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NASB | 1 Corinthians 14:22 So then tongues are for a sign, not to those who believe but to unbelievers; but prophecy is for a sign, not to unbelievers but to those who believe. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 14:22 Therefore, [unknown] tongues are [meant] for a [supernatural] sign, not to believers but to unbelievers [who might be receptive]; while prophecy [foretelling the future, speaking a new message from God to the people] is not for unbelievers but for believers. |
Subject: who should speak in tounges? |
Bible Note: You wrote, "I know there are lots of people on this forum that don't believe in the gifts and say the(y) ceased But I don't think they say in now-a-days they come from Satan." Are those people who say, "the gifts have ceased", true Christians, in your opinion? If so, who has the proper understanding of God's word? Tongues must either exist or not exist, both positions can not be true. Do you think that those in the body of Christ can serve God following different paths? Does their understanding of God's master plan need to be the same on all points or only a few? Is understanding God's word even necessary? Ps 49:20-50:1 20Man in his pomp, yet without understanding, Is like the beasts that perish. NAS Man without understanding will spiritually die. Hos 4:6 6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from being My priest. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children. NAS Even God's priests, who once knew the commandments of God, but had rejected them, perished. Hos 6:6 6For I delight in loyalty rather than sacrifice, And in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings. NAS Loyalty to God is more important than sacrifice and knowledge of God more important than offerings. Does not Jesus confirm this? Mark 12:32-33 33and to love Him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as himself, is much more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices. NAS Is loving (obeying) God with ALL understanding a prerequisite to Christianity or will partial understanding do? Would you rather rest on partial or full; now or later? If you believe you are secure in Christ, then you must believe those who do not understand God, are not. Or does it not matter how we worship God? AO |