Do I Have to Speak in Tongues to Prove I Have the Holy Spirit?
The New Testament teaches that every believer has the Holy Spirit (Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 12:13), but not every believer speaks in tongues (1 Corinthians 12:29-30). While tongues accompanied the receiving of the Spirit in three specific instances in Acts (2:4, 10:44-46, 19:6), these were unique historical events intended to validate the gospel’s expansion to Jews and Gentiles. The …
