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Q:
"Do I have to speak in Tongues to be saved?"
"Do Rabbinical Jews believe in the infilling of the Holy Spirit and speaking in tongues?
Answer:
It is
generally accepted amongst Christians and Hebraic Roots
Restorers, that the Holy Spirit outpouring and related evidence in
the New Testament is "something new which did not exist in Old
Testament times". From a proper comparison though, of both the
Tanach ('Old' Testament according to Christians) and the New
Testament, it seems that very little has changed since Page 1 of
the Bible!
The
"speaking in strange tongues" referred to in the NT, is often
presented as evidence of such a 'new' spiritual phenomenon. It
is also presented as a vital requirement for believers to confirm
that they are truly in the correct faith. "Without it, you are
'not yet there", the seem to insinuate.
One
remarkable quote from the long list of Tanach references to the
"Spirit of the Most High', is the following:
Isaiah 11:2
"The Spirit of YHVH will rest on him - the Spirit of wisdom and of
understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of power, the Spirit of
knowledge and of the fear of the YHVH -"
Thus, it is
the Spirit of YHVH that brings us wisdom, understanding, power and
knowledge. So often NT believers desire the outward signs of the
Spirit, like healing, miracles and "speaking in tongues" - surely
wisdom and knowledge are the more valuable spiritual assets for us
as pilgrims? All the outer signs will be of no avail for finding
the True Way, which knowledge and understanding and wisdom can
attain for us?
The 2nd
outstanding confirmation from the Tanach is:
Zechariah
7:12 "They made their hearts as hard as
flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that YHVH
Almighty had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets.
So YHVH Almighty was very angry."
How
powerful and revealing this text! - to reveal to us that:
- we can
oppose His Spirit with our hardened hearts and blocked ears!
- The Law
had already been sent by the Power of His Spirit through the early
Prophets - long before Messiah
So, now we
face a few questions:
- WHAT is
so different that YAHU'SHUAH has brought us, as alleged by so many
Messianic believers? - i.e. that which "the Jews never had", that
which "was not applicable in OT times"?
- is the
Spirit which He promised, that would "make us observe His Laws" not
the same Spirit that moved the ancient Bible Prophets?
- what is
so 'new' in the Pentecost outpouring that Christians and Messianics
lay claim to, which they claim makes them different to anything that
was before?
The
sobering answers to these questions, will reveal to us:
- that the
"New" Covenant is not totally different from the 'Old" Covenant, so
as to do away with most (if not all) that the Old Covenant entailed,
as the Church teaches. .
- that the
"fruits of the Spirit" is not something new, which had been
specially granted to those who accepted Messiah, in order to
allegedly "put them on a separate or holier level than the Jews
under the 'Old' Covenant".
The long
list of texts from the Tanach, tell us that the Spirit of YHVH was
as active and fruit bearing in Tanach times as in NT times.
Those believers who ignore this
fact or who undervalue its significance, completely miss
the wonder of the
'Salvation' of YAHU'SHUAH, namely that He renewed these ever
existing Spirit Blessings of YHVH with those rebellious souls who
formerly rejected His Covenant and His Grace. His Sacrifice offers
reconciliation to stray and seeking souls in the wilderness and
"exiled amongst the nations", to renew them to His Eternal Covenant,
from which He had never yet rejected Judah. He granted His Eternally
Fresh and New ever Living Spirit renewedly to true seekers - the
SAME Spirit which all righteous striving souls of all times had
always been blessed with.
It is the
destructive and soul destroying spirit of 'Replacement theology',
which claims 'new' changed spiritual 'blessings which had never been
granted before.' This arrogant claim goes even further and rejects
the Spirit that has been leading Judah throughout history unto this
day, and which now claims sole rights to this 'new exclusive
spiritual blessings'.
It is this
reasoning which endangers one's soul!
Reading the
context of Isaiah 11:2 (mentioned above), reveals from verse 10
onwards, that YAHU'SHUAH will bring the exiles of Israel back and
re-unite them, thereby achieving the following Wonder:
Isa. 11:13 "Then Ephraim's
(10-Israel's) jealousy (against Judah)
will come to an end and Judah's enemies be put down; Ephraim will
no longer be jealous of Judah, nor Judah any longer the enemy of
Ephraim ..." They will be ONE of mind and belief again,
re-united in the One Eternal Covenant with YHVH.
