7.26 The Holy Spirit finds expression through our vocal cords (Part 2)
The book of James says that our tongue is like a bit in a horse’s mouth and the rudder of a ship. Studies have shown that the speech centre of the brain has influence over the whole being. The first organ of our body that the Holy Spirit touches is the tongue.
Let us consider what happens when a person receives Jesus? The Bible says that the Holy Spirit has come to convict the world of sin so that the unbeliever can come to receive Jesus. The person believes in their heart and they confess with their mouth.
(Romans 10:10)
For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the MOUTH CONFESSION is made unto salvation.
The conviction in the heart by the Holy Spirit impacts the tongue or the mouth. Another verse says that no one can SAY that Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit.
(1 Corinthians 12:3)
Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed, and no one can SAY that Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit.
Now, let us consider what happens when a person receives the baptism in the Holy Spirit? This is not just a conviction in the heart. This is the river of the Spirit flowing out from our hearts. So as the Holy Spirit flows, he gives us new utterances which are beyond our understanding. This is called speaking in tongues or in a language that we do not understand.
On the day of Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit fell on the 120 disciples, all of them, including Peter, James and John began to speak in tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.
(Acts 2:4)
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to SPEAK with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
The Holy Spirit expressed Himself through their vocal cords. The disciples had no clue what the Holy Spirit was saying. But the foreigners who were in Jerusalem heard the disciples declaring in their own tongues the wonderful works of God (Acts 2:11).
In the New Covenant, it is not about the works of man – but the works of God - the finished work of Christ on the cross. The Holy Spirit draws our attention from self to Christ.
Let us consider what happens when a person receives Jesus? The Bible says that the Holy Spirit has come to convict the world of sin so that the unbeliever can come to receive Jesus. The person believes in their heart and they confess with their mouth.
(Romans 10:10)
For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the MOUTH CONFESSION is made unto salvation.
The conviction in the heart by the Holy Spirit impacts the tongue or the mouth. Another verse says that no one can SAY that Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit.
(1 Corinthians 12:3)
Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed, and no one can SAY that Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit.
Now, let us consider what happens when a person receives the baptism in the Holy Spirit? This is not just a conviction in the heart. This is the river of the Spirit flowing out from our hearts. So as the Holy Spirit flows, he gives us new utterances which are beyond our understanding. This is called speaking in tongues or in a language that we do not understand.
On the day of Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit fell on the 120 disciples, all of them, including Peter, James and John began to speak in tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.
(Acts 2:4)
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to SPEAK with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
The Holy Spirit expressed Himself through their vocal cords. The disciples had no clue what the Holy Spirit was saying. But the foreigners who were in Jerusalem heard the disciples declaring in their own tongues the wonderful works of God (Acts 2:11).
In the New Covenant, it is not about the works of man – but the works of God - the finished work of Christ on the cross. The Holy Spirit draws our attention from self to Christ.
posted by Joshua Lye @ 9:52 PM
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