a quick & brief practical look at being baptized with Holy Ghost, tongues, casting out of devils, & fasting.

everything in the kingdom of God correlates with one another which is why Acts 2 is such a vital part of the Christian journey.
a lot of Christians that don’t speak in tongues will use,

have all the gifts of healing? do all speak in tongues? do all interpret?
1 Corinthians 12:30

as a way to say not all Christians speak in tongues, but fail to understand this scripture is referring to specifically...
the spiritual gift, diver kinds of tongues mentioned in 1 Corinthians 12:10 when Paul is explaining the gifts of the spirit & we don’t all have to same one or one(s).

the tongues that happened in Acts 2, 8, & 19 isn’t what he’s talking about here.
people will say, I have the Holy Spirit b/c I have the fruits of the Spirit.

okay.
but in order to manifest
fruit, and fruits that remains, you must be baptized with the Holy Spirit b/c you can’t do it in your own strength which is why Jesus in
John 7:38-39:

He that believes on me, AS THE SCRIPTURE HAS SAID, out of his BELLY shall flow rivers of living water. (but this spake he of..
the Spirit, which they that believe on him SHOULD receive...)

I like this verse b/c Jesus makes believing SPECIALLY as the scripture as said the focus b/c a lot of Christians believer; they just don’t believe and/or haven’t been taught CORRECTLY.
I think we overlook this verse too often in our study of the Holy Spirit as it correlates with tongues. (& there’s so many more.)

the FRUITS of the Spirit don’t necessarily come OUT OF THE BELLY.

spirit(s) come from the belly, it’s the inner man.
which is why when a person is casting out devils, the Bible often says they left with a loud cry. see Mark 1:26 & Acts 8:7 for examples.

this is why it’s so pivotal for the manifestation of the Holy Spirit to actually be present in your life.

people that sing will tell you,
it’s not just from your vocal chords but it’s from the diaphragm.

did you know that the Bible actually correlates being born of the Spirit with SOUND?

the wind bloweth where it listens, & thou HEAREST the SOUND thereof, but can’t tell whence it cometh, & whither it goes—
SO IS EVERY ONE THAT IS BORN OF THE SPIRIT. John 3:8

this is what happened to the believers in Acts 2. THEIR SPIRITAL BIRTH TOOK PLACE.
this is why in Acts, they spoke in tongues; it’s the MANIFESTATION that the Father sent the Holy Spirit to them.

let’s look at fasting, what fasting deals with? THE BELLY.

it’s about allowing the Holy Spirit in you to increase & your flesh to die.
pray in the Holy Ghost, Jude 1:20

everything thing about God is spiritual & there’s no way around it.

don’t harden your heart to the word of God, yield to it.

the best day of my life was the day I got saved & the day I was FILLED with the Holy Ghost.
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