罪得赦免
按照行传二章三十八节，靠耶稣基督的名受浸，是为着罪得赦免。罪得赦免乃是基于基督受死所成功的救赎（徒十43，弗一7，林前十五3）；这是神完全救恩里初期基本的福。基于赦罪，神完全救恩的福再进前，而完成于领受所赐的圣灵。
领受所赐的圣灵
在二章三十八节，彼得告诉人要悔改，受浸，使罪得赦，就必领受所赐的圣灵。所赐的圣灵，直译是圣灵的恩赐。这不是指那灵所分给人的恩赐，乃是指圣灵自己，就是神赐给信徒，作为独一的恩赐，由此产生罗马十二章，林前十二章，彼前四章所题的一切恩赐。那些恩赐是事奉神的才能和本能，是出于这独一的恩赐，就是圣灵。
三十八节的圣灵，乃是神新约经纶里经过过程之三一神包罗万有的灵，是素质的，为着生命，也是经纶的，为着能力，在信徒相信基督时赐给他们（弗一13，加三2），作为神完全福音包罗万有的福（加三14），使他们享受三一神一切的丰富（林后十三14）。
使徒传讲并供应基督，但听见的人悔改相信祂时，却领受三一神这奇妙的灵。这含示这灵就是复活升天的基督自己。这里的领受圣灵是在素质与经纶两方面，意义是普遍的，包罗一切的。
给犹太人和外邦人的应许
在三十九节，彼得接着说，“因为这应许是给你们和你们的儿女，并一切在远方，凡是主我们的神所召来的人。”在这一节里，“你们”是指犹太人，“应许”是指圣灵。一切在远方的人是外邦人，包括在“一切属肉体的人”之内（徒二17）。主我们的神所召来的人，是指在永远里蒙神拣选并豫定（弗一4-5），而在新约时代蒙祂呼召的人（罗一7，林前一2）。
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The Forgiveness of Sins and Receiving the Holy Spirit — Acts 2:38-39
The Forgiveness of Sins
According to Acts 2:38, baptism upon the name of Jesus Christ was for the forgiveness of sins. Forgiveness of sins is based upon the redemption of Christ accomplished through his death (10:43; Eph. 1:7; 1 Cor. 15:3). It is the initial and basic blessing of God’s full salvation. Based upon it, the blessing of God’s full salvation goes forth and consummates in the receiving of the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Receiving the Gift of the Holy Spirit
In 2:38 Peter tells the people to repent, be baptized for the forgiveness of sins, and they will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. The gift of the Holy Spirit is not any gift distributed by the Spirit, rather, it is the gift which is the Holy Spirit himself, given by God to the believers in Christ as the unique gift that produces all the gifts mentioned in Romans 12, 1 Corinthians 12 and 1 Peter 4.
The Holy Spirit in Acts 2:38 is the all-inclusive Spirit of the processed Triune God in his New Testament economy, both essential for life and economical for power, given to the believers at the time of their believing in Christ (Eph. 1:13; Gal. 3:2) as the all-inclusive blessing of God’s full gospel (Gal. 3:14), so that they may enjoy all the riches of the Triune God (2 Cor. 13:14).
The apostles preached and ministered Christ. But when their hearers repented and believed in him, they received the wonderful Spirit of the Triune God. This implies that this Spirit is just the resurrected and ascended Christ himself. The receiving of the Spirit here is both essential and economical, in a general and all-inclusive sense.