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NASB | 1 Corinthians 12:30 All do not have gifts of healings, do they? All do not speak with tongues, do they? All do not interpret, do they? |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 12:30 Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret? |
Subject: Do holy people have to speak in tongues? |
Bible Note: Reformer Joe I’m responding to this paragraph not to cause conflict or start an argument but just to provide food for thought. “The over-emphasis on tongues by most in the Charismatic/Pentecostal movements is an insult to those whom God has used in a mighty way to preserve His church who never spoke in a tongue (Augustine, Luther, Calvin, Edwards, etc.). But I suppose that you, Ezekiel, know something that these men of God apparently missed, something that made them ineffective and not led truly led by the Spirit of God.” Joe I agree the over emphasis of manifestations by Pentecostals can be a bad thing, especially when seeking manifestations becomes more important than seeking God. But to say it is an insult to these men I think may be talking a little presumptuously. Do you know if any of these men taught against talking/praying in tongues? To the best of my knowledge none did. I think Luther and Edwards cautioned on excesses in dealing with these areas but I don’t recall either speaking directly against them. Did any of these men talk/prayed in tongues? To the best of my knowledge Augustine may have, the proof is inconclusive, as for the others we don’t know. I know of many men/pastors from non Pentecostal religions that talk and pray in tongues regularly. I personally know and have prayed with a Methodist and a Lutheran pastor both of which spoke in tongues. They saw it as gift from God to edify them and they used it as such. In another thread I have related a story on speaking in tongues that happened to a Nazarene Pastor. I have a close friend who is a tongue talking Episcopalian pastor also I have shared in other threads my friendship that I have with a Greek Orthodox priest that talks and prays in tongues, so the truth is we don’t know who has and moves in the gifts and who doesn’t. Again I submit this as food for thought. EdB |