If you are referring to Acts 2:38 where Peter says be baptized…and you will receive the gift of the Spirit, then “no” that is not the same thing as being baptized with/by the Spirit. The gift of the Spirit that I believe he is talking about is the indwelling of the Spirit that Paul talks about in 1 Cor. 6:19 and 1 Cor, 3:16. Acts 5:32 says God gives us His Spirit when we obey Him. Gal4:6 says we have His spirit when we are the sons of God.
The baptism of the Holy Spirit was a miraculous out pouring of God’s Spirit. It only happened twice in the New Testament—Acts 2 and Acts 10. This is something GOD DOES—not man. Man was not seeking it, not praying for it, not even expecting it! Water baptism is something that man can choose, obey, and seek. As in the example of the eunuch in Acts 8; he saw water and asked if he could be baptized. It is the baptism that man can administer and fulfill the command given by Jesus in Matthew 28:19. God is the one that administers miraculous Holy Spirit baptism. Man has nothing to do with that.
The baptism of the Holy Spirit was a miraculous out pouring of God’s Spirit. It only happened twice in the New Testament—Acts 2 and Acts 10. This is something GOD DOES—not man. Man was not seeking it, not praying for it, not even expecting it! Water baptism is something that man can choose, obey, and seek. As in the example of the eunuch in Acts 8; he saw water and asked if he could be baptized. It is the baptism that man can administer and fulfill the command given by Jesus in Matthew 28:19. God is the one that administers miraculous Holy Spirit baptism. Man has nothing to do with that.
Thanks for the response!
BTW, I think I've said it before, but I like how you deal with Scripture by taking it as it's stated.