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1 | Questions on Tongues | 1 Corinthians | Hank | 114353 | ||
JLY: Reference: Post 114310. ..... What is the meaning of "tongues" as it is used in Acts 2:4? What is the meaning of "tongues" as you use it to describe the regular Sunday activity that takes place at the service you attend? Do they differ? If they do, how do they differ and why do they differ? You mention that every Sunday God talks to your congregation through a person's speaking in tongues. There is a passage in Scripture, Hebrews 1:2, which says this: "In these last days (God) has spoken to us in His Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom He made the world." If you will, please exegete this verse and offer us some means of comparing it with your congregation's practice of seeking God's message through a tongue-speaking member of the congregation. You speak of there being an interpretaton of these tongue-speaking episodes. Who is the interpreter, what are his credentials, and exactly how and by what (or whose) authority does he render his interpretations? These are posted as objective questions and as such seek objective, i.e., scripturally based and scripturally sound, answers. --Hank | ||||||
2 | Questions on Tongues | 1 Corinthians | JLY | 114423 | ||
First of all, I get the feeling that this is all new to you people speaking in tongues. Prophecy from Isaiah says this: Isa 28:11 “No, but with broken talk, and with a strange tongue, he will give his word to this people.” Tongues is just that, another language that’s given by God. Here at Pentecost tongues is given to the disciples after the baptism of the Holy Spirit. It is generally a sign that someone has been baptised in the Holy Spirit when they begin to speak in tongues, but not always. You will know them by their fruit Jesus said, not by spiritual gifts. So the meaning of tongues in Acts 2:4 is simply a gift from the Holy Spirit, an other language to speak to God with, and its very helpful in every day prayer. And all of them were speaking in tongues together. How to I get that, verse 6 in Acts 2, “When they heard this sound………” One person talking doesn’t really cause that much of a noise but many talking together does and it attracted attention, and saved the lives of 3000 people that day. What’s the meaning of tongues as I have described it. The meaning is the same as in Acts 10:46: “And they were talking in tongues, and giving glory to God.” They were talking in tongues, not one person but they were all talking in tongues. It is not a command by the pastor of our church that we speak in tongues but as we are led by the Spirit. We sing praise and worship songs, sometimes for an hour or more and we get to a place where the Spirit of God just takes over and we begin to sing in tongues. Its most Sundays but there may be more people singing in tongues one week than there is the following week if you see what I mean. It is the most beautiful sound you could hear people singing praises to the Lord in tongues. It is used in giving glory to God. Hebrew’s 1:2 “Has” is the word here. God has spoken through Jesus, but do you think that is it. That God has stopped speaking to His people, what every happen to. I feel sorry for you if you have never heard the voice of God. The people in our fellowship who bring a prophetic word are either the prophets we have or one who is gifted with a prophetic word from the Lord. Not everyone has this gift. Jesus said this, Mar 16:17 “And miraculous signs will follow to those believing these things: in My name they will cast out demons; they will speak new tongues;” Mat 10:19 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what you shall speak; for it shall be given you in that same hour what you shall speak. Proof of God speaking to His people. Do you think that you are left alone to walk out our salvation, is not the Holy Spirit given to help you. And here in the book of Acts: Act 19:6 And as Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied. Act 19:7 And all of the men were about twelve. And “they” spoke in tongues and “prophesied”. It doesn’t say, that they were twelve prophets but it does say that “they “ prophesied. It doesn’t matter what I say for you are to blind to accept the truth. So bless you. As I said to the other lad, whoever he is, out of a three hour service every Sunday tongues is sand or spoken for about ten minutes. The Corinthians were being told of by Paul for abusing tongues, we don’t. We move in all of the spiritual gifts, does your church.God bless you Hank, my namess John. |
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3 | Questions on Tongues | 1 Corinthians | Hank | 114428 | ||
