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1 | 1Corinthians questions: Gifts and women | 1 Corinthians | KBurgee | 3858 | ||
There are two parts to my question here, and they both originate in 1 Corinthians 14. First, I pray that God helps my unbelief in that I have not seen or heard people properly (as how Paul describes it) speaking in tongues. For me, it feels hard to accept that it does happen, seeing a number of people abuse it (I'm not saying that I believe it doesn't happen; it's just harder for me to grasp when the people who do speak in tongues around you either 1)don't do it in a orderly fashion or 2)don't have an interpreter present, therefore creating chaos and disorder, at least in this friendly neighborhood bassist for the Lord). Can all spiritual gifts be mishandled like this one? I am thinking of one particual instance when I was at a church and the pastor made sure that he set down the laws for speaking in tongues and order in church, then proceeded to speak in tongues without an interpreter. That was when I knew I had to leave that church. Personal experiences aside, can those gifts be used improperly? I'd like some people of Pentecostal faith to chime in on this one as well. Secondly: Should we still hold true to what Paul says about women speaking in verse 33-35? Or are we talking about two different times? If that's the case, how does that apply today, if at all? |
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2 | 1Corinthians questions: Gifts and women | 1 Corinthians | JonnyRay49423 | 3867 | ||
I am not a Pentecostal Christian, but I have spoken in tongues(?). When I was a new Christian over 30 years ago I had an experience in which I spoke in tongues. I have not spoken in tongues for the last 25 years. I came to see that what was going on in the New Testament Church was not to continue throughout Church history. I see NT tongues to be known languages, not the speech of angels. I could go on all day, but I will be short and to the point. I see tongues as a religious experience that anyone can undergo. I do not see speaking in tongues as evidence one is a Christian. I do not see tongues to be essential to the Christian life. What we should be concern about is not religious experiences, but a holy life-a close relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ. We need to stop looking inside-stop seeking feelings-raptures-but we need to focus our spiritual eyes on the Lord-we need to lose sight of ourselves and seek to conform ourselves to the character of Christ. Christians should attend churches where the Preaching and Teaching of the Bible is the focus Not religious experiences. In our church the sermons last from 45 minutes to 50 minutes. We sing the Psalms and read the Scriptures. Worship should be God centered and not feelings-centered (man-centered). The Bible clearly teaches women are to be silent during Sunday worship services-preachers are to be males not females. Now I see nothing wrong for women to share their thoughts during a Wednesday Night Bible study or other meetings outside the Sunday preaching services. When I go to church what I want to hear is not a bunch of people speaking in tongues but the Word of God-I want to hear the glories of Christ Jesus set forth-I want the Cross of Christ to be lifted up before lost sinners-I want to hear the Gospel of God expounded in alls divine power and beauty. |
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3 | 1Corinthians questions: Gifts and women | 1 Corinthians | Hank | 3872 | ||
Johnny-Ray, I've mulled over your answer and a number of questions come to mind. For sake of brevity I'll reduce them to two. (1) You say that you spoke in tongues some 25 years ago but have since abandoned the practice when you came to believe that "what was going on in the New Testament Church (I assume the early, apostolic church is meant) was not to continue throughout church history." How then did you have the experience? By whose authority? You say further that you don't see speakng in tongues to be evidence that one is a Christian? What then is it evidence of? Can non-Christians also speak in tongues if they are of a mind to do so? (2) The Bible clearly teaches, you say, that women are to be silent during worship services on Sunday but can talk freely on Wednesdays? Really? Frankly, unless I missed the mark by a mile, I find no Scripture references in your answer; only opinion, and upon what it is based I am at sea to understand. Will you be kind enough to follow up with a more Biblically-oriented answer? --Hank | ||||||
4 | 1Corinthians questions: Gifts and women | 1 Corinthians | JonnyRay49423 | 3929 | ||
I confess I did not quote any verses to back of what I wrote concerning your questions. I gave you my opinion for what it is worth. Now how to defend my opinions with verses from the Bible. I do not have any new verses to use to back up my opinions. In this StudyBible Forum I see the same questions being asked all the time especially the women issue and tongues. I have nothing else to add to the debate except my opinion-the Bible verses setting forth what the Bible teaches about the role of women in the local church have been quoted several times in the StudyBible Forum. When it comes to the phenomenon of what is described by Pentecostals as speaking in tongues I can only offer my opinions. Among Christians we have Pentecostals and non-Pentecostals. I personally see no value spiritually in speaking in gibberish. I can not explain to you how I came to speak in tongues if I now believe it to be unbiblical. I have some biblically based arguements but I can not fulfill that task in this small white box-I could recommend some books that helped me-but in the end we must go by the plain teachings of the Bible. The last week I have been doing a study of First Corinthians-I am only on chapter 3-but I do see that the apostle Paul's main desire was to preach Christ crucified and not anything else-my opinion is that as Christians we will only mature spiritually under the preaching of the Bible-textual preaching-if one was to preach from Genesis to Revelations would one find "tongues" to be super important or the Lord Jesus Christ? The focus of Scripture is the Lord-we must get our eyes off ourselves and focus them on the Lord Jesus Christ. | ||||||
5 | 1Corinthians questions: Gifts and women | 1 Corinthians | kalos | 3930 | ||
You write: if one was to preach from Genesis to Revelations would one find "tongues" to be super important or the Lord Jesus Christ? . . . Likewise, if one were to preach from Genesis to Revelation would one find women keeping silent in the church/long hair on women to be super important or the Lord Jesus Christ? |
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6 | 1Corinthians questions: Gifts and women | 1 Corinthians | JonnyRay49423 | 3983 | ||
I wrote that sentence in a form of a question "If one was to preach from Genesis to Revelation would he find "tongues" to be super important or the Lord Jesus Christ?" The answer would be not tongues but the Lord Jesus Christ. It is also true one would not find the length of hair of women to be a major doctrine-but the role of women is important in the Scriptures-it all goes back to creation account in Genesis-Eve was not given dominion over Adam-male headship goes back to creation-I see this teaching to be throughout the Bible-so the status of women in the created order/Church is important-more important than tongues or the length of ones hair. When it comes to the length of hair-male or female-one must follow Christian liberty-not fall into legalism-or false ideas of Christian spirituality. | ||||||