The Sound of the Spirit

Some people say, “I have received the Holy Ghost, but I didn’t speak in tongues because I don’t have the gift of tongues.”

This is not what the Bible says.

When a person receives the Holy Ghost there is a sound, and that sound is speaking in other tongues as the Spirit of God gives them the ability.

Jesus told us there would be a sound when we are born of the Spirit.

"The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit." - John 3:8

This is what happened on the day of Pentecost.

"And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance." - Acts 2:2-4

Peter and the brethren knew Cornelius and those gathered in his house (Gentiles) had received the Holy Ghost because they heard them speak in tongues.

"While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word. And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost. For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God." - Acts 10:44-46

When the disciples of John the Baptist got re-baptized in the name of Jesus, they received the Holy Ghost speaking in tongues.

"And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied." - Acts 19:6

Speaking in tongues as the Spirit of God speaks through us is the sign that we have been filled with the Holy Ghost. (1 Corinthians 14:22)

Everyone that receives the Holy Ghost speaks in tongues. It’s the Bible way, which is the only way.