05/14/2021
The First Evidence of Being Baptized in The Holy Spirit
- Speaking With Other Tongues
The Apostles: Read Acts: 1:13; Read Acts 2:4
Mary, Mother of Jesus: Read Acts 1:14; Read Acts 2:4
The Samaritans: Read Acts 8:17 – 20
Cornelius, family, friends: Read Acts 10:44 – 47
Disciples of John: Read Act 19:1 – 6
Apostle Paul: Acts 9:17 – 18; I Corinthians 14:18
Why Did God choose tongues? 5 points mentioned
- God is sovereign: Read Isaiah 40:13 – 14
- From the heart, the mouth speaketh: Matthew 12:34
- Chief means of expression: Proverbs 18:20 -21; James 3:3 – 5
- Tongue is most difficult member to control: James 3:5 – 8
PUSH PAUSE: Some people have no filters on their mouth and thought processes
What ever crosses their mind they speak it (the Bible says be slow to speak)
(Is it true, is it kind, is it necessary; once it is out there, it is hard to pull it back)
- An obvious, external, uniform sign: Acts 11:15 – 17
And The First Evidence of Being Baptized in The Holy Spirit Speaking With Other Tongues Continues today to and with the
True and Repentant Believer
After Jesus was crucified on the cross, He was seen by many and He told them to remain in Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father
And that they SHALL receive power after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you (them). Read Acts 1 the entire chapter.
Acts chapter 2:1 – 18
It would be beneficial to read about Pentecost. The word meaning 50 relates to 50 days after the Crucifixion; “And when the day of Pentecost was fully come (prementioned of this experience in the Old Testament) This is the Church as we know it today new beginning: the harvesting of Souls to Christ in the world round about us. It is not God’s desire that any should perish but have new life and that more abundantly; and not just in the financial sense of the word but with joy, peace, love, etc.