Boy, do we have some questions to answer today.

You've got questions.

We've got answers.

It's time for The Line of Fire with your host, activist, author, international speaker, and theologian, Dr. Michael Brown, your voice of moral, cultural, and spiritual revolution.

Michael Brown is the director of the Coalition of Conscience and President of Fire School of Ministry. Get into the line of fire now by calling

86634 Truth. That's 86634 Truth. Here again is Dr. Michael Brown.

Hey friends, this is Michael Brown.

So glad to be with you on our Friday broadcast of the line of fire.

Today I'm going to be answering your email questions so you can hold off on your calls,

but I've got some fascinating questions we're going to be taking today.

Some real doozies, some very sincere,

interesting ones, some mocking ones, but I want to get to as many as I can. So I'm diving right

in. This is an anonymous question about speaking in tongues, dear Dr. Brown. How can a Christian

distinguish between one authentically speaking in tongues as a gift

from the Holy Spirit or two self-induced speaking in tongues or three falsely speaking in tongues as a

demonic deception or there is such a thing as falsely speaking in tongues through demonic deception?

Great question and I appreciate it. Let me ask you a broader question in return.

How do you know that you're truly saved and that it's not just a matter of self-deception or demonic deception?

Well, you might say, well, the spirit bears witness with my spirit that I'm a child of God.

You might say my life has been dramatically changed from

darkness to light and from disobedience to obedience. You might say that I have a relationship with God

and commune with Him and there's fruit from that relationship. And when I pray, I see many prayers

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