Subject: Is speaking in tongues for today? |
Bible Note: Greetings Biynah I’m still at a loss of when and where I responded to any of your post other than those I answered as a direct response to what seemed to be an attempt to stir things up a bit. I know how easy it is to get confused to who you might be talking to here, so maybe you thought I was someone else, as your original response to me had no hint of addressing anything I had said in the post you were responding to. If you check the tree, I’m sure you will see that I am correct. If not, please show me where I have erred. Anyway, if you are a true seeker, I would be happy to show you what the Word revealed to me concerning the relevance of tongues being a valid spiritual gift today. Actually, since the Word does not say that any of the spiritual gifts given the church were temporary, the burden of proof would be on you to scripturally prove otherwise. The 1Co 13:8 reference you gave is a good reference that, when taken in context, is strong scriptural evidence that tongues WILL exist until Jesus’s kingdom is complete (1Co 13:10), and will not cease before that. If one insists that 1Co 13:8 is saying that tongues have already ceased, we must also say that knowledge has ceased. Are we living in the last days? The Word says that in the last days that knowledge would increase, not cease (Dan 12:4). The Word says the same thing about prophesies (Acts 2:17). If you wish to defend a “tongues have ceased position” by saying that “when that which is perfect has come”, found in 1Co 13:10, is referring to the completion of the NT, show me anywhere in the Word that the term “face to face”, as found in 1Co 13:12, ever means written words and someone’s face. Also, do you know everything completely, just as God knows you now? (1Co 13:12 ) I sure don’t! In 1Co 1:7 Paul said to the church at Corinth “Now you have every spiritual gift you need as you eagerly wait for the return of our Lord Jesus Christ.” This scripture is clear that they NEEDED all the spiritual gifts they had until Jesus returned. We know for a fact that one of the gifts that Paul said they had and needed was tongues, so it does not make since that Jesus’s church today would not also need that gift, along with the others, until His return. Regardless of whether we ever agree of not, please remember what 1Co 13 is all about. Let’s not get so caught up in ourselves that we forget how we are to act toward one another. Love never fails! retxar |