If I had never heard of the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, I would not have known to ask for it. I would not have believed that God was still at work in the world today as He was at the time of Pentecost. But in His great mercy, He sent to me a simple child to could testify to the power of God in her own life, and from her testimony, I was drawn to ask for the same power in my own life. All of my education and "knowledge" had not led me to faith, but more to unbelief. But seeing and hearing what God had done for this child brought me to faith.
As in Scripture, it is not about scholarship, but about stories. And the one thing each of us has is a story. It's that simple: here is what God has done for me. He has delivered me out of the power of darkness into His marvelous light. If we do not have a story, all our theology is in vain.
Here, also, is where we connect with one another--in our stories. Our beliefs may not coincide, but our stories connect. And the man with an experience is never at the mercy of a man with an argument.
Jesus said to the man who wanted to follow him: Go home and tell what God has done for you. Nothing can be more powerful than that.
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