Galatians 3:2 “This only I want to learn from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?”
Once we have been born-again it is only by faith that we can receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit and speak with other tongues. This truth is confirmed to us in the above quoted passage of scripture, in which the Holy Spirit through the apostle Paul reminds the churches in Galatia that they received the Spirit through the hearing of faith. And so after we have been born-again and filled with the Holy Spirit, any further blessings that we receive from God can also only be received by faith. There are many promises in God’s word, and all of those promises can only be received from Him by faith. We do not receive the promises of God by begging Him for them. We do not receive His promises by being as good as we possibly can be. We do not receive His promises by fasting. We do not receive the promises of God through hours of prayer. There is no work that we can do that will move God to bestow His promises on us. The only thing that moves God to bestow His promises on us is faith. Settle the fact in your mind that we can only ever receive from God by faith and it will help you immeasurably in your walk with God.
Michael E.B. Maher
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