Conclusion  

In regard to tongue-speaking, the standpoint of the True Jesus Church is not merely one of those open-ended theological view-points which are peripheral to the cardinal tenets of Christianity. Rather, in the Bible, believers ascertained whether people had received the Holy Spirit or not on the evidence of tongues. Accordingly, the newly converted, baptized Samaritans were deemed to be without the Spirit.

Since the Holy Spirit is the guarantee of our salvation (Romans 8:9; Ephesians 1:13), every Christian ought to reassess his and her position according to biblical principles, and to give an honest response to Paul’s question: “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” (Acts 19:2)