Refer
The Great Return
THIS is
what we should be working and striving for.
Addendum: List of Texts from the Tanach and the NT to
define the Spirit of the Most High:
From the Tanach (O.T.)
Genesis 1:2 (Right there at the START!)
"... and the Spirit of God was hovering
over the waters."
Genesis 6:3 "Then YHVH said, 'My Spirit
will not contend with man forever'"
Exodus 31:3 " ... and I have filled him
with the Spirit of God, ..."
Numbers 11:17 "I will come down and
speak with you there, and I will take of the Spirit that is on
you and put the Spirit on them. ..."
Numbers 11:25 "Then YHVH came down in
the cloud and spoke with him, and he took of the Spirit that was
on him and put the Spirit on the seventy elders. When the Spirit
rested on them, they prophesied,..."
Numbers 11:26 " ... the Spirit also
rested on them, and they prophesied in the camp. ..."
Numbers 11:29 "But Moses replied, "Are
you jealous for my sake? I wish that all YHVH's people were
prophets and that YHVH would put his Spirit on them"
Numbers 24:2 " ... the Spirit of God
came upon him ..."
Judges 3:10 "The Spirit of YHVH came
upon him, so that he became Israel's judge ..."
Judges 6:34 "Then the Spirit of YHVH
came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet, ..."
Judges 11:29 "Then the Spirit of YHVH
came upon Jephthah...."
Judges 13:25 " ... and the Spirit of
YHVH began to stir him while he was in Mahaneh Dan, between
Zorah and Eshtaol.
Judges 14:6 "The Spirit of YHVH came
upon him in power ..."
1 Samuel 10:6 "The Spirit of YHVH will
come upon you in power, and you will prophesy with them; and you
will be changed into a different person."
1 Samuel 10:10 " ... the Spirit of God
came upon him in power, and he joined in their prophesying."
1 Samuel 11:6 "When Saul heard their
words, the Spirit of God came upon him in power, and he burned
with anger."
1 Samuel 16:13 " ... the Spirit of YHVH
came upon David in power. ... "
1 Samuel 16:14 "Now the Spirit of YHVH
had departed from Saul, ..."
1 Samuel 19:20 " ... the Spirit of God
came upon Saul's men and they also prophesied."
1 Samuel 19:23 " ... But the Spirit of
God came even upon him, and he walked along prophesying until he
came to Naioth."
2 Samuel 23:2 "The Spirit of YHVH spoke
through me; his word was on my tongue."
1 Kings 18:12 "I don't know where the
Spirit of YHVH may carry you when I leave you. If I go and tell
Ahab and he doesn't find you, he will kill me. Yet I your
servant have worshiped YHVH since my youth."
2 Kings 2:16 "Look," they said, "we your
servants have fifty able men. Let them go and look for your
master. Perhaps the Spirit of YHVH has picked him up and set him
down on some mountain or in some valley."
1 Chronicles 12:18 "Then the Spirit came
upon Amasai, chief of the Thirty, and he said: "We are yours, O
David! We are with you, O son of Jesse! Success, success to you,
and success to those who help you, for your God will help you."
..."
1 Chronicles 28:12 "He gave him the
plans of all that the Spirit had put in his mind ...."
2 Chronicles 15:1 "The Spirit of God
came upon Azariah son of Oded."
2 Chronicles 20:14 "Then the Spirit of
YHVH came upon Jahaziel son of Zechariah, ..."
2 Chronicles 24:20 "Then the Spirit of
God came upon Zechariah son of Jehoiada ..."
Nehemiah 9:20 "You gave your good Spirit
to instruct them. You did not withhold your manna from their
mouths, and you gave them water for their thirst."
Nehemiah 9:30 "For many years you were
patient with them. By your Spirit you admonished them ..."
Job 33:4 "The Spirit of God has made me;
the breath of the Almighty gives me life."
Psalm 51:11 "Do not cast me from your
presence or take your Holy Spirit from me."
Psalm 104:30 "When you send your Spirit,
they are created, and you renew the face of the earth."
Psalm 139:7 "Where can I go from your
Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?"
Psalm 143:10 "Teach me to do your will,
for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level
ground."
Isaiah 11:2 "The Spirit of YHVH will
rest on him- the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the
Spirit of counsel and of power, the Spirit of knowledge and of
the fear of YHVH -"
Isaiah 32:15 " ... till the Spirit is
poured upon us from on high, and the desert becomes a fertile
field, and the fertile field seems like a forest."
