Evidence of Spirit Infilling?

[Digging4Truth]

Originally Posted by ForeverBlessed

I have seen this happen, the person was delivered from alcohol and drugs... he did a total turn around... he repented and was baptised on Sunday morning... dark look around him vanished... he glowed....he shed his whole druggie appearance (no one ever had to tell him to). He was devoted to the word of God and faithful to church. He was radically changed without ever speaking in tongues.... which he finally did one year later.

His experience was so radical that it confused me... I questioned how it happened several times.

I still have no answer because I do believe that the initial evidence of the Holy Ghost baptism is speaking in tongues....and it is needed to live an overcoming life and to walk in the Spirit.

Here is a questions.

Tongues is definitely seen in the Word of God as evidence to the apostles etc that a person had received the Holy Ghost.

But... evidence is just that...evidence.

Yielding ones tongue is a difficult thing to do sometimes. Especially that first time.

So... is the deed not done until they can learn to allow the spirit to speak through them?

Is one filled with the Holy Spirit and tongues is an evidence that this has happened?

Or is one not filled with the Holy Spirit UNTIL they speak in tongues.

To me... if tongues is an evidence then the infilling would come before tongues and then the tongues would evidence that this had already occurred.