All believers are entitled to and should ardently expect and earnestly seek the promise of the Father, the baptism in the Holy Ghost and fire, according to the command of our Lord Jesus Christ. This was the normal experience of all in the early Christian Church. With it comes the endowment of power for life and service, the bestowment of the gifts and their uses in the work of the ministry.
This experience is distinct from and subsequent to the experience of the new birth.
With the baptism in the Holy Ghost come such experiences as:
an overflowing fullness of the Spirit (John 7:37-39, Acts 4:8);
a deepened reverence for God (Acts 2:43, Hebrews 12:28);
an intensified consecration to God and dedication to his work (Acts 2:42 ); and
and a more active love for Christ, for His Word and for the lost (Mark 16:20).
The baptism of believers in the Holy Ghost is witnessed by the initial physical sign of speaking with other tongues as the Spirit of God gives them utterance. (See Acts 2:4.)
The speaking in tongues in this instance is the same in essence as the gift of tongues, but is different in purpose and use. (See 1 Corinthians 12:4-10 and 1 Corinthians 12:28.)