Isaiah 34:16 "Look in the scroll of YHVH
and read: None of these will be missing, not one will lack her
mate. For it is his mouth that has given the order, and his
Spirit will gather them together."
Isaiah 42:1 "Here is my servant, whom I
uphold, my chosen one in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on
him and he will bring justice to the nations."
Isaiah 44:3 "For I will pour water on
the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out
my Spirit on your offspring, and my blessing on your
descendants."
Isaiah 48:16 "... And now the Sovereign
YHVH has sent me, with his Spirit."
Isaiah 59:21 " As for me, this is my
covenant with them," says YHVH. "My Spirit, who is on you, ..."
Isaiah 61:1 "The Spirit of the Sovereign
YHVH is on me, because YHVH has anointed me to preach good news
to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to
proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for
the prisoners, ..."
Isaiah 63:10 "Yet they rebelled and
grieved his Holy Spirit. ..."
Isaiah 63:11 " ...Where is he who set
his Holy Spirit among them, ..."
Isaiah 63:14 "like cattle that go down
to the plain, they were given rest by the Spirit of YHVH. ..."
Ezekiel 2:2 "As he spoke, the Spirit
came into me and raised me to my feet, and I heard him speaking
to me."
Ezekiel 3:12 "Then the Spirit lifted me
up, ..."
Ezekiel 3:14 "The Spirit then lifted me
up and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger
of my spirit, with the strong hand of YHVH upon me."
Ezekiel 3:24 "Then the Spirit came into
me and raised me to my feet. He spoke to me ..."
Ezekiel 8:3 "He stretched out what
looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head. The
Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and in visions of
God he took me to Jerusalem, ..."
Ezekiel 11:1 "Then the Spirit lifted me
up and brought me to the gate of the house of YHVH that faces
east. ..."
Ezekiel 11:5 "Then the Spirit of YHVH
came upon me, and he told me to say: ..."
Ezekiel 11:24 "The Spirit lifted me up
and brought me to the exiles in Babylonia in the vision given by
the Spirit of God. ..."
Ezekiel 36:27 "And I will put my Spirit
in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep
my laws."
Ezekiel 37:1 "The hand of YHVH was upon
me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of YHVH and set me in
the middle of a valley; it was full of bones."
Ezekiel 37:14 "I will put my Spirit in
you and you will live, ..."
Ezekiel 39:29 "I will no longer hide my
face from them, for I will pour out my Spirit on the house of
Israel, declares the Sovereign YHVH."
Ezekiel 43:5 "Then the Spirit lifted me
up and brought me into the inner court, ..."
Joel 2:28 " ... And afterward, I will
pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will
prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will
see visions."
Joel 2:29 "Even on my servants, both men
and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days."
Micah 2:7 "Should it be said, O house of
Jacob: "Is the Spirit of YHVH angry? ..."
Micah 3:8 "But as for me, I am filled
with power, with the Spirit of YHVH, ..."
Haggai 2:5 "'This is what I covenanted
with you when you came out of Egypt. And my Spirit remains among
you. Do not fear.' "
Zechariah 4:6 "So he said to me, "This
is the word of YHVH to Zerubbabel: 'Not by might nor by power,
but by my Spirit,' says YHVH Almighty."
Zechariah 7:12 "They made their hearts
as hard as flint and would not listen to the law or to the words
that YHVH Almighty had sent by his Spirit through the earlier
prophets. So YHVH Almighty was very angry."
New Testament texts re.
the Holy Spirit
Luke
11:13 is a gift from God
Luke 12:12 is a teacher
John 14:15- 17, 26 is a Counsellor
Acts 1:16 speaks to us through others
Acts 2:2 comes upon us with power
Acts 2:3 is a source of energy
Acts 2:4 is likened to water, causes us to do things we
cannot do on
our own, and enables us
Acts 2:33 is a promise of God
Acts 2:38 is a gift
Acts 4:25 is spoken through others
Acts 4:31 fills us and causes us to speak the word of God
boldly
Acts 5:3 can be lied to
Acts 5:9 can be tested
Acts 5:32 is a witness: is given by God to those who obey
Him.
