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21 | Studying O.T. is creating problems. | Genesis | itiswritten | 84836 | ||
Dear Freethinker, Sorry, I was away for a few days and just received your response in my e-mail. You do challenge me to want to be able to explain the wonderful things that the Lord has shown me through the years that have answered so many of my questions. First of all, there was not enough space before to answer some of the things that are tugging on your heart. For instance the concept that Adam and Eve were cave men so to speak. The Bible does not teach us that you know. Actually, think about it. Don't you think that the two first people made by the direct touch of the hand of Almighty God would be quite unique and perfect specimins? I look at it this way. The further away mankind has digressed from God's way, the more he has (in some instances) sunk to the state of cave man. Look at the civilization of Egypt and look at the Dark Ages in Europe. I believe the concept that we are evolving into something better on our own is really not biblical. It seems to me that we digress the further away we go from God's original plan for mankind. We are digressing not progressing. If a great civilization takes a catastrophic blow, those who escape, usually are unable to continue. For instance, imagine for a moment that a meteor hit the United States...that it was enough to only destroy our's and western society as we know it and a small population escaped. With technology destroyed, we may remember it and maybe some of the more educated would know how to use things but they would live among the ruins unable to duplicate it. The next generation would grow up having lost the technology. Do you see what I mean? I couldn't actually build a car, but I can drive one. I couldn't outfit a whole hospital, stock it and staff it, but I have used them. I couldn't set up a TV or radio station, but I am familiar and actually depend on them. Yet, even in our modern age there are some civilizations that have become as backward as cave men. We are capable of becoming that low but I don't think man, without the help of God, can ever stop destroying, making war and causing trouble in this world. If you set up a kind dictator to establish order for a nation in trouble, for that initial generation, things may go well. However, eventually someone will come into power that will misuse the privilege and be indifferent to the common man or downright cruel for his own benefit. History shows us that we can count on that. The Bible does not condone or encourage situations such as slavery. However, the Bible tells it like it is and they were a fact of life at the time of the Biblical writings. In fact, slavery still does exist is some areas of the world today. Concerning the Smart girl I would say, it was not a lack of grace or faith that she was taken in the first place. It was because of the sin of the man who kidnapped her. God has not taken away his free will to do right or to do wrong. Have you never seen instances in the Bible where good God-fearing persons have been wronged by those who practice evil. However, the Bible teaches us that even so, Romans 8:28 applies here which says: "And we kbow that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them that are the called according to His purpose." So, I believe that God will use this experience that the young Smart girl has come through for the greater good of her and probably all those around her. One last thing. Becoming an atheist because of the shortcoming of any amount of persons should not be the case. This is about you and your God. It should be between you and your God. In this world you will find no perfect human...not even among church leaders. I pray that through this forum or any other way that the Lord sees fit, that you come across someone who lets the Lord truly shine through them that you may really see God working in love, despite the faults they will have. Only God is perfect, and what you may be searching for can be found only in Him. I wish you well, and will keep you ever in my prayers. Itiswritten. |
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22 | Studying O.T. is creating problems. | Genesis | itiswritten | 84710 | ||
Dear Free Thinker, You sound so angry. This is not a debate and it is not exactly what you imagine. God loves you and Jesus His Son died for you.I cannot defend God, He is able to defend Himself. I will try to explain better and you do with it what you will. In order for mankind to have a free will...he had to be able to freely choose. Otherwise mankind would be robot-like and God apparently wanted more for us. It is not a matter of good deeds/bad deeds. And in fact our good deeds, even if they outweigh our bad deeds, do not fix our problem. The inherited twisted, sin-loving nature is the problem that we inherited. It is not like well, our Daddy murdered someone and we are taking the blame for his actions. It is a matter of an apple tree only naturally bears apples (unless we unnaturally graft in the bough of a pear tree). So, humans can only be made up of a nature that delights in sin because that is the ingredients we are made of. We still have a free will, but we do not have a remedy for our ingredients. You know, originally Eve fell for the libelous lie of the Devil who accused God of withholding something good from her and if she ate of that which God was withholding, she would be a