When YOU receive the Holy Spirit of Promise within You - GOD’S WAY - unless YOU learn how to correctly operate this ‘Celestial Power’ then God’s spiritual resourcefulness is of absolutely no value to God the Creator, Jesus Christ the Sender or You the User. Neither can the general public be witness to or beneficiary of its awesome power.
God Almighty is no dummy. He knew before the foundations of the world that only half of the worlds population would accept this ‘Celestial Power’ and would learn how to utilize it to its fullest possible potential, which in turn, would glorify His Son Jesus Christ, help build Christ Jesus’ Spiritual Church and abundantly bless millions of people world wide.
Christ himself stated in - John 14:12 - " Verily I say unto you, He that believes on (in) me, the works that I do shall he do also, and greater than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father." Mark 16:17 &18 - "And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues. They shall take up serpents (this only applies to those that accidentally pick one up as did Paul as recorded in - Acts 28:3 - not purposely picking one up to challenge God) and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not harm them (this only applies when a true born again believer is given some poison unawares); they shall lay hands on the sick, and they (the sick) shall recover."
Those of the house of the unlearned say that this ‘Celestial Power’ from upon high stopped when the Apostles all died. I guess they didn’t read and study the following scripture references - Isaiah 28:11&12 - For with stammering lips and another tongue will he (God) speak to his people. To whom he (God) said, this is the rest wherewith you may cause the weary to rest, and this is the refreshing, yet they would not hear." John 4:23 & 24 - "But the hour comes, and Now Is when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit (by speaking in tongues) and in truth (New Testament Greek Word that "truth" was translated from is "aletheia" which means reality, thus, praying with your understanding) for the Father seeks such to worship him. God is a spirit, and they that worship him MUST worship him in spirit and in truth."
Obviously, if Isaiah prophesied that God’s people would be speaking in tongues - this IS NOT Linguistic Ability - The Gift of Known Languages - Yelling - Shouting - Making Hideous noises - "Jabber" Noises - Chanting or Rolling around on the floor while making funny noises. IT IS the God-given spiritual ability to speak in another tongue of men or of angels, AT YOUR WILL 1 Corinthians 13:1 - "Though I (The Apostle Paul) speak with the tongues of men and of angels ..." Furthermore, it is the Born Again Believer’s external manifestation in the worldly realm of the realization that they do in fact have God in Christ in them, the hope of glory. In other words, proof positive that you are Born Again, God’s Way. Incidentally speaking in tongues is the only manifestation of the Holy Spirit that Satan CAN NOT completely reproduce. Jesus Christ tells us that the time now is, referring to the Grace Period in which we live, and that the only way one can Truly Worship God is by speaking in tongues, then it must be available to activate this ‘Celestial Power’ right now, right? After all, The Grace Period started on the Day of Pentecost and ends when Christ Jesus comes back to get his saints which are the born again believers. The Only difference is that we are in the beginning of the second millennium instead of the first.
Speaking in Tongues DOES the Following ...
Edifies the Speaker - 1 Corinthians 14:4 - "He that speaks in an unknown tongue edifies himself." Jude 1:20 - "But you, beloved, building up yourselves in your most holy faith (by) praying in the Holy Spirit. (which is speaking in tongues, NOT trying to pray the Holy Spirit into someone.)
The Speaker Speaks Directly to God - 1 Corinthians 14:2 - "For he that speaks in an unknown tongue, speaks not unto men, but unto God...."
Speaking the Wonderful Works of God - Acts 2:11 - ".... we do hear them speak in our tongues, the wonderful works of God."
It Magnifies God - Acts 10:46 - "For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnified God, ..."
It is Perfect Prayer - Romans 8:26 & 27 - "Likewise the Spirit also helps our infirmities, for we know not what we should pray for as we should; but the Spirit itself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered."
Gives Inner Strength - Ephesians 3:16 - "That He (God) would grant you, according to the riches of His Glory, to be strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man."
For A Sign - 1 Corinthians 14:22 - "Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not."
