NO IT IS NOT. When the APOSTLES DID IT, TONGUES were Earthly Languages from every part of the KNOW WORLD, where JEWS had Migrated. They were UNBELIEVING JEWS, and Heard in their native Dialect, the Mighty Works of GOD. How do I know those specific rules are the ONLY TYPE OF TONGUES that are REAL?
Malachi 3:6 (ESV)
6
“For I the LORD do not change;
therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed.
The Ecstatic Gibberish is NOT AN EARTHY LANGUAGE.
It is NOT SPOKEN TO UNBELIEVERS of ISRAEL.
It is NOT To Validate NEW WORDS, the became our NEW TESTAMENT.
It is NOT to EDIFY OTHERS, IT IS TO EDIFY SELF, WHICH IS FORBIDDEN.
Acts 2:5-16 (ESV)
5 Now
there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven.
6 And at this sound the multitude came together, and
they were bewildered, because each one was hearing them speak in his own language.
7 And
they were amazed and astonished,
[because Galileans were known to have a strong accent, and they could not detect it,]
saying, “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans?
8 And
how is it that we hear, each of us in his own native language?
9 Parthians and Medes and Elamites and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,
10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome,
11 both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabians—
we hear them telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God.”
12 And all were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, “What does this mean?”
13 But others mocking said, “They are filled with new wine.”
14 But
Peter, standing with the eleven,
[only the eleven APOSTLES spoke in GENUINE TONGUES,]
lifted up his voice and addressed them: “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give ear to my words.
15 For these people are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day.
16 But
this is what was uttered through the prophet Joel:
1 Corinthians 14:21-22 (ASV)
21
In the law it is written,
By men of strange tongues [.the ELEVEN APOSTLES,] and by the lips of strangers
will I speak unto this people [.ISRAEL]; and not even thus will they hear me, saith the Lord.
22
Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to the unbelieving: but prophesying
is for a sign, not to the unbelieving, but to them that believe.
Mark 16:20 (ASV)
20
And they went forth, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word by the signs that followed. Amen.
1 Corinthians 10:23-24 (ASV)
All things are lawful; but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful;
but not all things edify.
Let no man seek his own [edification], but
each his neighbor's
good.
1 Corinthians 14:4 (ASV)
4
He that speaketh in a tongue edifieth himself;
but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.
Paul gave a CLEAR MESSAGE that NO ONE WAS TO EDIFIETH HIMSELF, but the Pentecostal and Charismatic Churches never paid attention to what PAUL said less than for chapter earlier. A letter with NO VERSE NUMBERS INCLUDED. Paul wrote 1 Corinthians to Straighten out SEVERAL PROBLEMS IN CORINTH, including Abuse of
tongues. INCLUDING:
1 Corinthians 12:2-3 (ESV)
2 You know that when you were pagans you were led astray to mute idols, however you were led.
3 Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says
“Jesus is accursed!” and no one can say “Jesus is Lord” except in the Holy Spirit.
That is obvious that someone who had learned to speak in
tongues in the worship of one of the Mystery Religions, such as APOLLO, thought he could that, and out came the Curse which the speaker could not understand, but THANKFULLY some one in the Congregation understood that LANGUAGE. So one of the Elders wrote to Paul that he needed to straighten the MESS out.
This is a map of the City Center in Corinth, which was destroyed in November 856, an
earthquake in
Corinth killed an estimated 45,000, and it was never rebuilt. The Church at Corinth was meeting at the home of a Jewish Believer who was still worshiping at the Synagogue of the Hebrews. Paul was staying with the home owner, and Taught at the Synagogue for some time, before they got kicked the out of the Synagogue. See the Bema, upper left Corner; they think that is where Paul continued to teach after they got kicked out of the Synagogue. I have seen other maps that were 180 degrees the other way, so I do not know which is right. The Synagogue of the Hebrews, was a mystery until a few years ago. Corinth was destroyed by an earthquake and never rebuilt. An Archaeologist found a flat stone on the Lechaion Way, one of the main Streets that lead into the City Center, about where the dot for the Lechaion Way is. Apparently, he is the FIRST person that Every turned that stone over since the Destruction of Corinth in the massive earthquake in 856. To his amazement, it was a sign that said
Synagogue of the Hebrews. That pinpoints where the Church met when it first started. Synagogue of the Hebrews is the building with line running across the roof, labeling Lechaion Way. And the smaller house next door just to the south, was where on Paul stayed while a small congregation met their as home Church.
Acts 18:7 (HCSB)
7 So he left there and went to the house of a man named Titius Justus, a worshiper of God, whose house was next door to the synagogue.