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The speaker lived in Columbia, Missouri with his wife from 2006 to 2009. They attended a Friday night Bible study for college students where Acts chapter 2 verse 38 was discussed. The speaker couldn't answer a question about the gift of the Holy Spirit, which frustrated him. He emphasized the importance of being able to provide answers based on the word of God. It's been about five years, but my wife and I, Nicky, we lived in Columbia, Missouri for about three and a half years, from 2006 to 2009. And one of the things that we did there as a congregation, there was a Friday night Bible class, or divo really, for the college students. And one of the brothers would lead that Bible study every Friday night over at the Forrest House. And we would go over there every Friday night and study from the Word of God. And we had a visitor there one night, and I can't remember the exact topic that we were discussing, but after the Bible study I concluded, I began to talk to him a little bit, and I was trying to share with him the good news of Jesus Christ. And one of the things that we discussed was Acts chapter 2 and verse number 38. You have your Bible, open it up to Acts chapter 2 and verse 38, and I'm sure many of us took both this passage here. I have part of the verse on the slide where Peter, on the day of Pentecost, when the church of Christ began, told the Jews in Acts 2 and verse number 38 to repent and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sin, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. And the young man, as we were discussing this, we were actually in the kitchen, I think we were eating some cookies or something like that, he asked me a question. He said, what is the gift of the Holy Spirit? And you know how I answered him. I said, I have no idea. I knew what the gift of the Holy Spirit was not, because as we began to talk a little bit more, he was saying, well, the gift of the Holy Spirit here is certainly talking about miracles and talking about speaking in tongues and things like that when people are saved. And I said, well, I don't believe that's the case. And he kept asking me, well, what is the gift of the Holy Spirit? I couldn't give him an answer. Now, I want you to imagine something for a moment. Imagine you or me in that kitchen, talking to that young man, and he asks you that question. From the context, how would you answer him? What is the gift of the Holy Spirit? I couldn't give him an answer, at least at that time. And that frustrated me for a long period of time. And I believe that as a people of God, we should be able to give people answers, according to the word of God. And I believe that as a people of God, we should be able to give people answers, according to the word of God. 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