It is said that tongues with interpretation is equivalent to prophecy. Also, it is a gift that can be used to encourage, comfort and edify the church if combined with the gift of interpretation of tongues. It allows you to pray for things in the Spirit, that you could not have prayed in your natural language."speaking mysteries to God". The gift of speaking in other tongues is a great gift and allows you to speak to God in another language that you do not know. Tongues is not the evidence of being filled with the Holy Spirit and if you can find me one scripture that says "speaking in tongues is the evidence of being filled with the Holy Spirit" I will give you $1000.00. Jesus said, "you shall know them by their fruits" (See Matthew 7:16). In fact, you should avoid those who have a form of godliness, but deny the power of God! The issue here is that the fruit of the Holy Spirit is the evidence of being filled with the Holy Spirit. So, it is not that I do not acknowledge the power of God. If you knew me, you would know that I speak in tongues, I have prophesied, I have interpreted tongues, I have operated in the gifts of healings, I have operated in the gift of discernment of spirits, I have casted out devils, etc. The worst part of this theology is that it divides Christians. Those who use this theology have read into the Bible something that is not there. If you have read any of my other reviews, you know that I do not agree with the dogmatic theology of "in order for you to be filled with the Holy Spirit, you require to speak in tongues". This book is basically the testimony of Frederick Price and how he received the baptism of the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues. "In order to do the works and "greater works" that Jesus did, we must have the same enabling power that He had." (Frederick Price, The Holy Spirit: The Missing Ingredient, )
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