There is a lot that we can quibble and argue about here, as evidenced by the quibbling and arguments that have preceded this.
The thing that stands out to me, however, is that the "speaking in tongues" phenomena that is being described in
Acts 2, involved the disciples speaking in earthly languages that were immediately recognizable to native speakers of that language.
A lot of "
Acts 2:38 Three Steppers" will insist that they too "received the Holy Ghost and spoke in tongues" -
just like on the Day of Pentecost (Acts 2:4). What they don't and won't acknowledge is that they did NOT receive the same experience in "speaking in other tongues" as the disciples in
Acts 2. I have heard a comparatively small number of people claim this experience or to have claimed to have witnessed such an experience, but no one ever really has any proof. All I've ever heard, experienced or witnessed in my life is the phenomena known as "unknown tongues" and quite often, we're being really generous to call it a "tongue" or language.
Now, I don't want to cause anyone to doubt their salvation over this; but this should give us pause before we go around telling everyone that they
HAVE TO SPEAK IN TONGUES just like the disciples in
Acts 2,
when we ourselves don't even have that experience.