threat to God and be as knowledgable as He was. (Gen. 3:4-5). Be careful you are not falling for the same kind of lie. God, the Father could have destroyed the initial couple and started all over again but He chose to redeem us all. He redeemed us at a great deal of cost to Himself...His only begotten Son. I don't know if you are a person who is married and has children but if you are or if you have any understanding of the nature of little children, you would know that they are consciously quite innocent even though they may do some really outrageous things. That is what often endears us to them. They love to say "no" to everything we tell them, they lie about the candy with chocolate all over their faces, they take everything in sight and think they are entitled to it all. Yet, all these little antics are wrong...we are twisted, perverted, from the beginning. It is our sin nature appearing as soon as we are able to do independent acts. As soon as we know what sin or evil is, that does not stop us. We actually get worse. This is not because of something an ancestor did. It is our own doing. We can choose not to do these acts, but by the time we can make that choice we find we have already done wrong and even though we make that choice, we can not hold to it perfectly. So, in the end, we are responsible...no longer Adam and Eve. Rom. 3:10-18). And Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the light. No one comes to the Father but through Me." (John 14:6)Like it or not, understand it or not, Jesus is it...the one and only remedy. We can choose to take it or leave it because our free will still remains intact. There are answers to all of your questions in the Bible if you would only read it with an open mind and ask the Holy Spirit to open your understanding. In His Word God tells us that we will find Him if we seek Him with our whole heart. If you really want the truth, God will not withhold it from you, but if you like a good argument you will forever be arguing never coming to a place of settled satisfaction. Concerning the episode with Noah getting drunk after the flood. This is just my thoughts and observations because the Bible in NO WAY SAYS what I am about to give you as food for thought but these are my thoughts because I know the Lord and I have pondered this particular question with my personal understanding of my Savior and so these are some of the conclusions that I have come to on this topic in my own mind. I believe that the earth had a different atmosphere before the flood. We can tell from what the Bible tells us that mankind originally was vegetarian and the Bible tells us that mankind also lived a longer life. I believe that the earth had a different atmosphere and that the produce of the ground had more nutrients prior to the flood. And so, after the flood there may have been changes in the atmosphere and changes in the nutrients of the vegetation and so mankind's life was shorter and now it was necessary to eat meat also to obtain enough protien to sustain healthy life. There is no sense that God was upset with Noah for getting drunk, neither is there any sense that Noah did this on purpose. It is quite possible that fermentation was not possible prior to the flood.It may never have rained previoiusly but was watered by a mist (Gen.2:6). We do not come to God by our understanding; we come to Him by faith and He will then give us understanding. He does not condemn us, we will condemn ourselves. Seek Him with your whole heart and you WILL FIND HIM. Sincerely, Itiswritten |
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23 | does revelation 6:9-11 teach that the im | Bible general Archive 1 | itiswritten | 82359 | ||
Dear Radioman2, It does not have to be "proved;" all I know that I for myself, am convinced. Many persons that I know also are convinced in their relationship with the Lord. I cannot convince anyone else about MY relationship with the Lord. I don't know what else to tell you except read I Corinthians 2:11-14, so that you may understand what I am trying to explain. Itiswritten |
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24 | How I do to stop sinning? | Bible general Archive 1 | itiswritten | 81566 | ||
Dear Talmid, I do not wish to make you sad, yes we can overcome, but we must believe the Word of God, not what we think things should be. Christ has conquered all but this body will not go into the next glorious life because it is flawed. We will receive a resurrection body. In Isaiah 64:6, we are told that all our good works are like filthy rags. That we all have sinned and all have gone astray. And in I John 1:8-9 we are told that if we believe we are without sin we deceive ourselves, however Jesus will continually cleanse us. Of course, Jesus was without sin, that is because He is God, that is because He came to save us...if any of us could have done so, He would not have had to come, become one of us and die. He truly did become a man so as a man He would be the perfect fit to pay our debt. I am sorry to say so, but from what I see of the scriptures, not sinning is a continuing struggle this side of the grave. Yes you can overcome certain sins, but there will always be another that you may not have noticed before. It takes keeping your eyes on Jesus and walking in the Spirit to overcome. I don't think you can find one perfect saint in all of the Bible and I believe this frankness of the Bible is for a reason...truth, AND encouragement. I