The Spirit of Jesus

Spirit of Truth and Communion

Abstract

The New Testament shows that opening up to faith and receiving baptism, that is, the beginning of Christian life, were lived as a powerful experience of the Holy Spirit. This was not only or essentially accompanied by extraordinary phenomena such as speaking in tongues, but more profoundly was an indelible moment of light and love that transformed a person’s entire previous existence and left a memory that marked the rest of that person’s life. The author reminds us that this experience remains essential for believers still today, even though it no longer happens normally at the moment of baptism since this takes place in infancy.