Acts 2:38-41 ASV And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call unto him. And with many other words he testified, and exhorted them, saying, Save yourselves from this crooked generation. They then that received his word were baptized: and there were added unto them in that day about three thousand souls.

Gotta Repent 1st The Holy Spirit desires to bring each of us to completion in Christ. This practical pursuit—our partnering with Him as He comes to help—is geared to make us whole or holy. That’s what holiness is really about—wholeness. The Holy Spirit comes: to bring the whole life of Jesus Christ, into the whole of our personalities, so the whole love of God can be relayed to the whole world! The whole idea is holiness.