How the Anointing Led MeHoly Spirit—it is an enduement of power from on High—but
you don't have to speak with tongues. I'm prone to follow them.
Who's right about this?"
I didn't have the baptism of the Holy Spirit, but I did have
Him in me, because I'm born of the Spirit and His Spirit bears
witness with my spirit that I'm a child of God.
The minute I asked "Who's right?" that anointing in me
began to teach me. No, there was no thundering voice on the
outside; it was just that still, small voice, as we call it, that every
believer has.
On the inside of me, He spoke up so plainly. He knew that I
knew the Word, for I read it constantly. (Before I ever started
preaching, I had read the New Testament 150 times and portions
of it more than that.)
He said, "What does Acts 2:38 say?"
"Oh," I said, "Acts 2:38 says, 'Repent, and be baptized every
one o f you in the name o f Jesus Christ for the remission o f
sins, and ye shall receive the gift o f the Holy Ghost.'"
That inward voice said, "What was that last statement you
just said?"
I said, " 'And ye shall receive the gift o f the Holy Ghost.'"
"Well, what does the next verse say?"
I answered, "Acts 2:39 says, 'For the promise is unto you,
and to your children, and to all that are afar o f f , even as
many as the Lord our God shall call.' "
"What promise is that?" the inward voice asked.
As I hesitated, that inward voice said, "Quote that last clause
of verse 38."
I said, " 'And ye shall receive the gift o f the Holy Ghost.'
Yes, Lord," I continued, "I believe that all right. I believe in the
Holy Spirit now. It's those tongues that I don't believe in and
don't know about."
And that inward voice said, "What did Acts 2:4 say?"