see it as a glorious struggle, walking with Jesus each step of the way. I believe He loves us as we are and that we should always strive to overcome...but we will have to continue to strive to overcome in this life. Romans 9:24 If you look in the letters to the churches, in each one we are told of the blessings for those who overcomes - Rev. 2:7, 2:11, 2:17, 2:26, 3:5, 3:12, 3:21 etc. I believe we are expected to strive to overcome all the days of our lives. However, if we become saved and immediately die, nothing is required but our faith. We "get in" because Jesus paid the price, not because we have overcome or are good at all. Praise the Lord! This is what the good news is all about. One more thing. What you have said about Jesus is true but if you mean that we can become little Jesus's you may be on the wrong track. There are cults which teach that we can become or attain to becoming little christs. We cannot attain to Him. He is our creator God. He was not created. God prepared a body (Hebrews 10:5)for Him who was with him from eternity (John 1:1-3,14). We were created by and for Him and we should follow His model but our success is ever in His hands. Itiswritten |
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25 | What is the significance of this verse? | Mark 14:52 | itiswritten | 81483 | ||
As you can see, it is in the gospel according to Mark. Traditionally, according to some scholars, it is believed that this is an account of John Mark about himself. It may be that this was the only one of the saints that was aware of this occurrance. Surely the other disciples were preoccupied with their own emotions that night. It is believed that he was the son of the woman, Mary, who let Jesus and His apostles use the upper room of her house for the Passover. It is believed that he was a young man or teenager at this time and it shows the fear he must have felt that night. He later became the writer of this gospel and we see him in the Book of Acts and some of the epistles, as he traveled to spread the gospel during the time of the apostle Paul.(Acts 12:12, Acts 15:37, II Timothy 4:11). I hope this is helpful. Itiswritten. |
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26 | How I do to stop sinning? | Bible general Archive 1 | itiswritten | 81481 | ||
I would just like to add this. Remember Galatians 5:16 "...Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh." This is what this means to me: If I try to go on a diet, all I want to do is eat all the things I should not eat. Just the idea of focusing on the problem makes me want to do it more. If I focus on the fact that I should not say something, it's bound to slip out of my mouth. I believe this scripture is giving us a sort of formulae that will help us minimize our sinful tendencies. If I give the Lord each day at the beginning of each day, and I ask Him to show me what I am to do for that day, I will focus on that, and not on those things which tempt me so. If I am walking with him, practicing a consciousness of Him walking with me, I will not tend to sin as much as if I am focusing on that object which tempts me...or focusing on my self and my own desires. While we are in the flesh, I do not believe we can walk totally sinless. The flesh tugs on our fleshly nature all the time as we see in Romans 7:15-25. I read one of Billy Graham's books a long time ago where he described what it was like to be a born-again believer. He put it this way. There were two row boats in the river, one went along with the current or flow of the river and the other was rowing against the current. We all are in the same river but to walk with the Lord you are striving against the current. I hope this is of some help. Itiswritten. |
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27 | salvation and Cath Church | NT general Archive 1 | itiswritten | 81418 | ||
Dear Stephanie, Honestly, I am not following you around, but I have been checking out the forum lately to see the newest questions and your questions always intrigue me. It seems you are being educated by the Lord in much the same sequence as the Lord trained me. Having originated from the Catholic Church myself, and having been saved for over twenty years now, I have always looked upon the Roman Catholic Church as very similar to the Jewish faith at the time of Christ. It had all the truth, but had drifted from the spirit of the truth and had become legalistic. It had all the truth but had added so many laws, traditions and concepts that it was hard to see the truth through the fog of the additions. I believe the Scriptures bare me out in Matthew 23: 13-29 and Luke 11:44...and those verses around these. I do not tell you that you should leave. I eventually did, as you know, but not right away and only as the Lord led me to. Meanwhile, it is not a cult. I hope these scriptures are helpful to you. Itiswritten. |
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28 | Lucifer cast down? | Luke | itiswritten | 81415 | ||
I would just like to add this: Isaiah 14: 12-15. I believe this scripture, though it is directed toward a man of the time, was also an insight as to the actions and fate of Satan or Lucifer as he was once called. In Luke 10:18 Jesus mentions Satan's fate as being in process. Itiswritten. |
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29 | salvation and Cath Church | NT general Archive 1 | itiswritten | 81250 | ||
