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1 | Do holy people have to speak in tongues? | 1 Cor 12:30 | Searcher56 | 28693 | ||
Scripture ... Luke 24:49; John 20:22; Acts 1:4-5 ... ezekiel, Please support what you said Scriptually. You said, "It is truly Joy Unspeakable and Full of Glory and it is a Free gift from God. Why would we not want to recieve it when the Holy Gives you power to witness change your life style guide you in your life." Please support this Scriptually. What about the other gifts He gives? Doesn't this happen when we become Christians, not when we use our gifts? You said, "Asking God for His gift." Please support this Scriptually when it refers to anything thing else but the gift of eternal life. Do you ask for a certain gift from someone who is very powerful? Then you are rude. You said, "We should always expect speaking in tongues when someone receives the Holy Spirit." Please support this Scriptually. Did the 3,000, those later, the eunuch (Acts 2:41,47; 4:31; 8:36) speak in tongues? There are other examples in Acts. You said, "Spirit baptism produces tongues as the initial sign." Please support this Scriptually. Did Paul speak in tongues "as the initial sign" (Acts 9:5-19)? You said, "What is the status of a person who repents and is bap-tized, thereby receiving remission of sins, but does not receive the Holy Spirit? He cannot be condemned for sins that are remitted, yet he cannot enter the kingdom of God without the birth of the Spirit and the holiness imparted by the Holy Spirit." Please support this Scriptually. 1) Why must one repent and be baptized for receiving remission of sins? 2) How can one who has receivied the remission of sins not enter enter the kingdom of God? You said, "Jesus has commanded him to be baptized with the Spirit, and for Jesus to be complete Lord of his life he must obey (Luke 24:49; John 20:22; Acts 1:4-5)." -Luke 24:49 is the comand to wait for the promise of the Father. -John 20:22 is where the 11 received the Holy Spirit. Or were they waiting for Him? -Acts 1:4-5 is a another account of Luke 24:49, which happened after John 20:22. They were promised to be baptized with the Holy Spirit. They were never commanded to be baptized with the Holy Spirit. Please support what you said with other Scriptures. Now for other questions ... -Did you know that Satan has copied this gift? -When you "speak in tongues" is it in public? If so, does someone interpert? -When you "speak in tongues" is it in private? Please support this Scriptually, that God gave this gift to be used in private. Searcher |
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2 | Do holy people have to speak in tongues? | 1 Cor 12:30 | algumwood | 29364 | ||
All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them. Acts 2:4 When Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied." Acts 19:6 There he found some disciples and asked them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" They answered, "No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit." acts 19:2 I would like every one of you to speak in tongues, but I would rather have you prophesy. He who prophesies is greater than one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets, so that the church may be edified. 1 corin. 14:5 (this also indicates that there are times for tongues without an interpreter, just not for public meetings) I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you. 1 corin. 14:18 Therefore, my brothers, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues. 1 corin. 14:39 now, where did you pick up the idea that it is rude to ask God for anything? what about "ask and it will be given to you...," "you have not because you ask not..," "which of you fathers, if your son asks for bread, would give him a stone..." The persistent widow, etc... those are just a few of the multitude of scriptures that are clear that God WANTS us to ask of Him. true, there is nowhere in the Bible which states, "if you are filled with the Spirit you will speak in tongues." however, i think it is worth noting the recurring pattern we see of "AND" (see acts 2:4, 19:6 - there are more) tongues "usually" accompanied being filled by the spirit. also, not every believer automatically receives the Holy Spirit (acts 19:2) it is possible to be a believer and follower of Christ and not have received His Spirit. there is no clear evidence in the Bible to support that the giving and receiving of the gifts of the Spirit ceased. (and yes, like with all gifts, it must not only be "given" by God, but also "received" by the person). we must not allow our experience to shape our theology more than what is written in the Word. the Word does not adjust - we do. |
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3 | Do holy people have to speak in tongues? | 1 Cor 12:30 | Hank | 29372 | ||
algumwood: If you are going to exegete on speaking in tongues, I suggest you go back to the text, look at the context, and get it right. If you will read the verses following Acts 2:4, you will see that the "speaking in tongues" is talking about speaking in foreign languages and that's all it's talking about. Citing Acts 19:2 you say "not every believer automatically receives the Holy Spirit. It is possible to be a believer and follower of Christ and not have received His Spirit." This is NOT what Scripture teaches! Proof: Regarding Acts 19:2 -- "The question reflects Pauls uncertainty about their spiritual status. Since all Christians receive the Holy Spirit at the moment of salvation (Rom.8:9; 1 Cor.12:13), their answer revealed they were not yet fully Christians. They had not yet received Christian baptism (having been baptized only into John's baptism) which further evidenced that they were not Christians (see Acts 2:38)" Extracted from MacArthur Study Bible. Every Bible teacher worthy of the name stresses the folly of taking verses of Scripure out of their normal, natural context and building doctrines around these isolated verses. --Hank | ||||||