Acts 6:10 is a force man cannot stand against
Acts 7:51 is a force that men try to resist
Acts 7:55 allows us to see beyond our understanding
Acts 7:59 is a life-force
Acts 8:16 comes to us separate from baptism
Acts 8:17 sometimes comes to us by the laying on of hands
Acts 8:19 is sometimes not understood
Acts 8:29 talks to us and gives us directions
Acts 8:39 moves us to other places
Acts 9:17 sends others to us
Acts 9:31 encourages us
Acts 10:19 tells us of future events and gives us
understanding
Acts 10:38 is an anointment of God and is powerful
Acts 10:44 comes upon us as we listen to the word of God
Acts 10:45 is a gift and can be poured out on those that
we do not
understand as worthy.
Acts 10:47 can be received
Acts 11:12 tells us things that we can trust
Acts 11:15 comes upon others as we speak the word of God
Acts 11:16 is likened to water, and we can be baptized
with the Holy Spirit
Acts 11:28 allows us to prophesy
Acts 13:2 gives us instructions
Acts 13:4 gives us directions
Acts 13:9 empowers us to do the work of God
Acts 13:52 is synonymous with and exists alongside joy.
Acts 15:8 is a gift of acceptance by God
Acts 15:28 is able to determine what is good and what is
not good
Acts 16:6 keeps us from certain things
Acts 16:7 keeps us from doing certain things
Acts 19:2 is given to us after we believe, not before
Acts 19:6 enables us to do what we cannot normally do on
our own
Acts 20:22 compels us to do things we do not know
Acts 20:23 warns us and makes us aware of conditions
beyond our realm
of understanding
Acts 20:28 gives us responsibilities
Acts 21:4 speaks to us through others
Acts 21:11 communicates to others through our actions
Acts 28:25 spoke through the prophets
Romans 1:4 is Holy
Romans 2:29 is associated with the heart, not the written
code
Romans 5:5 is a conduit in which Gods love can be poured
to us
Romans 8:2 is the law of life and sets us free from the
law of sin and death
Romans 8:4 We live according to the Holy Spirit
Romans 8:6 can control our minds. The Holy Spirit gives
us life and peace
Romans 8:9 can live in us. The Holy Spirit marks us as
belonging to Y’SHUAH
Romans 8:11 is a part of God. The Holy Spirit raised
Y’SHUAH from the
dead. The Holy Spirit gives life to our mortal bodies
Romans 8:13 allows us to live
Romans 8:14 Those who are led by the Holy Spirit of God
are sons of God.
Romans 8:15 The Holy Spirit joins us to our Father as his
child
Romans 8:16 testifies for us
Romans 8:23 We are the first fruits of the Holy Spirit
Romans 8:26 helps us in our weakness. The Holy Spirit
intercedes for us
Romans 8:27 has a mind
Romans 11:8 is synonymous with life
Romans 14:17 is righteousness, peace and joy
Romans 15:13 overflows us with hope. The Holy Spirit is
powerful
Romans 15:16 sanctifies us as acceptable offerings to God
Romans 15:19 gives us signs and performs miracles
Romans 15:30 carries love
1 Corinthians 2:4 has power that can be demonstrated
1 Corinthians 2:6 gives us wisdom
1 Corinthians 2:10 searches all things, even the deep
things of God
1 Corinthians 2:11 No one knows the thoughts of God except
his Holy
Spirit. As we begin to understand the Holy Spirit, we begin
to
understand our God
1 Corinthians 2:12 helps us to understand what God has
given us.
1 Corinthians 2:13 causes us to speak with understanding
apart from
human wisdom
1 Corinthians 2:14 The understanding of the Holy Spirit
cannot be
discerned by those without it
1 Corinthians 3:16 Gods Holy Spirit lives within us
1 Corinthians 6:11 washes us, sanctifies us and justifies
us
1 Corinthians 6:19 lives in the temples of our bodies
1 Corinthians 12:3 cannot curse Y’SHUAH. Only the Holy
Spirit
can cause someone to say "Y’SHUAH is Lord (YHVH)"
1 Corinthians 12:4 is a unique gift that is common to all
spiritual gifts
1 Corinthians 12:7 is a manifestation given for the common
good
1 Corinthians 12:8 gives different gifts
1 Corinthians 12:9 gives the message of faith, healing,
wisdom, knowledge,
1 Corinthians 12:10 gives miraculous powers, prophesy,
speaking in
different tongues, interpretation of tongues, discernment,
1 Corinthians 12:11 The gifts of the Holy Spirit are given
to us as
God determines
1 Corinthians 12:13 We are baptized in the Holy Spirit, we
drink the
Holy Spirit
2 Corinthians 1:22 can be placed in our hearts as a
guarantee of our
future
2 Corinthians 3:3 is used to write into our lives to
communicate with
others
2 Corinthians 3:6 gives life
2 Corinthians 3:8 is a ministry of God
2 Corinthians 3:17 The Holy Spirit is YHVH. The Holy
Spirit
gives us freedom. "Now YHVH is the
Spirit, and where the Spirit of
YHVH is, there is freedom."
