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Originally Posted by larrylyates
Let it be understood that Apostolic Friends Forum is an Apostolic Forum.
Apostolic is defined on AFF as:
1. There is One God. This one God reveals Himself distinctly as Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
2. The Son is God himself in a human form or "God manifested in the flesh" ( 1Tim 3:16)
3. Every sinner must repent of their sins.
4. That Jesus name baptism is the only biblical mode of water baptism.
5. That the Holy Ghost is for today and is received by faith with the initial evidence of speaking in tongues.
6. The saint will go on to strive to live a holy life, pleasing to God.
Do you believe in the above statements? Yes or No? |
Yes.
Although, I do have an issue with #5, in the sense that I have known people who speak in tongues like a "Chinese laundryman" who never evidence any fruit of the spirit in their lives.
And I know people who have never once spoke in another language, who evidence great fruit of the spirit in their life.
I believe that we should be looking for the fruit of the spirit in a believer's life, more than just hearing them speak in an unknown language.
And I have heard devilish tongues too, tongues that try to imitate the "speaking in tongues", but bring no evidence of fruit in that person's life, only works of the flesh.
In all reality, we must be "fruit inspectors", going beyond looking at just the initial evidence of the tongues, instead... looking for the evidence of the spirit working in a believer's life with the fruits of the spirit being evidenced in all they do.
Other than that, I agree wholeheartedly with the above statements.