I Was Healed (Or Experienced Some Other Miracle)

15. I know that I received the Holy Ghost the night I went to the altar and gave my heart to Jesus because I was miraculously healed in my body.

Healing is no more a sign that a person has received the Holy Spirit now than it was in Acts 8. The Samaritans had devils cast out, they were HEALED, and they had great joy, but they did not have the Holy Spirit. That was a separate experience.

The Lord promised that where two or three were gathered together in His name, He would be in their midst. He also promised that if we ask anything of Him in faith believing, He will grant it. Therefore, people in all denominations can experience miracles. That’s why many people are deceived by false prophets. They receive a touch of the power of God and think that validates their church’s doctrine. But miracles are not a sign that a person has received the Holy Ghost, nor are they a sign of salvation. Even non-Christians can experience miracles.

The apostles clearly taught that the sign of receiving the Holy Spirit was speaking in tongues. Receiving a miracle from God does not exclude anyone from obeying the gospel preached by the apostles. Peter said of speaking in tongues: “This is That,” and nowhere in the Bible is there a “This” different from the one on the Day of Pentecost.