With...other tongues...will I speak unto this people." ¹ The Spirit gives the "utterance." ² Isaiah says, "This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest." ³ God said, "I create the fruit of the lips" ⁴ and will therefore heal, lead, and bring us into rest and peace. ⁵ Noah would bring rest because it was prophesied that "comfort concerning our work"⁶ would result from his obedience in building the ark.

If you are in Christ, you will be saved because you will "know that (your) redeemer liveth." ⁷ Speaking in tongues is a restful sign that we have received a "Comforter, that he may abide with (us) for ever." ⁸ "Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief." ⁹

"These signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues." ¹⁰ It is a personal privilege for any believer who has "heard the word." ¹¹ At Pentecost, "they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues." ¹² Also, in the case of Cornelius and his household "the Holy Ghost fell on all them." ¹³ and "they [those present] heard them speak with tongues." ¹⁴ Also, in the case of Cornelius and his household "the Holy Ghost fell on all them" ¹⁵ and "they [those present] heard them speak with tongues." ¹⁶ Furthermore, Peter and John went to Samaria to help believers receive the Holy Spirit. ¹⁷ As the people were baptized in the Holy Spirit, Simon observed ¹⁸ what he could "see and hear." ¹⁹ It was the same in Ephesus. When the Holy Spirit fell upon the believers, they "spake with tongues." ²⁰

But some ask, "What meaneth this?" ²¹ Can't we be baptized in the Holy Spirit without speaking in tongues? Paul was baptized, for he said, "I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all." ²² He also said, "I would that ye all spake with tongues" ²³ and he ordered the Corinthians to "forbid not to speak with tongues." ²⁴

How is this manifested? God pours "out of [His] Spirit upon all flesh." ²⁵ When the Holy Spirit falls upon you, you are filled, and the utterance of tongues is communicated by the Spirit through your spirit. ²⁶

Paul says, "If I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth." ²⁷ This is a heavenly language for he said, "I speak with the tongues of men and of angels." ²⁸ You can also "sing with the spirit." ²⁹ However, some might object that with the spirit the "understanding is unfruitful." ³⁰ But if "we know not what we should pray," ³¹ the Holy Spirit knows what another person needs." ³² Intercession occurs when we pray "unto God" ³³ in tongues for that person. You can also "pray that [you] may interpret." ³⁴ to understand what has been spoken.

The reward for a person who prays in the spirit is that he "edifieth himself" ³⁵ and a person is established in the Spirit by "praying in the Holy Ghost." ³⁶

Some argue that speaking in tongues is not for everyone because 1 Corinthians 12:30 asks, "Do all speak with tongues?" However, this reference pertains to one of the nine gifts to the Church wherein "if any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three." ³⁷ This gift is for certain people in specific situations where the "whole church be come together." ³⁸ It is a means by which the unbeliever becomes aware of the existence of God. ³⁹

Hearing that certain converts in "Samaria had received the word of God", ⁴⁰ Peter and John went and "prayed for them." ⁴¹ Paul also went to Ephesus and found "certain disciples." ⁴² These apostles wanted to make sure that the new believers received the Holy Spirit. Paul "said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed?" ⁴³ When they replied that they had "not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost", Paul asked them, "Unto what then were ye baptized?" ⁴⁴

People are water baptized into the truth they receive. A disciple, then, is a follower of the truth he has learned because he has to "bear his cross" ⁴⁵ in order to follow Jesus.

The new disciples replied that they had been baptized "unto John's baptism" ⁴⁶ with the baptism of repentance." ⁴⁷ The truth they had been baptized with was like that of Apollos' teaching. He "taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John" ⁴⁸ which was "that [people] should believe on him [Jesus] which should come after him [John]." ⁴⁹ But when Aquila and Priscilla took Apollos and "expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly", ⁵⁰ showing that "Jesus was Christ", ⁵¹ Apollos received the complete gospel. Thus the new converts "were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus." ⁵²

Peter and John discovered that the Samaritans, too, were "baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus" but that the Holy Ghost "was fallen upon none of them." ⁵³ We know that we become "sons of God" when we believe "on his name." ⁵⁴ But where is the Holy Spirit at salvation such that He might have "fallen upon" us? In the Scriptures we see that:

