Bible Question: do u think that a oerson has 2 speak in tounges 2 have the holyspirit? |
Bible Answer: No! This teaching is a false. We are promised the Holy Spirit will abide with us when we accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Master and accept our salvation through Him. The Holy Spirit is given to guide and teach us. He is our comforter. However as we see in Acts 1:8 He will also empower us to witness. Many times that empowerment carries with it signs and wonders that are visual display to the unbeliever that what we are witnessing to is from God. At times those signs and wonders have been misused and abused but that indicts the abuser not the signs and wonders. Many will quote 1 Cor. 13:8 where it says tonues will pass away but it conditions it on when the perfect comes. However there is no definition of "the perfect". Some will say that is the gospel and it may be then tongues should have ceased but they haven't. I personally believe "the perfect" is the second coming of Christ when we recieve our immortal bodies. Then there will be no need of tongues since we will all speak in a heavenly language. EdB |