Christ as their Lord & Savior? This is what Jesus said in the book of John:
"But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you." - John 14:26
King David prayed in Psalm 51:11: "Do not cast me from your presence
or take your Holy Spirit from me."
By reading John 14:26, it seems like one must receive Christ as their Lord & Savior in order to receive the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, but in Psalms 51:11, it seems like a person CAN have the Holy Spirit just by believing in God, but not necessarily have received Christ.
"But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you." - John 14:26
King David prayed in Psalm 51:11: "Do not cast me from your presence
or take your Holy Spirit from me."
By reading John 14:26, it seems like one must receive Christ as their Lord & Savior in order to receive the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, but in Psalms 51:11, it seems like a person CAN have the Holy Spirit just by believing in God, but not necessarily have received Christ.