How did they know that they had received the Holy Ghost?
John 3:8 states that the pouring out of the Holy Ghost would be invisible, yet seen and heard. The Bible does not state that the Apostle Paul spoke in tongues when he received the Holy Ghost, but it does state that he spoke in tongues and understood the differences between the different types of tongues (I Cor. 12, 13, 14; esp. I Cor. 14:18). II Cor 13:1, Matt. 18:16, and Deut. 19:5 state that in order for a doctrine to be established that two or three witness have to say the same thing. Obviously from the above, we have many witnesses to the fact that speaking in tongues is the initial evidence of receiving the Holy Ghost. (b) The common internal evidence is the transformation that takes place inside a person: They receive power, strength, joy, the fruits of the spirit (Gal. 5:22-23), etc. The transformation reflects the abiding presence of God in a person’s life and in many cases cannot be immediately observed. Because of this it is not a significant indicator of the receiving of the
