I just follow what the bible says. No one today can speak in tongues as the apostles did in Acts 2.
Baptism with the Holy Spirit is not the one baptism of Eph 4:5. Baptism with the Holy Spirit was a prophecy of Joel that the Lord fulfilled making that baptism obsolete some 2000 years ago.
So you follow what the Bible says, to be clear we are not goign to discuss tongues here, but the Baptism of the Holy Ghost you state ended with Joel.
1 Cor 6.19 says:
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is
IN you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own
Acts 1.8
But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come
UPON you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
Acts 2.4a
And they were all
FILLED with the Holy Ghost
These verses are just a few that use all 3 of words in bold red and underlined. I am not going to list every verse that list these words are used with the Holy Ghost and the Baptism of the Holy Ghost. Surely a person that follows their Bible, such as you , should know without question that the words
IN, UPON & FILLED mean very different things.
The demonic ignorance of the church today is the lack of understanding that the Holy Ghost works
IN the believer for sanctification, conviction, comforter, teacher and the Holy Ghost works
UPON the believer to deliver the anointing needed to be a witness and do the work of the ministry.
In short, the Holy Ghost works
IN and
UPON the believer. The work
IN the believer starts at conversion. The work
UPON the believer is started when the person is Baptized into the Holy Ghost & Anointed with power, just as Jesus was. The Bible proves this without any doubt, mystery, confusion or question.
Lets Talk about
FILLED for a moment.
Acts 2.4a
And they were all
FILLED with the Holy Ghost
Acts 4.31
And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all
FILLED with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.
For those that say the Baptism of the Holy Ghost is not a separate event from salvation /receiving the work of the Holy Ghost IN you or only needed for the Apostles, or that Pentecost was not a separate event, then why did Peter & John get filled again?
It was evident that Peter & John received were
FILLED the Holy Ghost and power in Acts 2.4...If you follow the Bible and the story of Acts 3 and 4, you will notice that Peter and John again are the central characters and in Acts 4.31 the Holy Ghost
FILLED everyone, including Peter & John again.
So for those that follow the Bible it is evident that the Holy Ghost works
IN and
UPON the believer. It also evident that there is a Baptism of the Holy Ghost that
FILLS a believer and an enduement of power
UPON the believer to empower their anointing for being a witness.
The demonic lie that it is only for the Apostles is also debunked because there were than the 12 Apostles in the upper room and more than 120 and the original 12 Apostles who were Baptized in the Holy Ghost and endued with power in the church in Acts 4.
Doctrine will pass away, but the word of God shall stand forever...