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1 | When will I speak/pray in tongues? | Acts 2:6 | Reformer Joe | 27667 | ||
Are you sure you have your priorities right? "All do not have gifts of healings, do they? All do not speak with tongues, do they? All do not interpret, do they? But earnestly desire the greater gifts. And I show you a still more excellent way." --1 Corinthians 12:30-31 "however, in the church I desire to speak five words with my mind so that I may instruct others also, rather than ten thousand words in a tongue." --1 Corinthians 14:19 "Now I wish that you all spoke in tongues, but even more that you would prophesy; and greater is one who prophesies than one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets, so that the church may receive edifying." --1 Corinthians 14:5 Regardless of whether you think the sign gifts are for today or not, Scripture is clear: 1. ALL do not speak in tongues, and that is apparently ordained by God (as all will acknowledge that we are gifted differently by the Spirit) 2. Speaking clearly the word of God for instruction is vastly superior to speaking in tongues. 3. Speaking in tongues is NOT the "pinnacle" of the Christian experience. Paul says that loving others is a "more excellent way" of edification, and that prophesying outranks tongues in importance. You are not missing out on the Christian experience because you do not speak in tongues. If you are missing out on it at all, it is because you do not find your sufficiency in Christ and the knowledge and reliance upon God's holy Word. --Joe! |
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2 | When will I speak/pray in tongues? | Acts 2:6 | The Disciple | 27692 | ||
Joe, Thank you my newfound brother. My question is a personal one, of course. But I did post the question for all others who feel the way I used to. I have been in constant contact with HIS word and I dont feel like I am losing anything by not having this gift. I have been granted other avenues to prosper His word. I dont find myself being insufficient other than not being able to understand how people come to the conclusions they come to. Reason is something the LORD wants us to come to. I too am in the same corner as yourself. Thanks for your lovely words. **SHALOM* |
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