ACTS 29 TODAY

coming to the knowledge of the TRUTH

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The Miracle of Tongues

In the Baptism of the Holy Spirit

Actually, the devil does whatever he can to prevent

people from ever receiving the baptism of the Holy

Ghost with the evidence of speaking in tongues.

you don’t need the baptism of the HOLY SPIRIT AND FOR SURE NOT TONGUES (HE HE)

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I didn’t know that the moment I said, “Fill me with the

Holy Ghost,” the Holy Ghost had begun to create His

supernatural words in my spirit. So the words came out

in stammering lips because I was afraid to say them out

loud. I was sure it would be just me speaking. I didn’t

realize that my mouth was actually shaping an entire

supernatural language of the Holy Spirit.

He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out

of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.(But this

spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him

should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given;

because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)— John 7:38,39

It wasn’t long before I was speaking a full prayer

language by the power of the Holy Spirit.

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Benefits of Praying in Tongues

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Now, if God the Holy Spirit literally creates this

language in our spirit, what kind of prayer could it

possibly be? What benefits could it possibly hold for

us? We’ve already seen some of the benefits of praying

in other tongues, and we’ll discuss several of them in

depth later on. But I want to just mention a few of the

benefits right now.

For one thing, the Holy Spirit came into our spirit to

bring us revelation knowledge of the Cross and

everything that Jesus has become to us. Also, on the day

you and I spoke with tongues, a viable, powerful

working of God’s government came into operation

within designed to give us and cause us to understand

what no man can give us through natural means—

spiritual authority.

This spiritual power and authority is the means God

gives us to overcome torment , worry, fear, and the

hopelessness that can take over our lives when we

move from one overwhelming situation to another,

continually losing ground. Praying in other tongues also

supplies the power to overcome character flaws —

those deep-seated character traits that keep cropping

up and robbing us of our stamina and initiative to

overcome in the face of the common testings and trials

that precede almost every major victory and promotion

by God.

Praying in tongues always affects us in a positive way.

God says that it edifies us (1 Cor.14:4). In Jude 20, He

says that it builds us up on our most holy faith. As we

faithfully spend time praying in tongues, our lives begin

to be transformed. The Word of God begins to come

alive as we place our spirit, the “candle of the Lord”

(Prov. 20:27), in the hands of the expert Illuminator.

We need to understand the One to whom the Father

turned us over for our instruction the One to whom we

can lend our spirit in prayer. Remember, it is the third

Person of the Trinity Himself, the Holy Spirit of

promise, who has filled us.

We should consider it our privilege and heart’s desire

to lock ourselves away with the Holy Spirit in prayer.

He has no problems or concerns of His own to pray

about; He is not the One who needs illumination. Yet He

is more than willing to pray through us for all that

concerns us. He is eager to teach us and to guide us into

all truth (John 16:13).

 

It doesn’t matter what kind of carnal state we are in

when we are first born again. It doesn’t matter if we’ve

been stealing money, lying, drinking whiskey, or

stalking women down dark alleys. When we are

baptized in the Holy Spirit, that first simple little gift of

speaking in tongues goes into operation for one reason:

to edify or build us up. That’s why we are not to wait to

pray in tongues until we feel sufficiently spiritual.

“But, Brother Roberson, I live a carnal lifestyle.” That

can change. God wants to bring you from “there to

here” — from a life of carnality to a life of freedom and

victory. That’s why the Holy Spirit came, bringing His

supernatural language with Him. No matter how

spiritual or nonspiritual you may feel, when you start

praying in the Holy Ghost, you have begun the edi-

fication process.

Dave Roberson

UNTIL NEXT TIME

 

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