JLY: Thank you for your response to my quesions regarding the speaking in tongues. In your response, Post #114423, you make the observation: "It doesn't matter what I say for you are to (sic) blind to accept the truth." That's an interesting observation, given the fact that this is the first time we've had any direct interchange on this Forum and you obviously don't know me at all. If you don't mind, would you be kind enough to tell me how you came to the conclusion that I'm too blind to accept the truth? Is this your standard assessment of everyone who happens to ask you objective questions about your faith and practice? Do you judge everyone by the standard of whether he accepts without question your beliefs and practices? Are all who hold a belief system different from yours too blind to accept the truth, whatever you mean by "truth"? You can see by my user profile that my theology is reflected in a belief statement called "The Baptist Faith and Message." This is a publication of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). It does not endorse the practice of what is commonly known today as "speaking in tongues." Does this mean therefore that the more than 15 million non-tongue-speaking members of SBC are also too blind to accept the truth? Please show me in Scripture where it says conclusively and unambiguously that those who do not engage in ecstatic babbling are too blind to accept the truth. What is your answer to the question that Pilate asked Jesus: "What is truth?" --Hank | ||||||
4 | Questions on Tongues | 1 Corinthians | JLY | 114434 | ||
You attack me and you don't know me. I was in the Baptist Church in England here, and people here didn't believe in tongues being spoken. I was there for two years and the second year I kept asking God is this it for the rest of my life, stand up sit down, stand up sing a song sit down and listen to some person waffeling on about a Jesus that he never really knew. Isn't it funny that you are completely honist with a religious person who then starts quoting numbers about how many people belong in his religeous order. No I can't show you a Scripyure for what you asked:"Please show me in Scripture where it says conclusively and unambiguously that those who do not engage in ecstatic babbling are too blind to accept the truth" but I can't show you and have shown you that when you are baptised in the Holy Spirit 99 per cent of the time you are given the gift of tongues. And without the baptism of the Holy Spirit it is impossible to walk the Christian walk. The Baptists don't tell you this, I was never told that God could live inside of me. And I have been in your country and I love it. I was at Pensecola for a week and it was great and I didn't want to come back here. May the Lord Jesus bless you and may He baptise you in His Holy Spirit. | ||||||
5 | Questions on Tongues | 1 Corinthians | Hank | 114439 | ||
JLY: Suppose we clear the decks right here and get this business straight about who's attacking whom. First, I'd like you to show the Forum wherein I attacked you, for you say "You attack me and you don't know me." All I have done is simply to ask you a trio of objective questions about your belief and practice regarding speaking in tongues. In a second post to you, I stated my position and my denomination's position on the subject. ..... Now you, in another post, clearly imply that Searcher is comparable to the Pharisees. How well do you know Searcher? ..... In another you accuse me of being blinded to the truth. How well do you know me? In yet another you quote Matthew 7:1, "Judge not..." and what follows in the remainder of your post is a series of your judgments railed against the Forum user. How well do you know him? ...... You appear quite ready and eager to judge and accuse others while at the same time casting the blame on them for judging and accusing you. You point your judgmental finger at others but appear incapable or unwilling to point it at yourself. If you were to engage in a few moments of soul-searching introspection and were to subject your behavior on this Forum to close scrutiny, might you not be able to detect a trace of hypocrisy in your attitude toward, and manner of dealing with, other users of this Forum? Otherwise, tell us, how do you propose to account for this dichotomy? What makes your religious views so uniquely right? --Hank | ||||||
6 | Questions on Tongues | 1 Corinthians | JLY | 114442 | ||
Read for yourself your answer right here towards me. I discern who you are by your answer, and it is complete contempt towards me because I want what the Spirit of God wants, you don't know the Spirit for if you had the Baptism of the Spirit then you would be talking in tongues. I thought that this was a place where people talked about JESUS, but I have never heard that name from you and if you were a Christian I would have heard that name in at least one of the correspondences with you. There has not been one blessing from you and a Christian could do nothing else but bless me. And this is to stupid, you sit arround like the Greeks discussing philosophy in the times of Paul, you are not interested in Jesus Christ, you are interested in your own self ego and your puffed up knowledge. You came at me with all the Subtlety that the serpent used in the garden with Eve. If you were a true Christian you would believe that tongues are spoken in the church today. May the Lord Jesus Christ bless you and open your eyes. God bless good bye my friend. | ||||||