Holy Ghost
 

I think this is the first new thread of the year...

You will know you got it when you speak in tongues as God give you the utterance. Like my former pastor used to say “ its like shoes, the tongues just come with it “.

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I spoke in tongues. There was still a sense of doubt whether the tongues I spoke were genuine. You know, like maybe I just did it cause i wanted it so badly.

I haven’t stepped foot in a church in years and I can’t rememebr the last time I prayed. . I could speak in tongues right now if I desired.

Tongues prove nothing to me and I don’t think they should to you either.

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You may jibber jabber right now but friend you will not be speaking in tongues. Tongues only comes by the Spirit of God.

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What I can do now is the same thing that I did then. If it’s jibber jabber now then it was jibber jabber then... Which is ultimately my point. There’s not any distinguishable difference between jibber jabber and tongues.

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I think the more important question is, why haven't you been to church in years? Or prayed?

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I think the more important question is why do you still sin?

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If its the same now as then then you never received the Holy Ghost.

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I understand that’s the only way you can reconcile what I said with your beliefs so I won’t consider it personal.

That said, who made you the judge?

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That isn't how it works. A1 is correct. If you believe you can just start speaking in tongues, not having prayed or being in connection with the spirit of God; and if you believe that your tongues now is the same as when you believed you received the HG ...

You didn't receive the HG.

Tongues is not as we determine or as we give utterance. It's as the Spirit gives utterance. If you're not connected to the spirit, it won't give utterance.