How should personal spiritual experiences be evaluated?
Quick Answer
The speaker calls for humility, respectful listening, and examination against Scripture rather than making experience decisive.
Key Scriptures
Detailed Biblical Study
Participants give varying experiences; the Teaching does not treat each testimony as verification of doctrine.
Related Teaching
Baptism, Tongues, Q&A and a Personal Plea
This Teaching continues an earlier discussion of the Holy Spirit by examining baptism, repentance, and the gift of tongues. The speaker traces water cleansing in Torah, priestly washing, Ezekiel 36, and New Covenant baptism; addresses whether an earlier baptism remains valid when understanding changes; and cautions against making a rigid salvation formula that presumes to judge another person’s heart. He then examines Acts and 1 Corinthians on tongues, intelligible languages, interpretation, spiritual experiences, and competing explanations. Fellowship participants share questions and personal testimonies. The speaker expressly leaves the ongoing operation of tongues unresolved. An opening personal plea discusses the practical and financial challenge of sustaining FTAP ministry alongside a small business.