Subject: hoyy spirit bap. evidence tounges? |
Bible Note: The reason I feel they are synonomous is the events that surround the five instances are unique and the same. Might want to start with John's statement about the one who is to come who will "Baptize you in the Holy Spirit and Fire." Acts 2:4-6; Acts 8:1-22 (Does not mention tongues, but something very micraculous took place when the apostles, after they were saved, layed hands on them to recieve the "gift" of the Holy Spirit. What happened? Maybe tongues, maybe some other manifestation. don't know. But I do know it was after their salvation expereince). Acts 9:11 (Saul's conversion accompanied his Infilling with the Holy Spirit. Does not record tongues, but from 1 Cor 12-14 we know Paul regularly exercised this gift in his personal life. Could he have received this gift at this time? Maybe. The Bible does not tell us.) Acts 10:44-50 (How did Peter know they received the Baptism in the Holy Ghost? "For they heard them speaking in tongues and praising God" verse 46. Acts 11: 15-18. (How do I know that Cornelious' expereince was the Baptism in the Holy Ghost? Peter Qoutes John the Baptist in verse 16. He is the one that equates the expereince to Spirit Baptism. Notice in Acts 10 he does not use the Term "Baptism in the Holy Spirit", but "Filling!" This shows that in Luke's mind these two events were synonomous. Notice he also refers to this expereince as the "gift of the Holy Ghost". Now, we have three terms each used to describe an expereince that Pentecostals-charismatics-Peter refers to as the Baptism in the Holy Ghost.) Acts 19:1-10 (notice they were saved first and than Paul "layed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit Descended and they spoke in tongues and prophesied." Unless you believe that salvation must be given through the laying on of hands,this event must be post-conversion. I am not saying that every event (Paul's conversion for example) just nails down the Baptism in the Holy Spirit is subsequent to Salvation. But I hope you see that this is not some made-up idea with no support in scripture, but was the practice in the early N.T. church. |