Depends on what you mean when you say ''receive'' the Holy Spirit. We ''receive'' the Holy Spirit at Salvation whoch some say occurs at baptism, but the gift of the Holy Spirit in Acts 2:38 is a endowment of power which comes when we are baptized into the Holy Spirit, which is and secondary experience to salvation itself.I used to belong to a church that when you got baptized you received the Holy Spirit. They use the verse Acts 2:38 to back this statement up. I have talked to others outside this church and the say no and back it with other verses. Any help would be appreciated.:bible: