Salvation is the greatest gift God gives to the sinner. The Baptism in the Holy Ghost is the greatest gift God gives to the believer. I first heard those words in 1986 from a well-known evangelist who was preaching on this most important subject on TV one morning that began a quest for more of God in my heart. As a young child I had heard those on my mom's side of the family speak in tongues many times and it scared me to death due to what I had been taught about them growing up in a Baptist church. In the stormy February night in 1987 in my aunt's kitchen in Atlanta, Georgia all of that changed. The Lord gloriously filled me with the Spirit for the first time and baptized me in the Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking with other tongues as He gave me the utterance This book is written from my heart to let people know tongues are real, they are for today and the same Holy Spirit who baptizes us into Christ at salvation, is the same Holy Spirt Jesus baptizes us with after we get saved. For those seeking more of God, I pray this is a roadmap What took place at the home of Cornelius as recorded in Acts 10 is the same experience millions have testified to today The Apostle Peter confirmed it by the words," which have received the Holy Ghost as we." What took place then is just as real today as it was at the home of Cornelius. Tongues are not the end; they are a door to a wonderful prayer life and power. Be blessed Christopher McDonald is host and broadcaster of the Mcfiles, a nightly show about faith, politics, justice, and all things America. Originally from Atlanta Georgia, he now resides in Knoxville, TN and has 3 grown sons, Josh, Brandon, and Caleb and one grandson Elias David.
It's been said Salvation is the greatest gift God has given the sinner. It's also been said that the Baptism in the Holy Ghost is God's greatest gift to the believer once they have been saved. This wonderful discussion on the Baptism in the Holy Spirit is actually a series of journals we wrote over a course of a decade many years ago but redited them into this book regarding a very important, yet controversial subject regarding tongues, the gifts of the Spirit and the mighty Baptism in the Holy Spirit. Other than the Rapture and the Atonement, the Baptism in the Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking with other tongues is one of the most attacked doctrines in the Body of Christ. We hope these journals we have put in book form will encourage your walk with God and g