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1 | Contradiction with 1 Cor 14:22 and 24 | 1 Cor 14:25 | Morant61 | 122973 | ||
Greetings Rowdy! You wrote: "In other words, miracles must be feats of the supernatural, confirmed so that absolutely no one could possibly deny its coming from God." Yet, people constantly doubted that the miracles performed by Jesus were from God! :-) The phrarisees even accused Him of healing people by the power of Satan. Secondly, how does your interpretation of 'tongues' fit v. 23? The people thought that those speaking in 'tongues' were out of their minds? Why would they think this if they were simply preaching the Gospel in earthly languages? Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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2 | Contradiction with 1 Cor 14:22 and 24 | 1 Cor 14:25 | Rowdy | 122974 | ||
Your first point is yet another good reason why our God saw that it wasn't good for mankind to continue through this miraculous phase of Christianity. As a race of rational human beings, we really don't deal very well with the supernatural or something we don't understand. Just look at all the modern science fiction movies in today's theatres. I don't really have a solid Biblical response to your comment, as you have already quoted from scripture. We can only read and acknowledge its truth. However, on your second point/question, we do have clear Bible guidance. In Acts 2, this jump to conclusions by the public at large is seen. Suffice it to say that people in every age, men and women love to gossip and are quick to sieze anything to promote that tendancy. (My guess is, this thought of "being out of their minds" was coming from those who didn't understand the language being spoken.) My main point here is the fact that there were certain individuals who did understand; otherwise they were strictly instructed by Paul to hush and wait for an interpreter. Finally, I would challenge you and all Forum participants to come up with one single Biblical example of such a person who had miraculous abilities showing his source other than one of the two methods I've cited in my earlier post. For clarity, I'll repeat those sources: the Holy Spirit Himself as in Acts 2 and Acts 10 OR the laying on of hands of the Apostles ONLY. Thanks for participating in this discussion. Awaiting your response and God bless. --Rowdy |
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3 | Contradiction with 1 Cor 14:22 and 24 | 1 Cor 14:25 | Morant61 | 122977 | ||
Greetings Rowdy! Your up and about early my friend! :-) I can't show a source other than the Holy Spirit, because Scripture says that the Holy Spirit is the Giver of all spiritual gifts! :-) 1 Cor. 12:11 - "All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he gives them to each one, just as he determines." Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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4 | Contradiction with 1 Cor 14:22 and 24 | 1 Cor 14:25 | Rowdy | 122982 | ||
So we're in agreement on this point. The Holy Spirit does to this day dispense gifts to us as christians, some more to others but I'm convinced He wants to stay "behind the scene." Thus our faith is built up along with our spiritual maturity as we see the Hand of God and the Holy Spirit in our lives as They guide us through perilous difficulties and help us avoid sin if we let them. Futher, if we're studying God's Word on a regular basis and maintaining a regular prayer life, They will help us identify opportunities for doing good, dispensing acts of kindness and many other good deeds. Hopefully, our daily ocassions of stumbling are less frequent AND less severe. We grow more and more mature and less dependent on God when we can finally say with confidence and much grey hair on our heads, "Lord, take me home." "To die is gain but to keep living is Christ" and whatever Your will is, that I will do. God bless you, dear friend. --Rowdy |
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5 | Contradiction with 1 Cor 14:22 and 24 | 1 Cor 14:25 | Morant61 | 122986 | ||
Greetings Rowdy! The only point I would differ on my friend is that the more mature we get, the more dependent we are upon God! :-) Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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6 | Contradiction with 1 Cor 14:22 and 24 | 1 Cor 14:25 | Rowdy | 122989 | ||
You're correct of course. We do need to see ourselves as dependent on God for sustanance of life, both physically and spiritually. I guess what I was trying to say is that while we're here on earth, as we mature more and more, our priorities line up closer and closer with God's and we realize we don't need God to provide for our physical needs quite as much and we certainly don't need our wants to be filled nearly as much. What a wonderful concept. Unity on such a controversial subject. It truly is a blessing, dear friend. --Rowdy |
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