1. "He that believeth...shall be saved." ⁵⁵
2. "Thy faith hath saved thee." ⁵⁶
3. "By grace are ye saved." ⁵⁷

   Thus, we conclude that we are saved when we believe with the faith we receive by grace from God. Furthermore:

4. "This spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified." ⁵⁸
5. "He breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost." ⁵⁹

   Therefore, since Jesus had been glorified, the disciples properly received the Holy Spirit because they were recognized as believers. Finally:

6. "In whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise." ⁶⁰
7. "Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts." ⁶¹

When you believe, you are sealed with the Holy Spirit. So it is simply by the exercise of faith (nos. 1-3) that you receive (nos. 4-5) the Holy Spirit in your heart (nos. 6-7). Therefore, we have the Holy Spirit within us when we are saved through belief in the Lord Jesus Christ.

So when Peter and John prayed for the Samaritans that "they might receive the Holy Ghost", ⁶² they were expecting another anointing of the Holy Spirit. When they laid hands upon the believers, "they received the Holy Ghost" ⁶³ just as "when Paul had laid hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on" ⁶⁴ the Ephesians. Scripture doesn't require that hands be laid on a person for him to be saved, but "Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given." ⁶⁵ This shows that Passover and Pentecost are separate New Testament experiences.

A distinction is also seen in the feasts concerning leaven. At Passover "shall there be no leaven found in [the] houses." ⁶⁶ Whereas at Pentecost "two wave loaves...shall be baken with leaven." ⁶⁷ However, both feasts have in common the requirement to "be filled with the Spirit" ⁶⁸ by "singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord." ⁶⁹ But with the baptism of the Holy Spirit there is a step of faith involved, for "how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?" ⁷⁰

We see that Jesus was obedient to partake of the baptism of the Holy Spirit in His life. Jesus was born of the Spirit (i.e. Passover) because Joseph was told that "that which is conceived in [Mary] is of the Holy Ghost." ⁷¹ Then He received the promise of the Holy Spirit for "John [the Baptist] bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him." ⁷²

This was the fulfillment of the prophecy of Isaiah 11:2 in which Jesus later stated, "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach...heal...[and] set at liberty them that are bruised." ⁷³ The feast of Pentecost is therefore kept by exercising the power inherent in the spiritual gifts of the promise as a "freewill offering...according as the Lord thy God hath blessed thee." ⁷⁴"And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof." ⁷⁵

The Jubilee is the bringing forth of the continuous sound of the silver trumpet. It signals the festival and year of Jubilee and is symbolic of the feast. A church which blows this trumpet flows in this ministry and says "to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves." ⁷⁶ "Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month." ⁷⁷ The impact of the feast of Pentecost carries into the feast of Tabernacles.

The uniqueness of this feast in Jesus' life is also seen in His baptism when "the heavens were opened unto him." ⁷⁸ In his dream, Jacob saw the Lord God standing in heaven at the top of a ladder and speaking ⁷⁹ just as when Jesus said to His disciples, "Ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man"." ⁸⁰

Jacob called the place where he was "Beth-el" ⁸¹ which means "God is in this place." Jesus sought to be baptized by John ⁸² and had a meeting with God. The divine communication that resulted under the open heaven followed Him thoughout His ministry because "it abode [remained] upon him." ⁸³ Jesus even spoke of Himself as "the Son of man which is in heaven." ⁸⁴

God gives the Holy Spirit "to them that obey him." ⁸⁵ Jesus was obedient to be baptized by John because He said, "Thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness." ⁸⁶ It took place when Jesus was praying." ⁸⁷ You don't have to do anything extraordinary to qualify because on Pentecost the disciples were just "sitting" ⁸⁸ "in one place." ⁸⁹ However, "these all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication." ⁹⁰

Peter said, "Repent,...be baptized...and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost." ⁹¹ But it is possible to "receive not, because ye ask amiss." ⁹² So "ask in faith, nothing wavering." ⁹³

"How much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?" ⁹⁴ Therefore, "what things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them." ⁹⁵ "Every one that asketh receiveth." ⁹⁶ "No good thing will [the Lord] withhold from them that walk uprightly." ⁹⁷

The Lord promises to "pour water upon him that is thirsty." ⁹⁸ So make sure that you don't come behind in [this] gift" ⁹⁹ because you know "it shall be given you." ¹⁰⁰