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Re: How many times did you ask God for the Holy Gh
Palathais, all one can correctly do about the three step teaching is claim it equates repentance, water baptism in Jesus' name and Holy Ghost baptism with salvation. You cannot take what is claimed to be evidence of the third "step" and accuse it as being equal to salvation. People cannot accuse three steppers of equating tongues with salvation.
If tongues are claimed to be the initial evidence of the Holy Ghost, and
1) the person has already repented
2) and been baptized in Jesus' name,
3) and simply needs to experience the baptism of the Holy Ghost, (and one believes all three "steps" are vital to salvation),
...how else would a "three stepper" describe that person as being saved when we hear that one speak in tongues, having full understanding that tongues are only evidence of the Spirit baptism? Shouting, "they're saved now!" after seeing the person speak in tongues is not equating tongues with salvation. It is believing that tongues is the evidence of salvation, keeping in mind that all three steps are then accomplished and considered to be required for salvation.
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