Baptism with Holy Spirit And Strange Tongues - Day 20

           Strange tongues as a sign of the baptism

"Everyone who is baptised with the Holy Spirit speaks in tongues; however, not everyone who speaks in tongues is baptised with the Holy Spirit." Bp Macedo from Holy Spirit Book.

It is very difficult to for a person who speaks in tongues to accept that they don't have the baptism with the Holy Spirit, but we should not forget that the devil can disguise  himself as a Angel of Light and that he also speaks in tongues, the fruit of your own life bears witness to a life of deception.

How do you know if you have the Holy Spirit?

It is by the Fruit.

After having the experience of speaking in tongues, the fruit of the Holy Spirit must follow, we spoke about the fruit in previous posts, all of them must be seen not just one or another.

Also there has to be a substantial difference in yourself, such as: your thoughts about other people, no more hatred, jealousy, lewdness, swearing words, insomnia, fear, nervousness, suicidal thoughts, addictions, dizziness etc...

There will be a strong desire to save souls and the opposite of what is above such as: love (forgiveness), joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.  (Galatians 5:22)

Jesus said:

 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles?  Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.  A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit.  Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.  Therefore by their fruits you will know them."
Matthew 7:15-20. NKJV

What fruits are you bearing?

May God Bless you.