God baptizes with the Holy Spirit, empowering believers with many different gifts to use, in being witnesses to Jerusalem, Samaria, Judea, and to the Ends of the Earth. The Holy Spirit lives in believers and decides which gift He is going to use for each occasion.
"There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but they are all from the same Spirit.There are different ways to serve, but we serve the same Lord. And there are different ways that God works in people, but it is the same God who works in all of us to do everything."
1 Corinthians 12:4-5 ERV
Many gifts God will use on the mission field in reaching the lost; whether he uses one gift or a combination of gifts at one time.
"Something from the Spirit can be seen in each person. The Spirit gives this to each one to help others. The Spirit gives one person the ability to speak with wisdom. And the same Spirit gives another person the ability to speak with knowledge. The same Spirit gives faith to one person and to another he gives gifts of healing. The Spirit gives to one person the power to do miracles, to another the ability to prophesy, and to another the ability to judge what is from the Spirit and what is not. The Spirit gives one person the ability to speak in different kinds of languages, and to another the ability to interpret those languages. One Spirit, the same Spirit, does all these things. The Spirit decides what to give each one.
1 CORINTHIANS 12:4-11 ERV Easy to Read Version
You'll know that you have been baptized in the Holy Spirit, when God fills you with power, gifts and motivates you to make disciples of all nations.
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