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Originally Posted by Dedicated Mind
Mr. Smith, I have family members who are christian who have not spoken in tongues, so I am not judging you. The bible says in romans 8(I think) he who has not the spirit of God is none of his. That means we are baptized into his body by one spirit. If you believe that tongues is the initial evidence of receiving the spirit as the upc does and I'm sure you can find many threads on the subject, then you can firmly state that someone who has not spoken in tongues has not received the spirit or been baptized into his body by being born again of water and spirit.
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But I firmly believe that one is filled with the Spirit at belief in one's heart and confession with one's mouth. There are multiple places in which I believe scripture teaches this.
I'm bringing this up because part of your refuting of the Muslim faith is that a "Christian speaks in tongues", thus making it appear as though ALL Christians speak in tongues. I would assume you know this, but Christianity isn't the only religion that claims tongues.