Is Speaking In Tongues Evidence of Spirit Baptism?

"Whenever we misrepresent Scripture in our teaching, then damage results. There is internal damage because when believers find that what they are being taught is not happening, they naturally begin to doubt the very Scriptures themselves - instead of understanding that the problem is with the interpretation of the teacher they are sitting under." - Tony Garland

Is Speaking in Tongues Evidence of Spirit Baptism?

Posted by Bible Prophecy Today
By Tony Garland

For quite some time I've watched my church go through what I have come to view as sort of radical practices, such as being slain in the spirit (which is rare; I can only remember this occurring once in my church) and speaking in tongues (which used to transpire frequently every service, but has toned itself down to little to . . .

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Obeying the Spirit of God
TGIF Today God Is First Volume 1, by Os Hillman
03-13-2010

"Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, 'Go south to the road - the desert road - that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.'" - Acts 8:26

Philip was conducting what we might today call a revival meeting. God was blessing the meeting, and many were being healed and delivered from demonic influence. Here is the scene:

Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Christ there. When the crowds heard Philip and saw the miraculous signs he did, they all paid close attention to what he said. With shrieks, evil spirits came out of many, and many paralytics and cripples were healed. So there was great joy in that city (Acts 8:5-8).

And yet, in the midst of this great event, the Holy Spirit spoke to Philip and told him to remove himself and go to a completely different area to speak to one individual. Philip was so sensitive to the directive of the Holy Spirit that he left what would be deemed a successful event to go speak to another - an Ethiopian eunuch. The result of his obedience was that Philip led the eunuch to faith in Christ and baptized him. The Lord then took Philip away supernaturally to another region many miles away.

God's ways of determining where we invest our time and energy often have little to do with results. The danger for each of us is to determine that we are in the center of God's will simply by the success or failure of the events we are involved in. Our plumb line for determining success can be only one thing: obedience. Philip responded in obedience to the direction of the Holy Spirit.

Are you listening to the voice of the Holy Spirit? Has God prompted you to speak, go, or come alongside another? Ask God today to help you hear the Holy Spirit's voice so that you might be used mightily in your workplace.

Today God Is First (TGIF) devotional message, Copyright by Os Hillman, Marketplace Leaders.