This isn’t a shallow affair. It isn’t something that’s just like…I heard someone say, last evening on a—on a broadcast, “Every person that believes has—has been filled with the Holy Spirit.” Now, I, not disagreeing with the minister, but he—he just probably didn’t understand the Scripture. Paul, in Acts the 19th chapter, asked those Baptist people up there, had they received the Holy Ghost since they believed, not when you believe. The Holy Spirit is a Gift of God after you believe. It’s God’s Gift to you for believing. But you can believe, Jesus being the Son of God, and accept Him as your personal Saviour, and still not have the Holy Spirit. The Gift of the Holy Spirit is God’s personal gift to the believer. You’re saved because you believe, but you’re filled with the Holy Ghost when God’s personal Gift comes upon you, which is the Holy Spirit. Now, see, it’s not a shallow affair. It’s something deep. We’re not babies any more; we’re men and women. The church should be in that condition tonight, not shallow, but deep in God.

Accept God's Gift, 1953-02-19, Tallahassee, FL, §8