2 Corinthians 3:18 YHVH is the Holy Spirit.
"And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect YHVH's glory,
are being transformed intohis likeness with ever-increasing
glory, which comes from YHVH, who is the Spirit."
2 Corinthians 5:5 is a guarantee of God of what is
to come
2 Corinthians 13:14 provides fellowship
Galatians 3:2 is received by believing what you hear and
understand
Galatians 3:3 There is a beginning with the Holy Spirit
Galatians 3:5 is used to work miracles
Galatians 3:14 is a promise of God
Galatians 4:6 The Holy Spirit calls out "Abba, Father"
Galatians 5:5 We live our lives through the power of the
Holy Spirit
Galatians 5:17 The Holy Spirit and the sinful nature of
man are in conflict with each other
Galatians 5:18 leads us
Galatians 5:22- 26 "The fruit of the
Holy Spirit is love, joy, peace,
patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and
self-control. The Holy Spirit is not conceited, provoking
or envious"
Galatians 5:25 walks with us
Galatians 6:8 One who sows to please the Holy Spirit reaps
eternal life
Ephesians 1:13 is a promised seal of God. The Holy Spirit
is given to us upon our belief in Y’SHUAH
Ephesians 1:17 "I keep asking that
the God of our Lord Y’SHUAH,
the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of
wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better."
Ephesians 2:18 The Holy Spirit is our access to the
Ephesians 2:22 We are dwellings built to house in which
our God lives by his Spirit
Ephesians 4:3 is unity
Ephesians 4:30 The Holy Spirit of God seals us for the day
of redemption
Ephesians 5:18 fills us
Ephesians 6:17 The sword of the Holy Spirit is the word of
God
Philippians 1:19 assists others by helping us
Philippians 2:1 provides fellowship among us
Philippians 2:2 is one
Philippians 3:3 we worship by the Holy Spirit of God
1 Thessalonians 1:6 gives joy
1 Thessalonians 4:8 God gives us his Holy Spirit
1 Thessalonians 5:19 has fire
2 Thessalonians 2:13 The sanctifying work of the Holy
Spirit saves us 1 Timothy 3:16
"Beyond all question, the mystery of godliness is great: He
appeared in a body, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen
by angels, was preached among the nations, was believed on
in the world, was taken up in glory."
1 Timothy 4:1 speaks of future things
2 Timothy 1:14 helps us to guard the good that is
entrusted to us. The Holy Spirit lives in us
Titus 3:5 The Holy Spirit renews us and gives us new life
Hebrews 3:7 warns us against sin
Hebrews 6:4 can be shared by many
Hebrews 9:8 "The Holy Spirit was
showing by this that the way into the Most Holy Place had
not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was
still standing."
Hebrews 9:14 is eternal
Hebrews 10:15 testifies of our God to us
Hebrews 10:29 Can be insulted
James 2:26 is life
1 Peter 1:2 works in our lives to sanctify us for our
Father God
1 Peter 1:12 preaches the gospel to us
1 Peter 3:18 makes us alive
2 Peter 1:21 carries the word of God through us
1 John 3:24 gives us knowledge of God
1 John 4:2 can be recognized
1 John 5:6 testifies the truth of Y’SHUAH to us because
the Holy Spirit is the truth
1 John 5:8 "The Spirit is one of
three: the Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three
are in agreement."
Jude 1:20 carries our prayers to God
Revelation 1:10 is a place one is able to be in
Revelation 2:7 speaks to churches
Revelation 14:13 speaks in a clearly understandable
language
Revelation 22:17
"The Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" And let him who hears
say, "Come!" Whoever is thirsty, let him come; and whoever
wishes, let him take the free gift of the water of life."
Even a casual scan across these numerous verses should serve
to clarify our understanding of this Great Power of God.
Yet, many would want you believe that "unless you brabble in
strange tongues / languages, you are 'not with it'".
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