Subject: define speaking in tongues. |
Bible Note: Negative. Paul clearly said that tongues would cease when it is made perfect. He was talking about the gospel being made perfect by its completion. I will never accept anymore prophecy then what was already given in the bible. Don't tell me that speaking gibberish is from God. Nowhere in the bible did any of the apostle speak gibberish, when they spoke, everybody understood. Read it, and understand: 1 Corinthians 13:8-11 8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. 9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. 10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. 11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. The gospel is perfect and complete. Meaning, no more revelations or prophecies are to come to us. The bible is finished. Speaking in tongues was done so that the apostles could reach everyone. Read verse 11 again! 11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. Why would Paul have said that? He said it in context to the fact that tongues would cease. NO NEW REVELATIONS WILL BE GIVEN TO US. WE HAVE THE BIBLE, THE COMPLETE WORD OF GOD THAT WHICH IS PERFECT. |