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The Four Communities
In connection with the coming of the Holy Spirit there were four communities to be taken into account—
(1) Jewish Christian,
(2) Samaritan Christians,
(3) Gentile Christians,
(4) Disciples of John the Baptist.
Representatives of all these four companies were baptized with the Holy Spirit, and were thus incorporated into that one body, where there is neither Jew nor Gentile, but all alike bear the name of Christ.
The baptism with the Spirit of Jewish believers was at Pentecost; that of Samaritan believers is recorded in Acts 8:14-17; that of Gentile believers in Acts 10:44-46; that of John's disciples in Acts 19:6.
This baptism with the Spirit was never repeated. It was the initiation into Christianity with all its blessing of those who in these four communities had believed in Christ. Those who subsequently believed were not thus baptized with the Spirit, but the Holy Spirit was given to each one at his conversion, to indwell him. Thus those who believed were brought into the one body. The initial act of baptism with the Spirit was not repeated. The Church was formed, once for all, out of these four communities by the initial act, in the case of each, of baptism with the Spirit. To speak of individuals being baptized with, in, of or by the Holy Spirit today is to exhibit singular unintelligence as to its significance.
In the case of communities 1, 3 and 4 baptism with the Spirit was accompanied by the miraculous gift of speaking with "tongues." This, as we learn from Acts 2, was speaking in foreign languages. (The word "other" in verse 4 has the force of "foreign," and is so rendered by some translators.) This is clearly to be distinguished from the speaking with tongues in 1 Corinthians 12:30; 13:8 and 14:2-28, 39. We do not read of any speaking with other (i.e., foreign) tongues except as a manifestation attending the baptism with the Spirit of the original representatives of three of the above-mentioned communities. It is, therefore, not to be expected today.
The gift of speaking in a tongue (in 1 Corinthians) was an entirely different thing. Those who heard it did not, like those in Acts 2:11, hear in their own language. They could not understand what was said unless it was interpreted. It seems to have had no place in more spiritual churches, but at Corinth, where they were carnal (1 Cor. 3:3), it was much to the fore. The Apostle urged the Corinthian Christians to lay stress rather on gifts that tended to profit (1 Cor. 14:1, 5, 6, 14-19, 22).
The modern pretense of "speaking with tongues" exposes its own falsity by the quality of the "interpretations" given. Many of these are frothy and futile in the extreme. I cannot find one recorded that conveys any spiritual instruction, or anything helpful to souls. If the real thing was not to much profit, how very unprofitable must the spurious be!
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The Four Communities
In connection with the coming of the Holy Spirit there were four communities to be taken into account—
(1) Jewish Christian,
(2) Samaritan Christians,
(3) Gentile Christians,
(4) Disciples of John the Baptist.
Representatives of all these four companies were baptized with the Holy Spirit, and were thus incorporated into that one body, where there is neither Jew nor Gentile, but all alike bear the name of Christ.
The baptism with the Spirit of Jewish believers was at Pentecost; that of Samaritan believers is recorded in Acts 8:14-17; that of Gentile believers in Acts 10:44-46; that of John's disciples in Acts 19:6.
This baptism with the Spirit was never repeated. It was the initiation into Christianity with all its blessing of those who in these four communities had believed in Christ. Those who subsequently believed were not thus baptized with the Spirit, but the Holy Spirit was given to each one at his conversion, to indwell him. Thus those who believed were brought into the one body. The initial act of baptism with the Spirit was not repeated. The Church was formed, once for all, out of these four communities by the initial act, in the case of each, of baptism with the Spirit. To speak of individuals being baptized with, in, of or by the Holy Spirit today is to exhibit singular unintelligence as to its significance.
In the case of communities 1, 3 and 4 baptism with the Spirit was accompanied by the miraculous gift of speaking with "tongues." This, as we learn from Acts 2, was speaking in foreign languages. (The word "other" in verse 4 has the force of "foreign," and is so rendered by some translators.) This is clearly to be distinguished from the speaking with tongues in 1 Corinthians 12:30; 13:8 and 14:2-28, 39. We do not read of any speaking with other (i.e., foreign) tongues except as a manifestation attending the baptism with the Spirit of the original representatives of three of the above-mentioned communities. It is, therefore, not to be expected today.
The gift of speaking in a tongue (in 1 Corinthians) was an entirely different thing. Those who heard it did not, like those in Acts 2:11, hear in their own language. They could not understand what was said unless it was interpreted. It seems to have had no place in more spiritual churches, but at Corinth, where they were carnal (1 Cor. 3:3), it was much to the fore. The Apostle urged the Corinthian Christians to lay stress rather on gifts that tended to profit (1 Cor. 14:1, 5, 6, 14-19, 22).
The modern pretense of "speaking with tongues" exposes its own falsity by the quality of the "interpretations" given. Many of these are frothy and futile in the extreme. I cannot find one recorded that conveys any spiritual instruction, or anything helpful to souls. If the real thing was not to much profit, how very unprofitable must the spurious be!
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