Step Number 6
Tell the candidate to open his mouth and be ready to use his own mouth and vocal chords, for
the Holy Spirit will give the utterance, but he must yield and give voice to that utterance. At the
same time
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the believer should tell God in his heart, "I am receiving the Holy Spirit right now by faith."
I like to absolutely insist that people not speak one word in their natural language. And I will
give Scripture further in this lesson why a person receiving the Holy Spirit shouldn't speak one
word in his natural language.
Then when the Holy Spirit begins to move upon the believer, I tell him to lift his voice and
speak out whatever utterance is given to him by the Holy Spirit, regardless of what it sounds
like.
I tell the candidate to begin to speak the words and the language the Holy Spirit gives him,
continuing to praise God and speak to God with those supernatural words until the language
becomes more and more fluent.
When that person can hear himself speak in tongues in a distinct language, he will have
assurance and confidence that he has received the Holy Ghost.
JOHN 7:37-39
37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man
thirst, let him COME UNTO ME, AND DRINK.
38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, OUT OF HIS BELLY [spirit]
SHALL FLOW RIVERS OF LIVING WATER.
39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the
Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
The Bible says the Holy Spirit will come to us as the rain. And Jesus said in John chapter 7
that we are to come and drink of the Holy Spirit.
In other words, Jesus said receiving the Holy Ghost is like drinking water. That is, the same
principle is involved. The point is no one can drink with their mouth shut. And in the same way,
in order to receive the Holy Spirit, a person must put action to his faith and give voice to the
unction of the Holy Spirit; he can't do that with his mouth closed. Remember, the Holy Spirit
gives the utterance; the person does the actual talking.
Secondly, no one can drink and talk at the same time. I have seen people come to receive the
Holy Spirit and open their mouth in faith. I have never seen anyone who opened his mouth in
faith to receive the Holy Spirit who didn't receive as quickly as you can snap your finger.
I have seen thousands upon thousands of folks filled with the Holy Ghost — preachers and
pastors of every denomination, doctors, lawyers, school teachers, college professors, laborers,
farmers, and people from every walk of life.