Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Speak the tongue of angels

"Speak the tongue of angels" what does this mean? When we are baptized and confirmed a member to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we recieve the gift of the Holy Ghost. This does not mean that we will always feel the Holy Ghost. It is under certain conditions that we will feel the Holy Ghost. In 2 Nephi 31:13 it says:

13 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, I know that if ye shall afollow the Son, with full purpose of heart, acting no bhypocrisy and no deception before God, but with real cintent, repenting of your sins, witnessing unto the Father that ye are dwilling to take upon you the ename of Christ, by fbaptism—yea, by following your Lord and your Savior down into the water, according to his word, behold, then shall ye receive the Holy Ghost; yea, then cometh the gbaptism of fire and of the Holy Ghost; and then can ye speak with the htongue of angels, and shout praises unto the Holy One of Israel.

These conditions are 1. following the Son with full purpose of heart without hypocrisy and deception, and with real intent. 2. repenting of your sins. Then we may feel the Holy Ghost and speak with the tongue of angels. It is very clear to me when I speak the tongue of angels. The Holy Ghost occupanies me while the words flow from the mouth. What is even more amazing is the people listening to you, if they are also following the Son with full purpose of heart without hipocrisy and deception and with real intent, having repented of their sins, hear things, see things by this same Spirit that you may not even realize you've said. And they don't always necessarily come from the spoken word. I've been on the speaking end and the listening end when this has happened. I testify that this is true. I've had friends who have wondered why they don't feel the Spirit, and it comes down to the conditions stated in this scripture. Follow the Savior, do as He would do, and do it with real intent. Repent of your sins, we all have them, the Savior has paved the way to clean our vessels so we can be instruments in serving and helping others.

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