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To pray in the Spirit means we don't pray according to the dictates and
desires of our flesh. James tells us in chapters 4 and 5,
"Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon
your lusts." (James 4:3). "And this is the confidence that we have in him,
that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he hearth us:" (1 John 
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Folks, to follow this teaching that unknown tongues are for us today leads
us to walk in false doctrine.  A lie begets another lie, and begets another
lie. One of the lies is that a person can get the baptism of the Holy Spirit
more than one time.
The Baptism of the Holy Spirit only happens ONCE.  There is only, "One Lord,
one faith, ONE BAPTISM" (Eph. 4:5). The Bible tells me a person is baptized
by the Holy Ghost the very moment he receives Christ as his Lord and Saviour
because he has then been born of the Spirit (John 3:6; Mr. 1:8). And it is
"...by ONE SPIRIT are we all BAPTIZED INTO ONE BODY [Which is the Church
(Eph. 1:22-23)], whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or
free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit" (1 Cor. 12:13). This
baptism is a Spiritual baptism. More is said about this spiritual baptism in
Romans 6:3-4 and Gal. 3:27.
I remember my experience when I "thought" I had received the  baptism of the
Holy Spirit a few  weeks "after" I was saved.  I was at a prayer meeting and
we had been singing some praise songs. At the end of this  one song,
everybody went to speaking and singing in tongues, and as this was going on I
started to feel this  tingling sensation in my feet.  The sensation worked
its way to my ankles, then my legs, to my knees, my stomach, to my arms,  my
neck, and finally I was feeling it all over. I wanted to say "Thank you
Jesus," but instead another language came out of my mouth. I was excited
because I now had received the baptism of the Holy Spirit with the gift of
tongues.  But before the meeting was over, I went to the elder to converse
with him because I was beginning to have doubts. He then handed me a book
concerning tongues and why we shouldn't doubt it.
However, I just read recently of a person who had the SAME experience as I.
Here is that testimony:
"Then he began to feel a paralysis and numbness in his feet.  Next, it
affected his legs and he new he would soon be prostrate on the floor. Then
the numbness reached his knees. I became alarm,' he said. This thing was not
coming upon me from Heaven but from beneath.  That is the wrong direction!'
He prayed,  'May the blood of Christ protect me from this thing!'  At once it
vanished, and he was normal again."(The Truth about Tongues and the
Charismatic Movement, by Hugh F. Pyle, p. 64).
What we get is suppose to come from ABOVE, NOT BELOW!!!
The heresy is that one receives the Baptism of the Holy Spirit sometime
AFTER he is saved.  If  a person claims to get the baptism of the Holy
Ghost sometime after he is saved, then that person has "another spirit!"
Beware, for Romans 8:9 plainly tells us that a person does not even belong
to Christ if the person doesn't have the Spirit of God!
I would also like to add another word of caution for you who are saved. Don't
fall for the false teaching that once you are a Christian you cannot be
controlled or turned over to the devil.  You'll often hear quoted,
"...greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world." That means
absolutely nothing when "experience" outlaws the word of God.
If you are in the Charismatic movement, you are in the most dangerous
powerful movement to ever hit the face of this earth, for it draws you into
a movement at the expense of the truth.  It's a Humanistic Emotional
Movement. Don't think you can't be controlled by the devil because you quote
1 John 4:4. There were saved people in the Bible who were "delivered to Satan
for destruction of the flesh." Anyone who says a Christian cannot be
controlled by the devil hasn't read 1 Cor. 5, 1 Cor. 6, Acts 5, and 1 and 2
Timothy.   All those crying for "unity," "love each other," "put doctrine
aside," aren't certainly "filled" with the Holy Spirit of God.  They have
"quenched" the Spirit so often that it barely flickers any truth in them.
Now, if you are like me I KNOW what you are going to say. You can't
fool me because, I've been there.  In spite of what scripture references
are placed before your eyes,  you will turn anyway and say, "Yes, but
I know  what I EXPERIENCED."  I too, know what I have "experienced," and what
I "felt" was real to me.  But do you know what?  It was an EXPERIENCE!
However, let me ask  a question:  Since when are we told to interpret the
scriptures in light of our experiences?  Is it worth rejecting any Biblical
truth because it doesn't match our FEELINGS or EXPERIENCES?
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