Speaking In Tongues Does Not Equal Salvation.

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson

Not being a smart donkey but, I didn't wait in Jerusalem. I've never been to Jerusalem.

LOL! Good heavens! So, you can't understand the principle since you never lived in the area? LOL! All of His words are for our example, whether we lived in the vicinity or not. LOL!

Furthermore, the "waiting" is not part of the scriptural pattern for believers speaking in tongues under the influence of the Holy Ghost.

Was Cornelius commanded to wait?

The disciples at Ephesus?

I have seen some have to wait. Myself for instance. And I cannot speak for anyone else, but I had made up my mind to serve/give my life to the Lord and, therefore, I repented and was baptized. I did not receive the Holy Ghost right away. I found out that there were some other things, I didn't think were sin, that God apparently felt I needed to lay aside. When I laid those things aside, I received His Spirit.

The pattern of the Tabernacle is relavant to the New Testament Christian experience.

The teaching that one will speak in tongues once they are saved to verify they are saved is not.

The Tabernacle in the Wilderness is very relevant to the NT Christian experience. It is spoken of in Hebrews 10 - the Holiest of Holies behind the veil.

Hebrews 10:19 "Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,

20 "By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;"

21 "And having an high priest over the house of God;"

22 "Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water."

His blood/sacrifice has provided the way. We must have our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience (repentance) and our bodies washed with pure water (baptism). We then are filled with His Spirit entering into the Holiest of Holies - the secret place of the most High (Psalm 91).