Dear Stephanie, I agree with Joe!!! "Church History in Plain Language" is by far the best church history I have ever read (and I have read many). I was so impressed that I bought one for every single member of my Bible Study group. You can get it in paperback for about twenty dollars. It is the clearest account of church history without pro-Catholic or pro-Protestant bias I have ever come across. I highly recommend it. It is also helpful for a newly born-again person to share with family members so that they may understand the true history of the church and also without your having to worry about prejudiced (anti-Catholic)rhetoric that would be offensive to them. As a former Catholic myself, I found that the Roman Catholic Church, though it has many beautiful traditions from much further back in history than the Protestant churches, yet many of the doctrines do not have any Biblical base. This is why it doesn't always jive with the Scriptures. It had some periods of apostasy (or the leadership becoming corrupt) in its past and it's policy that the pope cannot make a mistake concerning faith and morals so that no matter what he decides is doctrine, and is considered the truth, has led to trouble in the past for he really is only a man. He is a man with the awesome responsibility of representing a large part of Christianity to the world. For instance there was a time when there were three popes. How can all three hold the absolute truth when their opinions conflicted?..and so, sadly, this matter of historical record, has caused error in some areas. The dogmas through some of these times have continued to be accepted as the teaching in the church, though it now is not in apostasy. I believe ALL church doctrine should come from Scripture. II Timothy 3:16-17 tells us "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in all righteousness. That the man of God may be perfect, thorougly furnished unto all good works." Read this in your own Catholic Bible if you have one...I have quoted from my KJV. "Church History in Plain Language" will help you sort out for yourself the true history of the church from its origins until now. Stephanie, I could not contain myself as this history that Joe recommends is so precious to me. I systematically have given it to each member of my Bible-study as each had a birthday over this past year. Itiswritten. |
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30 | Faith and Works: Paul vs. James | Rom 4:3 | itiswritten | 81046 | ||
I don't know if this will help, but this is the way I understand it. We are justified if we believe God. No good works can add up to that same justification. Only Faith. However, if we DO believe, we will act like we believe. So, our actions should be different than they were before we believed. If we still act like we did before we believed there is no evidence in our faith. But the works do not justify...they only show what has happened inside of us. If we say "I believe that a person can get in a barrel and survive going over Niagra Falls" ... then we should be willing to get into the barrel. I hope this is of some help. Itiswritten. |
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31 | no sperm upon the ground | Gen 38:9 | itiswritten | 81044 | ||
Dear Kingbass, Genesis 38:8-10 is worded in essentially the same way in the King James Bible,a Protestant version, and also the NASB and the NIV. By the way, the Catholic version of the Bible is the same as the Protestant Bible except for the addition of the aprocrypha. It does not teach anything any differently.The word of God is not corrupted in any way. The Roman Catholic teaching departs from Protestant teaching in that many of the teachings in the catechism, for instance, are not directly from the Bible but from tradition or Papal decree. Itiswritten |
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32 | queen of heaven | Jer 7:18 | itiswritten | 80579 | ||
Dear gbennett76, I just want to say that knowing about the Hebrew traditions and mysticisms and archaeology is interesting...I also have studied such things and I am of Hebrew descent. However, the Kabbala is not legitimate according to Scripture but is Hebrew witchcraft and the Holy Spirit is not a "force" but is a Person and you must be very careful. The Word of God is to take top-billing in all matters of faith and doctrine and the rest though interesting is (forgive me) a bunch of hog-wash or maybe even new age hogwash. It is a good idea that the Christian knows his enemy but a Christian need not be an expert in the enemy's teachings or rituals to deal with him/her; the Christian can simply use the armor of God as is depicted in Ephesians 6. Itiswritten |
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33 | What was the answer? | 1 Sam 28:12 | itiswritten | 80577 | ||
