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1 | Speaking In Tounges | 1 Cor 14:13 | chris moyler | 183240 | ||
Dear GenerationBetrayed, It seems to me that the problem here is that when one christian has an experience of God or a revelation of Him that is new to them, then they can easily attempt to force this understanding or experience on others. This is not the spirit of our dear Lord. James 3:17 captures perfectly what the character of th Lord is really like. Please read it in several different translations. As a young believer I was seriously damaged by those leaders who tried to force their understanding of God onto me, rather than give me time to receive the understanding from the Holy Spirit that I needed. The Lord can and does corner us in quite a forceful way from time to time, but only as a parent, and only when he has a really important point to make to us. The rest of the time I believe that He wants us to explore and discover Him without feeling forced or pressured. I have used the gift of tongues for 30 years now and have found it to be a really useful and important gift in growing to love the Lord, but I would never attempt to force it on anybody, and would certainly NEVER in any way try to make someone feel that they were in some way less of a christian because they hadn't received this gift. God bless you in your exploring! |
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2 | Speaking In Tounges | 1 Cor 14:13 | TheCurtMan000 | 183241 | ||
I remember my first experience with speaking in tongues. I was invited to a church by a friend. I went. At the end of the service the Pastor said that if anyone wasn't satisfied with their relationship with God, to come forward. Being less than perfect and knowing it, I went forward. We were all taken in the back. It was maybe six or eight of us. The Pastor then requested that we start speaking in tongues. I'm thinking to myself, “Dude must be crazy”. He patiently went through all the other people, taking his time and telling them to just say the first thing that came to mind. And he stayed on them until they got it right. Then it was my turn. Now I had three major problems besides being totally pressured. 1.) I did not have the gift of tongues. 2.) I never professed to have the gift of tongues. And 3.) My feet wasn't moving. I didn't know what to do. My head said, “leave”, my feet wasn't moving, and this guy was standing over me waiting. So, I faked the entire show. I ran a bunch of unintelligent words together, and spoke them as fast as I could. The Pastor smiled and said, “Good”. Now this had to be the most uncool thing that I've ever did. I didn't take lying in God's house likely. I explained all this to my pastor. And he explained to me that the gift of tongues was nolonger necessary for today. He took me to Hebrews 1:1-2 that says, “God, who at sundry times and in divers mannes spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, 2) Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son....” He said there was times when God spoke to man many different ways; dreams, visions, the gift of tongues so forth and so on. But today he said, all that God had to say to man, he has said through Jesus Christ. I hold true to that belief today. Since then I've encounter goo-gobs of people who speaks in tongues and there are two things I've always pondered over. 1.) An Interperter. Millions of people profess to the Spiritual Gift of Speaking in Tongues, but no one seem to Profess to the Spiritual Gift of Interpertation, at least no one that I know of, (maybe I need to broaden my circle of friends). The second thing that I've found curious is the Lack of Understanding. Personally, when I approach God the Father in prayer, I like to know what it is that I'm saying, or agreeing to. Anything less I would find totally disturbing. I do not profess to; speaking in Tongues, perfection, or even knowing everything. I do confess to being curious over this matter espicially when the word of God tends to specify them. |
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