Have I been baptized by the Holy Spirit? - Mark 1-2

John the Baptist certainly had a unique calling and role! He was called to be a herald of the coming Messiah. This in and of itself doesn't seem so unique in that there were many prophets through the ages who were appointed to this task. However, the timing is certainly special! The Messiah and John the Baptist were only 6 months apart in age. John was tasked with preaching about the One Who had been prophesied and Who had already been born of a virgin and was walking among men! 

John's message was one of repentance. Hundreds, if not thousands heeded his words and repented of their sins. Another part of his message we read in verse 8 - [8] I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit." - Mar 1:8 ESV

The Bible teaches that when one repents, believes, and receives the gift of forgiveness that is offered from God through Jesus Christ that he also receives the Holy Spirit Who indwells the believer. [19] Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, [20] for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body. - 1Cr 6:19-20 ESV

There has been much theological ink used on the topic of the Person of the Holy Spirit and His role in the life of the believer. One of the questions that has been raised  - Is there a special baptism of the Spirit that only super godly people receive?  

This is certainly a topic that would take much more time and space to articulate, but perhaps will whet your appetite for a study of Who the Holy Spirit is and what His role is in the world.

However, here is John MacArthur's abbreviated timeline and succinct teaching on what it means and what it does't mean to be baptized by the Holy Spirit:

“For John baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.” (Acts 1:5)

Our Lord’s words, for John baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now, are reminiscent of John the Baptist’s statement in John 1:33: “He who sent me to baptize in water said to me, ‘He upon whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining upon Him, this is the one who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.’ ” The promise was to be fulfilled, and the disciples would be baptized with the Holy Spirit, not many days from now—ten to be exact. Jesus promised that after He departed, He would send the Spirit (John 16:7).

Despite the claims of many, the apostles’ and early disciples’ experience is not the norm for believers today. They were given unique enabling of the Holy Spirit for their special duties. They also received the general and common baptism with the Holy Spirit in an uncommon way, subsequent to conversion. All believers since the church began are commanded to be filled with the Spirit (Eph. 5:18) and to walk in the Spirit (Gal. 5:25). Yet these early apostles and believers were told to wait, showing the change that came in the church age. They were in the transitional period associated with the birth of the church. In the present age, baptism by Christ through the agency of the Holy Spirit takes place for all believers at conversion. At that moment, every believer is placed into the body of Christ (1 Cor. 12:13). At that point the Spirit also takes up His permanent residency in the converted person’s soul, so there is no such thing as a Christian who does not yet have the Holy Spirit (Rom. 8:9; cf. 1 Cor. 6:19–20).

The baptism with the Holy Spirit is not a special privilege for some believers, nor are believers challenged and exhorted in Scripture to seek it. It is not even their responsibility to prepare for it by praying, pleading, tarrying, or any other means. The passive voice of the verb translated be baptized indicates the baptism by Jesus Christ with the Spirit is entirely a divine activity. It comes, like salvation itself, through grace, not human effort. Titus 3:5–6 says, “He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior.” God sovereignly pours out the Holy Spirit on those He saves.