Bible Question: I am a leader in our church and a co-worker of mine recently came to me asking me some questions that have totally confused me. She is Pentecostal. We like to talk about the bible and stuff at lunch. And she asked me two questions #1. Where in the bible did someone receive the Holy Ghost without speaking in tongues? AND #2. Where does it show them baptizing in the name of the father, son, and Holy Ghost? I want to give her a good studied answer and I have not been able to find it in the word. Can someone help me? |
Bible Answer: Matt 28:18 Jesus approached and, breaking the silence, said to them, All authority (all power of rule) in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Matt 28:19 Go then and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Acts 8:16 For He had not yet fallen upon any of them, but they had only been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus. Acts 8:17 Then [the apostles] laid their hands on them one by one, and they received the Holy Spirit. Acts 9:17 So Ananias left and went into the house. And he laid his hands on Saul and said, Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, Who appeared to you along the way by which you came here, has sent me that you may recover your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit. Acts 9:18 And instantly something like scales fell from [Saul's] eyes, and he recovered his sight. Then he arose and was baptized, Acts 9:19 And after he took some food, he was strengthened. For several days [afterward] he remained with the disciples at Damascus. Acts 9:20 And immediately in the synagogues he proclaimed Jesus, saying, He is the Son of God! |