Praying in Tongues
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Ever ask yourself..........why you?
Other than Paul, is there another apostle who spoke in tongues?
Why not some of the great leaders God has sent us to preach His truth?
The oldest writers had heard of it, but was not a 'gift' to them
Most of the oldest writers said it had ceased
POINT: ALL the sign gifts were given to the JEWS as a sign to the Jews who expected signs and miracles as they always had, and as God had communicated with them in history.
There is no excuse for mindless babble.
AND I know of NO charismatic church that follows the these rules laid out by Paul for use of "tongues"........DO YOU?
Other than Paul, is there another apostle who spoke in tongues?
Why not some of the great leaders God has sent us to preach His truth?
The oldest writers had heard of it, but was not a 'gift' to them
Most of the oldest writers said it had ceased
POINT: ALL the sign gifts were given to the JEWS as a sign to the Jews who expected signs and miracles as they always had, and as God had communicated with them in history.
There is no excuse for mindless babble.
AND I know of NO charismatic church that follows the these rules laid out by Paul for use of "tongues"........DO YOU?
- The value of tongues was in their being understood (1 Corinthians 14.6-20).
- Tongues were a sign for unbelievers not believers (1 Corinthians 14.21-22).
- Uncontrolled speaking in tongues would lead an unbeliever to conclude madmen comprised the church (1 Corinthians 14.23).
- No more than two or three were to speak in tongues (1 Corinthians 14.27).
- No one should speak in tongues unless someone was present to interpret what was said (1 Corinthians 14.28).
- Women were forbidden to speak in tongues (1 Corinthians 14.34).
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You seem awful verbose for one who is supposed to be silent 
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For the same reasons not everyone gets healing and not everyone gets wisdom et al....
1. God says He spreads His gifts around the whole body, each having their own place and function
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2. (and I can't stress this enough...) Because I believe what God says and made myself available to Him.
1. God says He spreads His gifts around the whole body, each having their own place and function
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2. (and I can't stress this enough...) Because I believe what God says and made myself available to Him.
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Ever ask yourself, "Why not me?"
Most... as in a significant majority? Um, no. That has been adequately disproven already.
Corinth isn't in Judea.
Numbers 1, 2 and 3 aren't "rules". 1 and 3 are principles. 2 is simply a statement.
Number 6 isn't in Scripture. While the context is speaking in tongues, Scripture does not actually state that women are forbidden to speak in tongues.
Most... as in a significant majority? Um, no. That has been adequately disproven already.
Corinth isn't in Judea.
Numbers 1, 2 and 3 aren't "rules". 1 and 3 are principles. 2 is simply a statement.
Number 6 isn't in Scripture. While the context is speaking in tongues, Scripture does not actually state that women are forbidden to speak in tongues.
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Evidence?
Here's mine that he wasn't (all verses from Acts 10, NIV, sourced from BibleGateway.com):
1 At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was known as the Italian Regiment. Italy wasn't Jewish.
25-26 As Peter entered the house, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet in reverence. But Peter made him get up. “Stand up,” he said, “I am only a man myself.” It is highly unlikely that a Jew would bow down to a mere man. A half-Jew would know that much.
And the trump card...
27-28 While talking with him, Peter went inside and found a large gathering of people. 28 He said to them: “You are well aware that it is against our law for a Jew to associate with or visit a Gentile.
Here's mine that he wasn't (all verses from Acts 10, NIV, sourced from BibleGateway.com):
1 At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was known as the Italian Regiment. Italy wasn't Jewish.
25-26 As Peter entered the house, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet in reverence. But Peter made him get up. “Stand up,” he said, “I am only a man myself.” It is highly unlikely that a Jew would bow down to a mere man. A half-Jew would know that much.
And the trump card...
27-28 While talking with him, Peter went inside and found a large gathering of people. 28 He said to them: “You are well aware that it is against our law for a Jew to associate with or visit a Gentile.
And therein is the problem ... assumptions based upon no information. I am not a charismatic. I think what goes on in most of those churches today is PRECISELY why Paul wrote 1 Cor 14. Yet, unlike the cessationists who also group together, I didn't throw the baby out with the bathwater. See, along with tongues, God gifted me with discernment as well. Another gift that has apparently ceased for a lot of you.
Cornelius was a convert.....from what to what? Judiasm to Christianity? That was what I saw, Cornelius being a man of good report among the Jews. That he converted is obvious, He became a believer in Messiah. Don't you suppose that Cornelius spoke in his native Roman tongue? I don't think either of us can hang our hats on ONE instance that is vague.
