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Originally Posted by Jito463
You keep flipping this around backwards. No one I know preaches that you NEED to speak in tongues to receive the Holy Ghost. Only that when you DO receive the Holy Ghost, you WILL speak in tongues. It's not just a matter of semantics, it's a matter of importance. The Holy Ghost is what's important, the tongues are simply the outward, initial evidence.
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Good response. I think that is the reason some people "seeking" the Holy Ghost "struggle." They want the experience - the tongues, but their hearts are probably not focused on seeking God (His Spirit). Can't blame them though, if that's how they were taught, i.e. to seek the sign.
Nothing wrong with tongues, in fact it is an important topic, being the initial evidence of the baptism of the Holy Ghost. It's just that some people over-emphasize it, if not, give more attention to it than grace, faith and repentance.
If we want to talk about salvation, we don't go straight to a discussion of tongues. Some people get saved without them fully realizing what had happened to them. I mean, there are those who get convicted of their sins, repent and receive the Holy Ghost, speaking in tongues without them knowing that there is such a thing as speaking in tongues. They just learned of it after experiencing it. Of course, they get water-baptized afterwards. Can't have one without the other. :-)
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