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Originally Posted by Razlin
Well said! Thats how i feel. Though i nver spoken in tongues id like to think im saved...
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Thank you for your support. Repentance is the first step towards salvation I do believe that. But we cannot stop there. Obedience to Gods word is the next step. When I read the great commission in
Matthew 28:16-20 I understand that God taught his disciples to go into all the world and make disciples of all nations.
Matthew 28:16-20
The Great Commission
16 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. 17 When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. 18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
Then if you turn to the book of Acts you will find the Apostles carried out his commandment by baptizing people in the NAME of Jesus Christ and then the believers were filled with the Holy Spirit. How do we know they received the Holy Spirit? Because they heard them speaking in tongues. We are born with a dead dormant spirit because sin has separated us from Gods love. When we receive the spirit of God our own spirit awakens with a cry much like a newborn baby. The evidence that someone has received the holy spirit is when hear them speaking in tongues thus their spirit has awakened and they are no longer separated from God. We can now communicate with him in a heavenly language as his spirit continues to lead us into all truth. If we reject this truth then we miss the chance of spending an eternity with a loving God. Baptism cleanses us from our past sins as we begin a new life in Christ. It is absolutely beautiful and I pray that everyone finds and obeys this truth.
God Bless
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