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Re: Have you accepted Jesus?
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Originally Posted by denise_109
As for speaking in tongues but being unsaved...
I was taught that the devil can imitate everything God can do EXCEPT make a person live right. Speaking in tongues is the initial evidence but if life changes do not follow then there is something wrong.
I have seen people who could jump, shout, speak in beautiful tongues, but were cheating on their husbands.
I've heard this referred to as "having the UNholy ghost."
And Acts 2:38 says baptism is for remission ...so anyone who believes the Bible should have zero argument with that.
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The clear teaching of the New Testament is that it is faith and faith alone that saves. At least sixty times the New Testament states that salvation is received by faith with no mention of baptism.
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