Speaking In Tongues Does Not Equal Salvation.

[Digging4Truth]

Originally Posted by Pressing-On

Gosh, Digging,
There is more evidence that tongues was the initial evidence in the Book of Acts than not being the evidence. You know the verses.

There are verses where tongues was evidence that people had received the Holy Ghost. 3 of them. Each of them appear to be in keeping with the scripture that says...

1Cr 14:22 Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying [serveth] not for them that believe not, but for them which believe.

1. On the day of Pentecost when the initial outpouring happened.
2. When Cornelius (the first Gentile) received the Holy Ghost.
3. When the 12 at Ephesus received the Holy Ghost. They had already heard and believed John's gospel they had heard but had, apparently, not been told about the Holy Ghost or about being baptized in Jesus name. Although there is no evidence that they all spoke with tongues. There were 12 there and the Word says they spoke with tongues and prophesied. Did all 12 speak with tongues and then all 12 prophesy? We can't know. But it would seem most likely that some spoke with tongues and some prophesied.

And there are an equal number of biblical references that speak of the Holy Ghost being received with no mention of tongues.

So we have at least a 50/50 split on mentions of tongues and no mention of tongues and yet so many hold hard and fast that tongues is THE evidence that someone has received the Holy Ghost.