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1 | When will I speak/pray in tongues? | Acts 2:6 | The Disciple | 27598 | ||
Anyone care to dialogue about known and unknown tongues? You see, I have a hard time receiving the "initail evidence" of being Baptised in the Spirit. I have prayed years for it. I have had many friends and family pray I get it. I've even had scores of children praying for me. I believe the Gifts of the Spirit are STILL in fine working order and Not a ONE has disappeard since the canon. I assume some of my frineds in here are going to address this quickly. I do hope to get some thought provoked in all of US....... ...Lord dont let me convolute the story... *SHALOM* |
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2 | When will I speak/pray in tongues? | Acts 2:6 | retxar | 27611 | ||
Greetings Discipled , First off, let me say I agree with the term you used here of being “Baptized in the Spirit” to be the same thing as “Baptized with the Holy Spirit” as Jesus said in Acts 1:5. You can’t go wrong with saying what Jesus said! However, many will think you are talking of the initial indwelling of the Holy Spirit in all believers at salvation (John20:22, 1Cor 12:13). So I will use the term “Filled” instead of “Baptized” to avoid misunderstanding. I have stated on this forum before, as you, that the initial evidence of being filled with the Holy Spirit is speaking in tongues as the Spirit gives utterance. This is what I said 4/23/1 “(Holy Spirit filling) is verified by the initial evidence of speaking in tongues as the Holy Spirit gives utterance.” I based this statement on personal experience and bibilical example (Acts 2:4, Acts 10:46, Acts 19:6). However, let me say experience and biblical example are not the same thing as biblical command. We are commanded to be filled with the Spirit (Eph 5:18), but I can’t find where we are commanded to speak in tongues. So, I can’t really make the tongues part of previous statement stick, so I will now officially retract. I still believe in a Holy Spirit filling that is in addition to the Holy Spirit indwelling of all believers, but I can only back up the initial evidence of speaking in tongues by experience and biblical example, not command. You seem open to receiving the gift of speaking of tongues, so keep seeking, keeping knocking, and if the Spirit wills, you will receive (1Cor 12:11). I heard once that anyone who wanted to speak in tongues, could say “Deuteronomy” over and over any it would come to them by and by! Seriously, take note of Acts 2:4 to understand what happens when someone speaks in tongues. Acts 2:4 “And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.” Notice, the disciples were the ones doing the speaking, the Holy Spirit was giving them utterance; not speaking for them, but giving them the words to say. They had to put forth the effort to say the words the Holy Spirit was giving them and to have the gift of faith that what they were saying was from the Lord, not something they had worked up in their own head. retxar PS I know you asked if anyone would care to dialogue on this subject. I will answer any questions you may care to ask, but a lot of this I feel like I have to tip toe thru, as some may want to oppose what I have already defended before. I am not really interested in debating the yes to tongues/no to tongues issue a whole lot, but I felt obligated to respond. |
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