Obviously, Speaking in Tongues is of the utmost importance, wouldn’t you say? You see, Speaking in Tongues acts like a generator. A generator produces power. The more it runs, the more power it produces. In a like manner, Speaking in Tongues causes your believing or faith to grow, or as Ephesians 3:16 tells us, it gives inner strength. It feeds the spirit within you. The more you Speak in Tongues, the stronger your faith becomes - thus, the more spiritually fit you become. Hebrews 11:6 states it is impossible to please God without faith. If you do not Speak in Tongues according to the instructions given in God’s glorious, matchless, rightly divided Word of Truth, Free From Religiosity, you will not, and cannot, operate any of the other eight manifestations of the Holy Spirit which in turn makes it impossible to please God. If you don't please God do you think you are going to go to heaven let alone have your prayers answered correctly and on time. - I Don't think So !!! - If any one tells you any different, they are MOST DEFINITELY are of the household of the unlearned. Furthermore, God’s Word states in - 1 Corinthians 13:9 & 10 - "For we know in part, and we prophesy in part (this is one of the nine manifestations of the Holy Spirit within us. In order to prophesy you first must be able to speak in tongues, then be able to speak in tongues and interpret it, then comes prophesy. If you do one, you can do them all with the proper instructions) but when that which is perfect is come (referring to the return of Christ Jesus) that which is in part (the nine manifestations of the Holy Spirit) shall be done away with." In other words, when Christ comes back, is when speaking in tongues and the other eight manifestations of the Holy Spirit will cease - NOT A SPLIT-SECOND BEFORE -
NOTE - THE NINE MANIFESTATIONS of the Holy Spirit ARE NOT the GIFTS written about in 1 Corinthians 12:1-6 . These Gifts are found in Ephesians 4:8 -12 - "Wherefore he (Christ Jesus) when he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, AND GAVE GIFTS UNTO MEN ..... and he gave some apostles, some prophets, and some evangelists, and some pastors and some teachers FOR the perfecting of the saints (the born again believers) , for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ." 1 Corinthians 12:7 - "BUT (the word ‘but’ means in contrast to that which was written before - in this case - in contrast to the ‘gifts’) The Manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal (from all ) ." The New Testament Greek Word from which ‘gift’ was translated is ‘charisma’ meaning ‘something given out of grace’, favor or kindness; in this case to help build the Spiritual Church of Christ Jesus . The New Testament Greek Word from which ‘manifestation’ was translated is ‘phanerosis’ meaning ‘a making known of. Thus, it is absolutely impossible for the gifts and the manifestation of the Holy Spirit spoken of in 1 Corinthians 12 to be the same. Incidentally, The Fruit of The Spirit referred to in Galatians 5:22 is the direct result of the operation of the nine manifestations of the Holy Spirit
- When we are born we are born to live. When we are born again we are born to serve - How can you effectively serve God if you do not operate any of the 9 facets of this ‘Celestial Power’ ???
NOTE: All nine of these manifestations can be operated by Any Born Again Believer, who has been born again by way of the instructions given in God’s Word, and has received the proper GOD GIVEN instructions on their operations that are found in God’s rightly divided word of truth free from religiosity.
It Is Imperative that you learn how to operate these manifestations of the Holy Spirit in Your Life and/or Ministry. If you don’t, then you are no different than the other ‘Millions of Confessed Christians’ world wide who claim they have a ministry sanctioned by God.’ but in fact have nothing more than a hum-drum run-of-the-mill ministry which does nothing more than keep their parishioners under bondage and out of Heaven. What ministry do you think people, particularly the nonbelievers whom we are to convert , would pay any attention to - one without power and a lot of ‘hot air’ or one that sets them free from the rudiments of this world and where the Awesome Power of the True God is a living reality through signs, miracles, and wonders as God Almighty backs up his Rightly Divided Word of Truth on a regular basis?
When was the last time you ministered to someone and they were healed of their infirmity? When was the last time you stopped or started the rain or the wind by commanding it to do so? When was the last time you cast a satanic spirit from some one? Chances are you haven’t. Why? Because of the lack of knowledge on your part of how to operate the manifestations properly. People, cannot go beyond what they are taught, neither can anyone teach any more than they already know.
God has always given mankind two options - 1) Do things God’s way and be abundantly blessed the rest of your life and go to Heaven for eternity. 2) Don’t do things God’s way and suffer the devastating consequences and wind up going to Hell. Where You Goin' ???
Now is your God-given golden opportunity to finally learn How To Do the things which God has requested of you - John 4:23 & 24 - "But the hour comes, and now Is when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit (speaking in tongues) and in truth (reality). For the Father seeks such to worship him. God is a spirit, and they that worship him MUST worship him in spirit & in truth."