Is Speaking in Tongues still available today?

You cannot even prove me wrong by the Bible which is all I used. You should stop because you only use your opinion when I use the Bible for my proofs.

Kindly take your own advice. and stop

I just want your views backed by Scriptural references on the subject and what it means to you.

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I would prefer a question that would be more insightful.

Did the gifts, ministries, and the fruit of the Holy Spirit, end in the first century?

If so, which gifts, ministries, and fruit, are still active today?

That way we can all know what the truth is.

Tongues is such a small part of the overall spiritual blessing, I don't know why tongues receives
so much attention.

Do people know that someone who translates language is very different from a Supernatural Gift of God (Interpreter)?

1. one is human
2. one is from God

Not even close to being the same.

I don't believe there are many verses that say that speaking in tongues will disappear. Why? Because the people saw it happening, they were living it. They saw tongues save many people, which was its purpose.

But, when the last book of the Bible, Revelation, was written in either 70 or 90
AD, the Bible was finished. It contained everything a Christian needed to live and grow in the Lord. True, there weren't a lot of Bibles around at first. Sometimes they could only hear a scroll of one book in a city or town. So, there probably was a period in which tongues were still operating, while they were dying in other places. Whether that was the first or second century, they were gone, certainly by the time of the first church counsels. Theology was incredibly important, stopping people like Arius, from spreading real heresy. No one was even discussing tongues by 325 AD, the Council of Nicaea.

So it did fade away, and wasn't needed or being used in the church after the early church died out. History, rather than the Bible tells us speaking in tongues died out, until it started again in 1905 at Azusa Street in San Francisco. It spread rapidly, and is a large movement in the world today.

But is it truly a movement of God? I think we need to give each other grace with this issue. I have many charismatic friends. Interestingly, many are now in churches with excellent teaching and theology. That was the reason I left the charismatic movement. I was not being fed. I was reading through the Bible daily. I wasn't hearing what I was reading in the sermons at church. I was hearing Acts 2 over and over. I was seeing people praise God, speak in tongues, and no actual results. No one was growing spiritually, evangelical fervour had died. And there was a huge spirit of pride. About how charismatics and Pentecostals were so much better than the other churches. I heard that from the pulpit, almost ever Sunday. I heard bad hermeneutics, although it took me years before I knew the word and what it meant! I heard bad theology that wasn't in my Bible. I kept reading my Bible, but church was a burden.

I finally left and went to a non-charismatic church. I heard what I was reading in my Bible being preached in the pulpit. And love! There was so much love and caring. I didn't even realise love for one another was missing in charismatic churches. People did so much for me, as I got RA. No one ever helped me once in the large charismatic churches. In the non-charismatic church ladies were bringing me dinners, the pastor and elders were praying for me.

I began to realise that the charismatic movement was a false move of God. I never went back. After 15 years as a charismatic, I knew most of it wasn't true, not based on verses that were from nearly
2000 years ago, not for today.

But this is where the grace must come in. I still have charismatic friends I don't spend my time trying to break their beliefs. There are much more important doctrines to discuss. Same with the charismatic. They don't need to spend all their time convincing some non-charismatic they need to speak in tongues. It's not an essential doctrine. Let us try and love one another, and care for each other. Jesus doesn't want to return to a church speaking in tongues, but has no love, any more than he wants to return to a non-charismatic church that doesn't have love, either.

The Holy Spirit is our Divine Teacher who uses Scripture to bring all God's truth to us. At the same time (1) we are to study the Word diligently and (2) we are to rightly divide the Word of Truth.

"Interpretation of Tongues" (and the other spoken gifts) is essentially identical to "Prophesy", in that the words in the common language are supplied directly to your mind by the Holy Spirit, and all YOU do is speak them as they come.

If the speaker is making ANY PERSONAL CONTRIBUTION to the spoken message, then it's corrupt, and not to be trusted.

As noted, that is just wishful thinking. Each person will give account only for themselves, and what they believed, and taught. Apart from the apostolic period, historically (and broadly) there was no speaking in tongues in Christianity until the early 20th century. So that should tell you something.

I would prefer a question that would be more insightful.

Did the gifts, ministries, and the fruit of the Holy Spirit, end in the first century?

If so, which gifts, ministries, and fruit, are still active today?

That way we can all know what the truth is.

Tongues is such a small part of the overall spiritual blessing, I don't know why tongues receives
so much attention.

If it's faked they can only speak to men and not to God.

You and Bob Carrabio are both wrong. The gifts of the Spirit are real, alive and active today. Those who doubt simply haven't experienced them or witnessed them.

John 20:26-29, "A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.”

Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!”

Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

To Those who have been blessed with speaking in tongues.
Ever done it before a possessed person?
Ever watch the reactions that person makes and the foul responses when it's 100% pure and genuine?
I mean you first come at them in the Name of Jesus/Command in the Name of Jesus and you pray in your native language. I am talking about that severe moment of spiritual warfare when the Holy Spirit emboldens you and you just utter what's suddenly inside you.

Let's just say that there are two camps on this subject and leave it at that. Neither side will change their minds. And relevant Scriptures have been misrepresented and misapplied for a long time. So let's move on rather than have unprofitable discussions.

You have isolated tongues as redundant, are any other gifts redundant?

Also, what does "various kinds of tongues" mean?

As noted, that is just wishful thinking. Each person will give account only for themselves, and what they believed, and taught. Apart from the apostolic period, historically (and broadly) there was no speaking in tongues in Christianity until the early 20th century. So that should tell you something.