What the problem is and I have tried fruitlessly to show is that most have a false view of what spirit was the promise. the spirit was functioning in two different aspecgts in the early church one was for a purpose which was for power in sign to confirm the word it was not promised to all but to some to do a purpose it followed the church but was not for all individuals but for the chose leaders it is shown to be that way in Mark 16:17-20
17 These signs will accompany those who have believed: in My name they will cast out demons, they will speak with new tongues; 18 they will pick up serpents, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover."
19 So then, when the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God. 20 And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them, and confirmed the word by the signs that followed.]
Acts 1:8 but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth
That is the spirit upon it came upon to accomplish the task Gods word was being written it need proof that it was Gods word the signs confirmed it was from God
The baptism in Christ name is where one gets the indwelling spirit is has a completely different job it is to help you bear fruit of the spirit it is given through the baptism in Christ name it is not of power gifts but to bear fruit Galatians 5:22,23
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
It is the spirit that is promised to all as John the baptist had said Matthew 3:11 "As for me, I baptize you with water for repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, and I am not fit to remove His sandals; He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
Now some point to Acts 1:4 as being the indwelling or the power gift that all were to get but I think it is talking of two sparate times one is the indwelling for all but in verse 8 it is the power for confirming the word that only the Apostles got. Lets read it again
Acts 1:4-8
4 Gathering them together, He commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for what the Father had promised, "Which," He said, "you heard of from Me; 5 for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now."
6 So when they had come together, they were asking Him, saying, "Lord, is it at this time You are restoring the kingdom to Israel?" 7 He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or epochs which the Father has fixed by His own authority; 8 but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth."
In reading Acts 2 it only say that the Apostles got the gifts of confirming but all got the indwelling. There are two functions of the spirit and we need to get them correct. When we get them correctly sorted out it will make more sense.
