Q: Is speaking in tongues from the devil?

A: No. The Word of God clearly states in Luke 11:11 -13 "If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? Or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?"

If you ask for the Holy Spirit you will get the Holy Spirit.

The Bible states in John 16:7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth, It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.

Also, John 14: 16-17 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not , neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
There is no need for any believer ever to feel comfortless, bereaved, or forlorn. Christ's purpose in sending the Holy Spirit was that He, a divine Personality, might come to live in us and be in us.

The definition of the word Comforter is Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, Strengthener and Standby.

Notice Jesus said the Holy Spirit would be a comforter, counselor, helper, intercessor, advocate, strengthener, and standby. We don't need anything more than that. But often we have been so concerned about receiving the Holy Spirit as a natural, outward experience or feeling of ecstasy that we have missed the reality of what the Holy Spirit came to do in us.

I John 4:4 Ye are of God , little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

Who is the "he" that is in the world? (Satan, the god of this world.) But there is a Greater One in you! God Himself in the Person of the Holy Spirit is in the born- again, Spirit-filled believer.

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