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NASB | Acts 2:4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit was giving them utterance. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 2:4 And they were all filled [that is, diffused throughout their being] with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues (different languages), as the Spirit was giving them the ability to speak out [clearly and appropriately]. |
Subject: Speaking in Tongue |
Bible Note: I was healed in this day and age. I had Lupus and I was becoming more and more crippled. I could give lots of details but that is not what this note is about. A woman I did not know asked me if she could pray for me. I thought of my mental list of people and situations that I was going to ask her to pray for and felt prompted to ask her to pray about my arthritic like pains. I was not about to tell a total stranger that I had the uncurable Lupus. She started praying and I found myself praying with her. Then I stood up, straight, and walked around. and praised God. Now, I too was not sure so I thought it was a temporary reprieve. Every morning for weeks I would wake expecting it to be another day when my legs did not want to work well or one of those days when they did not work at all, and each day I would get out of bed and say, thank You. Still thinking it was temporary. My doctor continued to run tests every 3 months for a couple of years, now she does them annually. She just chuckles with the results and tells me, no sign of Lupus and I say, I did not expect there would be. I am almost 60 and I have a little arthritis now. But I carry my 1 and 2 year old Grandchildren, often 2 at a time and I race with my older Grandsons, they beat me, and I climb trees. And praise God when I am up there. I think I am more active than most my age. I still work full time so I am not taking it easy. God healed me. I have no doubt. You do not know me so you do not have to believe it or understand it, but I believe in it now. Why me.. I do not know. I agree with you that many people will never speak in tongues and God can be just as close to them. It is a gift I did not want or expect and I received it. And many of my friends do not want it and that is OK. I may have received it because I doubted it so much. As you said, we are still members of a fellowship that goes beyond those things though. |