I really like the way the outpouring of the Holy Ghost (because of the observable attribute of speaking in tongues) took the power to claim "You're only good enough if WE say you're good enough" out of the hands of the church leaders of the day...even the believing church leaders like Peter who originally thought the Gentiles were excluded from the promise of the comforter (as we'll see once we get to Acts 10) and put that power solely in the hands of Jesus (who is the only one who can baptize anyone in the Holy Ghost).
Speaking in tongues is the sign that said "Hey, you can't claim that these people aren't good enough to receive the Holy Ghost, because Guess what...they just got it." <--paraphased
Acts 10:44-46
Love in Jesus,
Kelby
Jesus said "it is expedient that I go so I can send you the Holy Spirit"
And;
" tarry in Jerusalem till you recieve the Holy Spirit"
Those against that will never get on the same page as those with the experience.
The experience comes first
The spirit Preceedes the written word.
Most here have that inverted.
They say "that experience is not my reality,so let me remove that dimension through rearranging verses."
I recently encountered an atheist.
His deal was reasoning. A ton of it.
If I reasoned from heaven,he would reason from his bogus sources of info.
Rediculous claims of other planets with "humans" and such. Claims of men writing a bible with made up stories.
So I dropped the game changer on him. MY EXPERIENCE. MY RELATIONSHIP. MY INTIMACY WITH JESUS.
That is IRREFUTABLE.
Same with the spirit.
What were they met with when they "came down" from the upper room?
REASONING.
GOD RESPONDED with changing gears into languages they could understand.
When people try to be experts in something they have not experienced it is flat and shallow.
When God meets man with power it is always powerful.
God authenticates himself, his word,his ministry, his promises,THROUGH the natural,and the spiritual.
God Authenticates.
So those outside experience can never "understand" the supernatural nature of God.
So what do they do at the crossroad of confrontation?
Mock,belittle,teardown, and attempt disenfranchisement.
That is human natural operation.
It is almost like a vexation to them.
The spirit can never be "understood" by men.
The spirit thingscsre understood through windows into heaven. Spiritually seen and experienced.
I dont understand Jesus, I experience Him.
I experienced both salvation and receiving the baptism in the Holy Spirit.
The word of God confirms both.
Both are 1000% confirmed and AUTHENTICATED by the early church, the word,and by fruits and Jesus Himself.
Joy unspeakable
The walk becomes an adventure