The next problem is, that it is combined in pentecostal and charismatic circles with the baptism of the Holy Spirit. Which excludes all believers which are not following the expieriences with the baptism of they Holy Spirit.
I was struggling in my walk with God due to many reasons the main being severe anxiety as a result of severe childhood trauma and that God did not love me.
I went forward for prayer.
The person who came alongside me asked what I wanted prayer for and I mentioned the above issues.
Now this is true this was the conversation.
"Do you speak in tongues?
I said "no"
"Would you like to?
I couldn't answer that even though I had heard tongues in the Baptist church I was in.
I was then told
"Not speaking in tongues is evidence that you are not saved"
Even suggested that I could manufacturer it.
I carried that for so many years.
I wasn't going to manufacture it, I couldn't and wouldn't.
What a way to crush a believer and put a millstone round his neck.
I am not a cesationalist.
I fact the world today needs the miracles/signs/wonders that were prevalent in when Jesus was on earth and the early church did.
To say that it all stopped when the Apostles died and all we need now is just the Bible I think is wrong.
It's not a gift I have been given.
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