(TallMan;57465)
If your religion doesn't live up to the true renown of Jesus in baptising in the Holy Spirit, and delivering from evil into what God promises then his name is being taken in vain, it is an unjust weight / balance, people are being cheated.
Amen. It is important to understand salvation and also the baptising of the Holy Spirit. To teach anyone anything less than the truth on any matter is to cheat those who believe you.
Acts 19:1-6And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples, He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost. And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism. Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus. When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
They were baptized in the name of Jesus (by faith) first. This is a seperate event from what follows, indicated by the action of Paul placing his hands on them, the Holy Ghost came, and they spake in tongues and prophesied.It can clearly be seen that if Paul had not laid his hands upon them for this purpose (baptizing in the Holy Spirit), following their baptism in the name of Jesus, they would not have been baptized in the Holy Spirit and would have never spoken in tongues. They would have *only* been baptized in the name of Jesus (and saved), by faith, but never spoken in tongues.Baptism in the name of Jesus and baptism in the Holy Spirit are two different things. Tongues is not a necessary event or proof of being baptized in the
name of Jesus (being saved). However, speaking in tongues is *one* proof of being baptized in the
Holy Spirit. Seperate events, seperate baptisms, only ONE of which indicates salvation--that is the baptism into the name of Jesus, by faith, no tongues attached. Of course you cannot have the latter without the former... but they are not the same thing.Baptism in the name of Jesus (salvation) and baptism in the Holy Spirit are not the same thing. Just like baptism in water is not the same thing. There are different baptisms, one of which of course (and only one) is salvation--that is the baptism in the name of Jesus, or, receiving, in faith, Jesus' sacrifice for our sins.Speaking in
tongues *is not* a direct result of being saved (being baptized in the name of Jesus). Speaking in
tongues *is* one direct result, however, of being baptized in the Holy Spirit, and tongues certainly serves as a proof of both since the second (Holy Spirit baptism) will not come without the first (the baptism in the name of Jesus).Tongues certainly is not a requirement or a direct result of salvation. However, tongues does often follow the baptism of the Holy Spirit, which is a seperate event from being baptised in the name of Jesus Christ, as the *
laying on of hands* by Paul *
afterwards* shows us. The baptsim in the name of Jesus (by faith) saves us. The Baptism in the Holy Spirit empowers us for ministry. They are two seperate events; they are not the same. Tongues is not a direct result of being baptized in the name of Jesus (being saved). Tongues is a result of being baptized in the Holy Spirit. They are seperate events with seperate purposes. Not everyone who has been saved has even experienced the latter (baptizing in the Holy Spirit), but they are indeed saved by the former--grace, through faith--the baptism in the name of Jesus.That's all I'm going to say.