Many other terms are synonymous with the gift of the Spirit. Each term emphasizes some important aspect of the Holy Spirit’s work, and how He comes to live within us. We have already mentioned that John the Baptist emphasized the Spirit’s submerging of the believer into the presence of God, by calling this gift a “baptism.” The New Testament uses many other terms as well. 

(1) We are “filled with the Spirit” (Acts 2:1-4). 

(2) We “drink into one Spirit” (1 Corinthians 12:13). 

(3) The Spirit “falls” upon us (Acts 8:16; 10:44-48). 

(4) We are “endued” or “clothed upon” with power (Acts 1:8). 

(5) A “river springs up within” from our innermost being (John 7:37-39). 

(6) We are “sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise” (Ephesians 1:13). 

(7) We are given an earnest or down payment of our inheritance (Ephesians 1:14).