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NASB | Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit [the result of His presence within us] is love [unselfish concern for others], joy, [inner] peace, patience [not the ability to wait, but how we act while waiting], kindness, goodness, faithfulness, |
Bible Question: When receiving the Holy Spirit is it necessary to speak in toungs |
Bible Answer: Hello Les Paul, According to the scriptures, speaking in tongues was clearly a sign of baptism in the Holy Spirit. Acts 2:4 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. But so was prophesying Acts 19:6 6 And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they began speaking with tongues and prophesying. To draw the conclusion that either of these is necessary as a sign of the baptism (or infilling or whatever term a person wants to use) is neither loving or scriptural. It is in fact the traditions of men and has no authority of scripture. Here is the real evidence of the presence of the Holy Spirit in a believers life. 1 Cor. 12:3 3 Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus is accursed”; and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit. (Obviously a person could say those words without meaning them but we need to keep it real) We see the fruit or result of receiving the Holy Spirit is also found here. Galations 5:22 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. There are more scriptural evidences but this should suffice. Now that being said, it appears in scripture that receiving the Holy Spirit or the Baptism in the Holy Spirit was clearly something that at least some times happened on a separate occasion after salvation. Acts 8:14-17 14 Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent them Peter and John, 15 who came down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit. 16 For He had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 17 Then they began laying their hands on them, and they were receiving the Holy Spirit. Acts 19: 1-6 It happened that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the upper country and came to Ephesus, and found some disciples. 2 He said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” And they said to him, “No, we have not even heard whether there is a Holy Spirit.” 3 And he said, “Into what then were you baptized?” And they said, “Into John’s baptism.” 4 Paul said, “John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in Him who was coming after him, that is, in Jesus.” 5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 6 And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they began speaking with tongues and prophesying. It appears that there is also some type of filling that happens repeatedly and/or continually. Acts 13:52 And the disciples were continually filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit. The bible also speaks of men being full of the Holy Spirit as a distinctly different thing than just having received the Holy Spirit. Stephen Acts 6:5The statement found approval with the whole congregation; and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas and Nicolas, a proselyte from Antioch. Barnabas Acts 11:24 24 for he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And considerable numbers were brought to the Lord. My question is this. If The Holy Spirit is available to us in any measure beyond what we have now would we not want that? If there is an accompanying gift that would benefit us and The Kingdom of God would we not want that also? It appears there is a gift available through the laying on of hands that can release a spiritual language for our edification. The scriptures state that we are to earnestly seek the gifts of the Holy Spirit 1 Cor 14:1 Pursue love, yet desire earnestly spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy. Well, Les Paul Those are my thoughts and some references. Here is a very important function of the Holy Spirit for you. John 16:13 But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come. 1 John 2: 20-21 But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all know I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it, and because no lie is of the truth. 1 John 2:27 As for you, the anointing which you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you abide in Him. I Bless you in your pursuit of truth. Rely on The Spirit of Truth through Jesus Christ and hold what all men say (myself included) lightly. Meta |