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1 | When will I speak/pray in tongues? | Acts 2:6 | Reformer Joe | 27775 | ||
Sola Scriptura is Latin for "Scripture alone." During the Protestant Reformation, Luther and Calvin and the other Reformers stood their ground on this issue. While Rome adhered to man-made traditions that contradicted the Holy Scriptures, and let official church pronouncements carry the same weight as Scripture; the Reformers stood their ground and said that the Bible alone is the sole and ultimate authority for our faith and practice. Today I fear that we have regressed so far from the spiritual accomplishments of the Protestant Reformation. We elevate our own modern traditions ("altar calls," for example, are utilized quite similarly to the Catholic sacrament of penance in many congregations) above the simple preaching and studying of God's Word; and we have placed our own, subjective experiences on par with God's revelation in the Bible. There are plenty of false religions out there, including the New Age-leaning ones, which declare that truth and knowledge take a back seat to feeling and experience. In other words, the mentality as long as it brings peace and happiness and a sense of fulfillment, how can it be wrong? The fact is, however, if it violates or offers any special "revelation" that isn't already present in Scripture, then it is not of God. This is what I mean by the sufficiency of Scripture. Yes, God the Holy Spirit speaks to us. He speaks to us through His Word, not in addition to it. It is this "looking for something more" that saddens me so much. People all over are living a defeated life, not because they are oppressed by demons or not speaking in tongues, but because they neglect the fruitful life that comes from careful study of God's written revelation of Himself to us. They look at their Bibles and say, "There MUST be something more." There isn't; the problem is that they are looking AT their Bibles rather than digging into them and learning everything they can about who God is, who we are, all Christ has done for us, and how we as God's children fit into the grand narrative of redemption of His creation. You say in your profile that you do not know that much about theology. Granted, one does not need a seminary degree to be a fruitful Christian. I don't have one myself. But in a literate society where there are dozens of modern English Bible translations, there is really no excuse for the level of neglect that we see of the Bible in favor of that elusive and non-existant "something more." --Joe! |
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2 | When will I speak/pray in tongues? | Acts 2:6 | Hank | 27782 | ||
Yes, yes! Joe .... Something more -- that's what our modern age is looking for.... Something more and a quick fix, a spiritual pill that we can take with our orange juice of a morning and feel good all day! An overweight Hollywood fading beauty queen, so the story goes, was observed standing impatiently in front of her microwave saying, "Hurry, hurry, please hurry." So whatever happened to waiting upon the Lord? --Hank | ||||||
3 | When will I speak/pray in tongues? | Acts 2:6 | ashestobeauty | 27819 | ||
Just for the record… I "waited" on the Lord for 8 months (Speaking in tongues the whole time along with praying, worshiping, reading my bible, standing in faith, etc.) while I watched my marriage crumble.... before my eyes. I was told by my husband "I love you but cant live with you anymore" EIGHT MONTHS OF WAITING ON GOD. And because He is faithful He restored, renewed, and revived my marriage. So I do not believe I am someone that can be considered as looking for.... Something more and a quick fix, a spiritual pill that I can take with my orange juice of a morning and feel good all day... Just becuase I believe that being able to talk to God using tongues and English played a huge part in being able to "wait on God", does not mean that I am someone who is looking for a feeling or has a "hurry up God" attitude. If I did I would not be married today. |
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