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NASB | 1 Corinthians 14:5 Now I wish that you all spoke in tongues, but even more that you would prophesy; and greater is one who prophesies than one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets, so that the church may receive edifying. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 14:5 Now I wish that all of you spoke in unknown tongues, but even more [I wish] that you would prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater [and more useful] than the one who speaks in tongues, unless he translates or explains [what he says], so that the church may be edified [instructed, improved, strengthened]. |
Subject: IS TONGUES FOR TODAY? |
Bible Note: Hey, I appreciate your response, but use of paragraphs would make it much easier to follow. You wrote: "In saying that God can be the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit all at the same time and God can correspond with Himself so to speak at the same time as well." It would be more than corresponding with Himself. It would be sending Himself, mediating between us and Himself, interceding for us before Himself, presenting us to Himself as righteous, being on the throne and at the right hand of Himself at the same time, giving His people to Himself, being a object of His own wrath, being the One on the throne giving the book to Himself as the Lamb before the throne in Revelation 5, and on and on and on. If the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are all really Jesus Christ, He sure seems to go a long way to make Himself look like more than one! You wrote: "The Holy Spirit does not pray for us but is rather our interpreter." That is not what Scripture says: "In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words; and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God." --Romans 8:26-27 The Spirit intercedes for the saints, because we DO NOT KNOW how to pray as we should. You wrote: "As for John 1:1-2. What is the Word? The Word is just as it is said ... The Word. It is the Bible, prophecy, God's will, God's perfect plan. Lets look at this in Scripture." Let's. By replacing the word "Word" with "the Bible, prophecy, God's will, God's perfect plan," let's see where that gets us: "In the beginning was [the Bible, prophecy, God's will, God's perfect plan], and [the Bible, prophecy, God's will, God's perfect plan] was with God, and [the Bible, prophecy, God's will, God's perfect plan] was God." The Bible was God? Prophecy was God? God's plan was God? "[The Bible, prophecy, God's will, God's perfect plan] was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through [the Bible, prophecy, God's will, God's perfect plan], and apart from [the Bible, prophecy, God's will, God's perfect plan] nothing came into being that has come into being. The universe did not come into existence apart from the Bible and prophecy? "In [the Bible, prophecy, God's will, God's perfect plan] was life, and the life was the Light of men." So [the Bible, prophecy, God's will, God's perfect plan] is the Word, and now we must conclude that it is the life and the Light of men. So let's take this further. "[The Bible, prophecy, God's will, God's perfect plan] came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him. But as many as received [the Bible, prophecy, God's will, God's perfect plan], to them [the Bible, prophecy, God's will, God's perfect plan] gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God." Seems pretty unlikely. This is the clincher: "And [the Bible, prophecy, God's will, God's perfect plan] became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. John testified about [the Bible, prophecy, God's will, God's perfect plan] and cried out, saying, "This was He of whom I said, '[the Bible, prophecy, God's will, God's perfect plan] who comes after me has a higher rank than I, for He existed before me.'" Does this really make sense to you? All of John 1 is talking about the Word, Jesus Christ, who was with God in the beginning and at the same time was God. There is no other logical understanding of this chapter. --Joe! |