My point is receiving the Holy Ghost is not always the first thing that happens when a person believes the entire gospel message. To teach this is a mistake.[S/QUOTE]
I didn't teach that. I explained that during the formation of the church there were differences. We see Cornelius and family/friends receive the Holy Spirit when they believed, but in Acts 19 we see 12 disciples receive the Holy Spirit. Don't know the time length between Acts 10 and 19. But by the time Paul wrote Galatians, (49-55 AD approx), it was clear that the Holy Spirit was received when one believed in Christ.
The account in Acts 10 is the only place we see individuals receiving the Holy Ghost immediately after being told of Jesus' death, burial and resurrection. Why?
This is wrong. Gal 3:2 and 5 prove otherwise.
This truth is actually expressed in Acts 10, verse 47 where Peter makes this statement, "Surely no one can stand in the way of their being baptized in water."
Their water baptism was AFTER they received the Holy Spirit, which is Spirit baptism. He wasn't hesitant about anything. That's mere speculation of his intent.
You point out Galatians 3:2, 5 as evidence that people receive the Holy Spirit after believing the gospel message. And that is absolutely true. Everyone who believes the gospel message will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit but not always at the exact moment they hear it as proven through scripture.
Read the verses again.
2 I would like to learn just one thing from you:
Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or
by believing what you heard?
5 So again I ask,
does God give you his Spirit and work miracles among you
by the works of the law, or
by your believing what you heard?
The words are quite clear. They received the Spirit BY BELIEVING the gospel. There is no time gap by this time in history.
Lastly, your comment that Peter and his companions viewed the Gentiles as saved because God filled them with his Spirit is your personal opinion and should be expressed as such.
Nonsense. I quoted the Scripture that PROVES that they considered the Gentiles saved. Here we go again:
Acts 11-
15 “As I began to speak,
the Holy Spirit came on them as he had come on us at the beginning.
16 Then I remembered what the Lord had said: ‘John baptized with water, but
you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’
17 So if
God gave them the same gift he gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to think that I could stand in God’s way?”
18 When they heard this, they had no further objections and praised God, saying, “So then, even to Gentiles God has granted repentance that leads to life.”
The "same gift" would refer to both salvation itself and the indwelling Holy Spirit.
There was no "peronal opinion" about it.
I state this in light of the message Peter presented on the Day of Pentecost.
OK, how soon after the crucifixion and resurrection? That's the key.