My OperaThe Baptism With the Holy Spirit - A Regeneration and Sanctification Perspective
Sunday, March 25, 2012 1:34:55 PM
Holy SpiritThe Baptism with the Holy Spirit can be a very controversial subject within the Christian community. There are actually devotional and prophetic tongues and each carries a different function and objective.
Devotional tongues undoubtedly are a prayer and praise terminology - its function is, man speaking to Our god, and its purpose is always to edify the individual believer. Prophetic tongues is a language of prophecy - its function is, God talking with man. When coupled with the gift of interpretation with tongues its purpose is always to edify the whole church.
It is actually prophesying in tongues (as soon as God speaks to man) that will need interpretation. However, prayer offered in tongues (any time man speaks to God) fails to require an interpretation, since speaker is actually praying to God not speaking to man, God doesn't need an interpreter.
Your difference being, praying in tongues edifies the one doing the praying, while prophesying in tongues edifies the complete church. For this reason prophecy in tongues must be interpreted.
During the baptism with the Spirit, a believer may speak with either a devotional or prophetic language that's unknown to the loudspeaker. This will be a sign to all present but especially those who believe not.
It is often taught that those who believe not consult unsaved people. However, it's only partially correct. Those who believe not, may also refer to any person (stored or not) who is unlearned and does not rely on the power of Goodness to cast out devils, speak with new tongues, repair the sick, etc,.
Any time Jesus said, these signs shall follow them that believe, he was also announcing that supernatural manifestations of the power of God (indications) would follow those who have faith. However, if they cannot have faith these signs do not follow them.
Very likely, no account in Acts is more revealing than chapter 8 with regard to the baptism with the Holy Spirit for an experience separate and distinct from regeneration.
In Functions 8 Phillip the Evangelist preaches your gospel to Samaria where many believe and tend to be baptized. However, it is expressly clarified that it was not until the apostles Peter and John came to town and laid their mitts them that they received the baptism with the Holy Spirit.
That question remains, if there seemed to be no evidence of that experience, then how did Simon the sorcerer and others know the Holy Spirit had fallen in the believers in Samaria? Because, he like the some others beheld the signs that were done.
And let's not forget the household of Cornelius the main Gentile converts to Christ, who received the baptism along with the Holy Spirit speaking with tongues while Peter yet preached Christ unto them.
The only sign that accompanied the baptism while using the Holy Ghost in the bible was that of speaking with other tongues as that Spirit gave utterance.
Some bible teachers have attemptedto explain away the trend of saved believers who did not receive the baptism along with the Holy Spirit until few months later. They teach to ensure that the Jews, Samaritans, and Gentile nations (being a people group) to take delivery of the initial in-filling of the Holy Spirit an apostle needed to be present to certify these.
Devotional tongues undoubtedly are a prayer and praise terminology - its function is, man speaking to Our god, and its purpose is always to edify the individual believer. Prophetic tongues is a language of prophecy - its function is, God talking with man. When coupled with the gift of interpretation with tongues its purpose is always to edify the whole church.
It is actually prophesying in tongues (as soon as God speaks to man) that will need interpretation. However, prayer offered in tongues (any time man speaks to God) fails to require an interpretation, since speaker is actually praying to God not speaking to man, God doesn't need an interpreter.
Your difference being, praying in tongues edifies the one doing the praying, while prophesying in tongues edifies the complete church. For this reason prophecy in tongues must be interpreted.
During the baptism with the Spirit, a believer may speak with either a devotional or prophetic language that's unknown to the loudspeaker. This will be a sign to all present but especially those who believe not.
It is often taught that those who believe not consult unsaved people. However, it's only partially correct. Those who believe not, may also refer to any person (stored or not) who is unlearned and does not rely on the power of Goodness to cast out devils, speak with new tongues, repair the sick, etc,.
Any time Jesus said, these signs shall follow them that believe, he was also announcing that supernatural manifestations of the power of God (indications) would follow those who have faith. However, if they cannot have faith these signs do not follow them.
Very likely, no account in Acts is more revealing than chapter 8 with regard to the baptism with the Holy Spirit for an experience separate and distinct from regeneration.
In Functions 8 Phillip the Evangelist preaches your gospel to Samaria where many believe and tend to be baptized. However, it is expressly clarified that it was not until the apostles Peter and John came to town and laid their mitts them that they received the baptism with the Holy Spirit.
That question remains, if there seemed to be no evidence of that experience, then how did Simon the sorcerer and others know the Holy Spirit had fallen in the believers in Samaria? Because, he like the some others beheld the signs that were done.
And let's not forget the household of Cornelius the main Gentile converts to Christ, who received the baptism along with the Holy Spirit speaking with tongues while Peter yet preached Christ unto them.
The only sign that accompanied the baptism while using the Holy Ghost in the bible was that of speaking with other tongues as that Spirit gave utterance.
Some bible teachers have attemptedto explain away the trend of saved believers who did not receive the baptism along with the Holy Spirit until few months later. They teach to ensure that the Jews, Samaritans, and Gentile nations (being a people group) to take delivery of the initial in-filling of the Holy Spirit an apostle needed to be present to certify these.