Dear Edb, First of all let me say that I never said man had so called "spiritual authority" over anything. I simply gave scriptures which I believe show earthly authority, such as a man being head of a house or a patriarch being the tribal head...which are authoritative situations that are recognized worldwide. From as far back as Genesis 3:16 the husband was given authority over the woman as it ends with and "he shall rule over you." This was part of the curse, by the way. I never said that man or the devil had authority in any legal sense now but though it may not be legal, everything has not yet subjected itself under God as yet. Jesus now legally has all authority, but he took that authority by submitting Himself to the cross,and it is not yet all manifest, though it is won. I simply gave you an answer from what I believe to be true because of Scriptures I gave to support my thought process. I shall give you another: I Corinthians 15: 22-28 and explain this to me if I am wrong. Also, I ask you to have a look at Luke 9: 1-2;and I also ask you to have a look at Mark 16:14-20 where we were commanded to go into all the world and preach the gospel...in the authority of His name. Another thing to answer what you said about the animals. God gave man authority over them in the garden. Man was to name them and care for them and man enjoyed total peace and fellowship with all of God's creatures until after the Flood...much later. The animals then became afraid because they were now prey for us and many of them also became predatores and prey. But originally this was not so, and this was not the authority I was speaking of. I was speaking of the original authority given to Adam to name and to care for the garden and God's lesser creatures. Satan has no authority over myself or any other believer, but he makes havoc in the lives of those who do not believe in the only Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. And he causes havoc using evil men who use legal or illegal authority over others in this world until Jesus returns and puts all enemies under His feet. Of course God has all power and authority, even over Satan. But in His great wisdom and mercy and patience, He allows evil to play out this great plan which allows free will and which will justify those who will yet be born and choose to come to Jesus the Christ, the only Lord and Savior. If this clarifies what I am trying to say to you, I hope this is so. If not do not give me archaeology or arguments that you make up to argue with someone's point. I make no argument. I am simply stating what I see the scriptures are saying. I never said God gave man spiritual authority in himself over anything. However, in Jesus name, believers DO have spiritual authority over even evil spirits. I still maintain...Satan is the prince and power of the air(Eph. 2:2)...I believe this denotes authority of some sort because it says he works in the children of disobedience. And I also maintain that Matthew 4: 1-11 shows us that he has some authority in this earth or he could not have really tempted Jesus in the wilderness. The whole episode would have to be considered a hoax if it were not in his hand to give Jesus the things he said he would give Him. Now, like I said earlier, Jesus won it back on the cross through His death and resurrection...but it has not yet all manifest, though it was won. |
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34 | What was the answer? | 1 Sam 28:12 | itiswritten | 80486 | ||
Dear Edb, Right from Genesis 1:26 we find that God gave man authority over all the earth and everything in it. Man was to be under the authority and in obedience to God. When man fell, this very act put him in obedience to Satan...this gave Satan authority. (Ephesians 2:2) In Matthew 4:1-11 we see that the devil tempted Jesus in the wilderness. If this was truly a temptation, then Satan had to have this authority. If this authority was not in Satan's possession, then Jesus could not have truly been tempted with it as is evident here. Jesus did not come under Satan however, but remained in obedience to His Father instead. Jesus died for us and rose again. He conquered through obedience to His Father. In that He has taken back authority but we yet have to see it all manifest though it is already an accomplished work. (I Cor. 15: 1-29). I hope this is helpful. Itiswritten |
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35 | Full Armour of God | Bible general Archive 1 | itiswritten | 77279 | ||
Dear Maryanne, The full armor of God comes from Ephesians 6:10-18. To my understanding I will give you what I believe the Lord showed me. Verse 12: I believe that when things go wrong, and things seem to come against us, we should not take them personally. We need to be really honest with ourselves to make sure that we have not brought it about on ourselves by our own actions...and if we have not, that we should not get mad at persons or take offense but realize that spiritual warfare may be going on and that we should pray and fight in a spiritual manner with faith and trust in the Living God and stand your ground as it says in verse 13. Verse 14 I believe the belt of truth means that we should not lie nor should we get caught up in lies (such as in our job environment, etc. and the breastplate of righteousness means we must also walk in the righteousness of Christ (in agreement with Him) which He gave us when we were born again. Verse 15: This having our feet shod with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace...being ready to move when the Lord directs because we live by His word in love which is how we direct our lives.This will make us able to recognize His leading. Verse 16, the shield of faith. Faith shields us from spiritual attack...the attacks that are mentioned in verse 12. Those attacks which try to cause fear, despair, temptation to sin. Faith protects us from falling for these things and we will look to the Lord for His protection, His provision, etc. Verse 17 - The helmet of Salvation...being saved protects our minds and our person -and the sword of the Spirit is the only WEAPON we have that we can really effectively fight with. Jesus gives us an example of this in Matthew 4:1-11. When the devil tempted him he used Scripture out of context...Jesus did not argue with him but stated Scripture in context. He fought back and won by knowing the Sctipture well enough that a scripture out of context was successfully rebutted by Scripture in context. If you know the Word of God well, it does not contradict itself. This is what I believe the Lord has shown me...I hope this is of some help to you. Itiswritten |
