i posted that you were off topic....that cars (a luxury in many cases) are not promised and are NOT SPIRITUAL GIFTS.
we may ask and receive, but there's no promise of luxury or even enough to eat every single day.
people who claim to have the supernatural gifts the Apostles had should maybe be posting testimonies like this one:
2 Corinthians 11
But whatever anyone else dares to boast of—I am speaking as a fool—I also dare to boast of that. 22Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they offspring of Abraham? So am I. 23Are they servants of Christ? I am a better one—I am talking like a madman—with far greater labors, far more imprisonments, with countless beatings, and often near death. 24Five times I received at the hands of the Jews the forty lashes less one. 25Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I was adrift at sea; 26on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from robbers, danger from my own people, danger from Gentiles, danger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger at sea, danger from false brothers; 27in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, in hunger and thirst, often without food,a in cold and exposure. 28And, apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxiety for all the churches.
2 Corinthians 11
But whatever anyone else dares to boast of—I am speaking as a fool—I also dare to boast of that. 22Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they offspring of Abraham? So am I. 23Are they servants of Christ? I am a better one—I am talking like a madman—with far greater labors, far more imprisonments, with countless beatings, and often near death. 24Five times I received at the hands of the Jews the forty lashes less one. 25Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I was adrift at sea; 26on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from robbers, danger from my own people, danger from Gentiles, danger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger at sea, danger from false brothers; 27in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, in hunger and thirst, often without food,a in cold and exposure. 28And, apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxiety for all the churches.
the trouble is....you think i dont know my audience as you call it - but i do
the subject is:
Re: Churches that Don't Allow Tongues and Prophecy in Meetings disobey Bible
Re: Churches that Don't Allow Tongues and Prophecy in Meetings disobey Bible
you can do all those things if you want to.
but you are still not addressing the subject head-on when challenged for proof that:
Re: Churches that Don't Allow Tongues and Prophecy in Meetings disobey Bible
but you are still not addressing the subject head-on when challenged for proof that:
Re: Churches that Don't Allow Tongues and Prophecy in Meetings disobey Bible
Do you believe I Corinthians is genuinely inspired by God or not? If it is, then the statement has already been proved. The OP contained the verses that proved it. Paul wrote to the Corinthians and all who call upon the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, in the context of what to do in church meetings. He COMMANDED regarding psalms, teaching, tongues, revelation, and interpretation, let all things be done unto edifying. That is a command. The passage also gives commands regarding speaking in tongues. It also commands to let the prophets speak two or three.
Then, Paul indicates the practices are universal when he asks the Corinthians if they were the only ones who heard the word or were the only ones to which it came. Then he specifies that the commandments in the passage are commandments of the Lord. Then he tells them if anyone is ignorant, let them be ignorant, showing that this is a section started with the comment in chapter 12, now concerning spiritual gifts, I do not want you to be ignorant.
Then he COMMANDS believers to covet to prophesy, and to forbid not to speak with tongues.
since you are unable to understand what ANYONE today is saying in so-called tongues
so whenever you are ready - we keep asking for someone with the real gift of languages - tongues - to post themselves practicing it - then an independent interpreter to tell us what was said.
God doesn't promise us gold Mercedes. And He doesn't promise us that someone will be able to understand speaking in tongues in their own language. If no one does, that is no excuse to disobey the commandments of the Lord for speaking in tongues and prophesying in church.
on top of that - we need to know that the interpreter isn't lying.
Paul doesn't say anything about the interpreter lying. In chapter 12, he lists divers tongues and interpretation of tongues among manifestations of the Spirit. In chapter 14, he gives instructions about allowing these gifts to operate. If you believe chapter 12, then doing chapter 14 isn't that big of a leap. If you don't believe chapter 12, then it's to do chapter 14. But unbelief doesn't justify disobedience.
By the way, if you confess your faith in Jesus Christ, how do we know you aren't lying? If we are supposed to test everything, how do we test and see that you aren't lying?
When Paul baptized a new convert, say Lyddia or the Philippian jailer, do you think he refused to baptized such people because they might be lying when they confessed their faith?
how can we test these things....as was asked in the post you replied to - but didnt answer: