy Ghost is a promise that when one receives the gospel and repents of his/her sins, they are promised a higher degree of the Holy Spirit. This higher degree of the Holy Spirit is administered through the 3rd personage of the Godhead known as the Holy Ghost. Once a person has received the Holy Ghost into their lives they can realize the gifts of the spirit that God has foreordained unto them to receive. Once one receives the ordinance of the gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands and receives the Holy Spirit into his/her life, spiritual gifts begin to be manifest in their lives. This is the process of being born again.
Luke 11:36
36 If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.
Acts 8:15-20
15 Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:
16 (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)
17 Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
18 And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,
19 Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.
20 But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.
Acts 2:38
38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
The authority to confer the gift of the Holy Ghost upon the heads of others is a function of the Higher Priesthood or Melchizedek Priesthood. The Aaronic Priesthood does not have this power. When Moses took the children of Israel out of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness, it was the desire of God to have the people experience the presence of God. But the children of Israel were too hard hearted and did not want to enter the presence of God. They told Moses that he could be their representative and to have him only speak with God. This angered the Lord and he took the Holy Priesthood out their midst and only the Aaronic Priesthood or Lesser Priesthood remained. Thus the authority to confer the gift of the Holy Ghost was taken out of their midst until John the Baptist. This is the meaning of the following verse:
2 Corinthians 3:3
3 Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
Because the children of Israel had not the gift of the Holy Ghost since the time of Moses until John, all they had were the tables of stone. But after the days of John, the gospel was written on the fleshy tables of the heart. This was because Jesus conferred the Higher Priesthood or Melchizedek Priesthood upon his disciples who were then able to confer the gift of the Holy Ghost. Before the days of Moses, the gift of the Holy Ghost was had among the children of God. Afterwards only the select few among his prophets were allowed to receive the higher degree of his Holy Spirit.