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36 | is no one going to answer me? | Bible general Archive 1 | itiswritten | 76026 | ||
Dear Grace, You say you are doing it for God only? Are you sure? If it is for God only why do you need thanks? Now, not to say that you should not be appreciated. I don't justify that you seem to be ignored but If you are doing it for the Lord only than look to Him. He will reward you, believe me. But not if you go around complaining and expecting you deserve it. We have an example in Mark 6:1-2. This concerns alms but I believe it can apply to any act of self-sacrifice. If we look to be repaid by men, whatever men gives us will be our reward. But if we look only to the Lord, He is just and He will reward our selfless efforts for Him and for His church...maybe not in our time frame but in due time and for sure. I hope this helps you have a better perspective. Itiswritten. |
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37 | Can Christians be too heavenly minded? | NT general Archive 1 | itiswritten | 30331 | ||
Dear Kalos, I believe it is possible to be too heavenly minded. However, I also believe it is better to be too heavenly minded than to be too earthly minded. Let me explain. Many years ago I lost my little boy in a sudden, tragic accident. I threw myself into the Lord and He held me up and my whole family [at the time I also had three other small children] and, of course, my husband. At the funeral service, the pastor cited the fact of the resurrection and that I would one day be able to embrace my son, once again. I had not dealt with that pain in my loss and I am ever grateful for his pointing that out. It made a very great difference in my own personal healing and, for me, I had not dealt with that part of my loss at all. Since we are still in the flesh, we cannot totally discount it as we must function in the flesh while we are on this earth. I cite 2 Thessalonians 3:6-15, where some had stopped working in order to do, what they believed was the Lord's will, believing that He was coming very soon. However, they were not in the Lord's will and Paul told them that if they refused to work, they should not eat. Of course it is better to be too spiritual minded than to be too carnally minded. But while we are still in the body, we must not disregard the needs of the flesh altogether. |
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38 | speaking in tongues why is this so impor | OT general | itiswritten | 30185 | ||
Dear Searcher, I don't understand why you say that I am contradicting Scripture. You may note many circumstances but you forget 1 Corinthians 14, for example :From this and from what I see today, tongues is usually not known to those speaking [unless interpretation is given] or to those within the hearing of them in the church setting...though it can be in a known tongue. You are entitled to your opinion and I just happen to disagree with you and I do not believe I am contradicting the Scripture. |
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39 | speaking in tongues why is this so impor | OT general | itiswritten | 30140 | ||
Dear Searcher, It just seems to me that many of those who were initially baptized in the Holy Spirit spoke in tongues but that is my opinion. That was not the point I was trying to make. We can seek better gifts and that is just fine but I don't believe we get to pick and choose what gifts we will receive. The Lord will give us what He believes we need for whatever task He would have us operate in and of course, I would welcome better gifts, but I certainly would not resist a gift of the Holy Spirit, even if it were deemed a lesser one. To me ANY gift of God is a marvelous thing, and I, for one, need all the help I can get. Itiswritten. |
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40 | speaking in tongues why is this so impor | OT general | itiswritten | 30083 | ||
Dear lovely, Speaking in tongues seemed to be very common among the early believers who were baptized in the Holy Spirit. Nowhere does it say they all spoke in tongues. I, for one, would like all the help I could get so if it is a gift of the Holy Spirit, I welcome it. Other than that, it does not make someone better than someone else or more spiritual. What it does say is this: 1 Corinthians 14:2-4a "For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries. But he that prophecieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort. He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself;..." From this we understand that it is the Least of the gifts, because it is the only one that is for oneself and not the church at large...but I could use this edification, myself, so I certainly would not be against it. However, it should not be a criteria by which we decide if someone is baptized in the Spirit or not. Hope this is helpful to you. Itiswritten. |
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