At the same time though, I focus on your statement “But if my judgmental eye is always focused on others, I never see the sin within me which is creates the bias by which I judge.” This means we musn’t even judge those who judge, but only rebuke and encourage, guiding to the truth.

I very much believe the HS can and does work through people today, and even in miraculous ways that defy logic and “rational” thought that has unfortunately permeated the modern day church. But I feel like in our discussion of the early church and the HS, we might be neglecting the fact that not all the believers seemed to have the same power of the HS that the apostles and a few other disciples had. Acts 5:12-16 points out this contrast between those with and those without the HS, or at least they misunderstood the workings of the HS. Paul clarifies the purpose of the HS in Galatians 5 and I Corinthians 12-14.

So were the early thoughts on the HS by Luke, Peter, John and others misguided, or were some converts not receiving the HS, or are we just not given the whole picture in Luke’s account (Acts)? And how do we reconcile spiritual gifts today with those described in Acts?