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Originally Posted by mfblume
Many believe that the baptism of the Spirit is not necessary for salvation, but that tongues are THE initial evidence of this baptism. What are your thoughts on that?
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I have to say I have really enjoyed the discussions so far I've had on AFF...and I'm pretty sure there is NOT a single person who knows it all. Also, it seems like the issues of tongues and salvation have a lot of threads..lol. I believe it ALWAYS takes illumination from the HolySpirit to catch what the word is saying no matter how much we study Greek/Hebrew.
Having said that, I believe most (if not all) on here believe there is an experience which
WE have come to term as the Baptism of the HolyGhost. Whether this experience is subsequent or pertinent to salvation is where I believe the crux of the matter lies?
(From my little understanding of scriptures), I'll love for us take a look at a couple of scriptures and I'll love to see what your intake of them..
Here goes.. (For full context, please read entire chapter
prayerfully)
Acts 18
23 And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and saluted the church, he went down to Antioch.
23And after he had spent some time there, he departed, and went over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order,
strengthening all the disciples (I am of the opinion
that disciples here refer to followers of Christ)
We see Paul travelling to places
strengthening the disciples. The next time we hear of Paul is in chapter 19
Acts 19
1 And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain
disciples, (Note that the writer of Acts called these people Paul met
disciples, which makes sense since Paul's mission on this journey was to
strengthen the disciples.
2 He said unto them,
Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost
We know the rest of the story from there...they got rebaptized, hands laid on, and spoke in tongues.
My line of reasoning here it seems that the HGB in this account was to
strenghten those who were christian already...(Pls, let me know your opinion)
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