“This coming upon a person is where the doctrine of the Baptism of the Holy Spirit comes from. This move of the Spirit is so powerful that people often feel that they were never saved to begin with once experiencing it.”
Jesus said to tarry after he was resurrected. Acts 1: 8
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
And to quote Kenneth E. Hagin: Linguists tell us that theres a word in our modern vernacular that is closer to the meaning of the Greek word translated edify, and that is the word charge. We charge a battery; we build it up. Jude 20 says, But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost.
In other words, when a person prays in the Holy Spirit, he charges himself up. He builds himself up like a battery that is charged or built up.
Edifying yourself by speaking in other tongues is just one of the many blessings that God has provided through the baptism in the Holy Ghost. And this wonderful blessing, this glorious gift of the Holy Ghost, is available to every born-again believer.
I find that regularly staying in the Word works better.
We are to abide in Christ. This emphasis on the Holy Spirit and the constant focus on Him is misplaced. The Holy Spirit’s job is to exalt Jesus, not Himself.
Nor are we told to charge ourselves up.
We are to obey and the Holy Spirit is then free to work in us as HE sees fit.
Every believer has the Holy Spirit abiding in him and while I’m sure that speaking in tongues makes people feel better, the true fruit of a Spirit filled life is the fruit of the Spirit found in Galatians; that is the character of Christ developed in us.