Speaking In Tongues Does Not Equal Salvation.

Digging4Truth · #10 08-09-2010, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Pressing-On

Could you list them for me?

It seems that Jesus instructed the Disciples to tarry in Jerusalem "until ye be endued with power from on high". (Luke 24:49)

And suddenly, there came a sound from heaven.....

Acts 2:6 ..."and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language."

Acts 2:33 "Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.

What you see and hear, it is the promise of the Father - the Holy Ghost.

On your post above... absolutely. They were to wait for the outpouring of the Holy Ghost and it came and the Jews from all over the world saw it and knew something different was happening because of the sign of tongues. This was a sign to those who did not believe.

And on the instances where there was no mention of tongues... I've already provided those in another post but I will copy/paste the post here for you.

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No mention of tongues here...

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Act 9:17 And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, [even] Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost.
Act 9:18 And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized.

No mention of tongues here...

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Act 8:14 Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:
Act 8:15 Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:
Act 8:16 (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)
Act 8:17 Then laid they [their] hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.

No mention of tongues here...

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Act 8:14 Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:
Act 8:15 Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:
Act 8:16 (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)
Act 8:17 Then laid they [their] hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.

I think we would be more Biblically sound to recognize that tongues can be a sign. But to require as part of our doctrine that tongues IS, absolutely, THE initial evidence cannot be unequivocally backed up with scripture.