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Speaking in tongues is an Evidence of receiving the Holy Spirit


And they all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance (Acts 2:4).
 Speaking in tongues is one of the signs that you have received the Holy Spirit though it’s not the only sign, yet it’s a very important one. On the very first day the Holy spirit came down to begin His ministry in the earth, the Bible says, “…And suddenly  there came a sound from heaven as rushing might wind, and filled all the house where they were  sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance” (Acts2:1-4).
The very first outward sign demonstrated by the apostles having received the Holy Spirit was speaking in other tongues. The same thing happened with Paul and the brethren he met in Ephesus. He asked them “Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed?” and their response was “We have not so much heard whether there be any Holy Ghost” (Acts 19:2). Consequently, Paul led them to Christ and laid his hands on them to receive the Holy Spirit (Acts 19:6). Right there, they began to speak in tongues, the same initial sign of the presence of the Holy Spirit in the lives of the as apostles.
 Also, the Bible lets us know that while the apostle Peter was preaching to Cornelius and the members his household, the Holy Ghost fell on them that heard the word: “While Peter yet spake  these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word. And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost. For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God…” (Acts 10:44-46). The other believers that went with Peter to Cornelius’ house knew that Cornelius and his household had received the Holy Ghost; how? Verse forty-six gives us the answer: “for they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God.”
 Folks who don’t speak in tongues will have a hard time living the supernatural Christian life for they are short circuiting the ability of the Spirit in their lives without knowing it. Speaking in tongues is not a contrivance of gibberish or mumbo jumbo as some folks think. It’s the spiritual language of the believer


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