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Yes, those are all signs of having the Spirit. The major one, of course, is being free from the desire to commit willful sins of lawlessness, especially sexual sins, lying, stealing and murder.

May I ask how you knew you had been baptized in the Spirit? My greatest concern for the Church is there are many Christians walking around and have never received the Spirit. They are dead men walking. This is even in Pentecostal circles. I can tell when someone is faking it, which is what you...

No, it was CBN - Christian Broadcasting Network, 700 Club's Pat Robertson.

Augustine had a much better understanding than Luther. He knew of the power of the Spirit to give us a new nature that loves righteousness and hates sin, therefore "do what you love." Luther's statement went directly against scripture. Paul said we are DEAD TO SIN, not that we will keep...

Absolutely, farouk! Some people do not discern the power of the all-powerful Holy Spirit in their lives, changing them, and believe they are saved, but show no signs of having the Spirit of Christ. That's concerning to just have head knowledge, but not experiential knowledge. I know. I didn't...

Dave's error is in thinking that tongues were for the purpose of writing the Bible. No, they were for perfect prayer saying the will of God. We still pray don't we???

I laughed out loud! You are soooooooo funny! (and true)

When Peter gave his sermon regarding the fulfillment of Joel 2 prophecy, he wasn't speaking it in tongues, and what is written was the interpretation. Is that what you thought? What happened with Miss Fox speaking in tongues, and the whole village received the interpretation, was exactly what...

Yes, I'm proud of you, friend! It is so nice to have friends that talk the same language!

and @Nancy Hi ladies, :) We all do what comes naturally according to our nature, whether the old nature, or the born again of the Spirit of Christ nature. If by the old nature, then yes you are trying to perform "works" not in accordance with your carnal nature. If by the new nature, it is...

The cage represents slavery. And what we were slaves to was sin. I think the better verses on this would be John 8:34-36, showing that Jesus frees us from SIN, making us free indeed.

Wrong. There are two different manifestations of "speaking in tongues" with different applications. You can't apply the rule of one on to the other. I've answered this in #6. Good day to ya mate! I'm going to bed.

Then they would have been able to understand them naturally, which they didn't, otherwise the mockers would have been able to understand them too. It wasn't until Peter preached to them in their own common language among Jews afterwards, that they heard the gospel. Acts 2:14-39

1 Corinthians 14:2 tells us that your beliefs are wrong. "2 For he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God, for no one understands him; however, in the spirit he speaks mysteries. It wasn't the gospel they were speaking in tongues, but praises to God. You have learned the common...

If the disciples were speaking in a language that ONLY God understands, how would the mockers understand it? Are they God? Can you see why that doesn't make sense, or you didn't understand my post.

The Jews present were "devout." They belonged to God and received the supernatural gift of interpretation of tongues. At this point in history, the gospel was only for the Jews, not to Gentiles until Acts 10. The mockers (God hates mockers anyway, Psalms 1:1, calling them ungodly and will...

I'm so sorry, I meant #6. LOL Number #9 doesn't even look like me! Sorry Dave.

Like him, I would like you to read the answer to your question that I already wrote - #6. Hope it helps.

That is blasphemy, and you keep doing it. Where in the Bible does Paul compare false tongues to true tongues? Nowhere if you know what he is saying. But you pretend to know and so does MacArthur. Did you even read my post to you? If you had you may have learned something and gotten out of the...

Satan counterfeits the real, not three dollar bills, and many making the comparison fall into his trap being uninformed.