Benefits of Speaking, Praying, and Singing in Tongues

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miknik5

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Dividing to every man, (even severally) as HE wills

that means that some may have more than one gift but no it does not mean that all will have all manifestations of all the gifts

It's HIS choice and HE gives as HE chooses because HE is LORD over HIS BODY
 
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Dividing to every man, (even severally) as HE wills

that means that some may have more than one gift but no it does not mean that all will have all manifestations of all the gifts

It's HIS choice and HE gives as HE chooses because HE is LORD over HIS BODY
No it means he will use whoever he wills and however he wills.
 

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If what you say is true, then how do account for Acts 19.1-6 and the 12 disciples.

Paul was speaking, listening and conversing with with those men in the same human language yet when he laid hands on them they prophesied and spoke in tongues.

If your doctrine is true, then that verse would prove to be a lie.

Why? Because Paul and the men were already talking in a human language Paul and the other men knew and understood, and nobody but Paul, Luke and the 12 men were around, so there was no need for the 12 to be speaking a different human language to anyone else. Yet when the Holy Spirit came upon the 12 they prophesied and spoke in tongues.

I am sure, as a cessastionist , you have a carnal answer this, but the fact remains, something else was going on here and Acts 19.1-6 refutes your human language theory.
Your zeal is clouding your ability to see what the scriptures are teaching. Acts 19 is simply men who heard Johns gospel of repentance preached in preparation for the coming of Messiah. Paul simply gave them the rest of the story whereupon they were saved by the gospel of Jesus Christ and born again. The baptism of the Holy Spirit accompanies the new birth and they evidenced this by speaking in tongues. This was evident that the Jews would know they were now of the same belief as the apostles and the disciples from Jerusalem.

Pentecost was a filling of the Holy Spirit and the tongues were spoken being heard in the ears of those present in their own native languages. I have met no one in the Pentecostal nor charismatic churches that claim to evidence the same tongues as seen at Pentecost.

The witness of tongues in the modern church is nothing like Pentecost and there is no good evidence of the tongues spoken elsewhere in the NT. What was said is omitted. What it sounded like is omitted.

For the cause of Christ
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Is the church restricted to a structural building sir?
no its not everyone r born of HIS SPIRIT are baptized by ONE BAPTISM and ONE SPIRIT and yes into ONE LORD who gives to those who are of and in ONE BODY as HE purposes

and Paul's letters were addressed ONLY to those in THE BODY
And THAT ONE BODY is not a structural church at all but HIS BODY led by HIS SPIRIT

Not all in the ONE BODY have the same gifts
and there is not a second baptism or a second outpouring of THE HOLY SPIRIT


we all drank of ONE SPIRIT and HE will give gifts as HE chooses
Ok I forgot you are a TULIP, bye
 
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Your zeal is clouding your ability to see what the scriptures are teaching. Acts 19 is simply men who heard Johns gospel of repentance preached in preparation for the coming of Messiah. Paul simply gave them the rest of the story whereupon they were saved by the gospel of Jesus Christ and born again. The baptism of the Holy Spirit accompanies the new birth and they evidenced this by speaking in tongues. This was evident that the Jews would know they were now of the same belief as the apostles and the disciples from Jerusalem.

Pentecost was a filling of the Holy Spirit and the tongues were spoken being heard in the ears of those present in their own native languages. I have met no one in the Pentecostal nor charismatic churches that claim to evidence the same tongues as seen at Pentecost.

The witness of tongues in the modern church is nothing like Pentecost and there is no good evidence of the tongues spoken elsewhere in the NT. What was said is omitted. What it sounded like is omitted.

For the cause of Christ
Roger
thanks! we disagree have a nice day
 

miknik5

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Ok I forgot you are a TULIP, bye
I don't even know what that is

im a CHRISTian
I bear HIS NAME as a witness to HIM
That is what I am
and that is what HE has called HIS DISCIPLES who bear HIS NAME to do

testify of HIM

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I was involved with the Assemblies of God and personally apologize for anyone telling you that you were not a real Christian
I went to one of those churches back in the day and they never taught that one was not a Christian is they did not speak in tongues... they just said it was important and it is.

If you don't mind not having the Holy Spirit pray the perfect will of God thru you, and you don't mind the devil being able to understand everything you pray... then go without.


Pentecost was a filling of the Holy Spirit and the tongues were spoken being heard in the ears of those present in their own native languages. I have met no one in the Pentecostal nor charismatic churches that claim to evidence the same tongues as seen at Pentecost.
That's just one manifestation of numerous types of tongues... get with the program man!



there is no good evidence of the tongues spoken elsewhere in the NT
This statement just proves you don't know your Bible very well...
 
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I went to one of those churches back in the day and they never taught that one was not a Christian is they did not speak in tongues... they just said it was important and it is.

If you don't mind not having the Holy Spirit pray the perfect will of God thru you, and you don't mind the devil being able to understand everything you pray... then go without.
What is the book, chapter and verse that states the Devil can hear you pray?

That makes him omnipresent & omniscient and he is not.
 
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Well this is something new, so people pray in tongues so that the devil does not understand the prayer.

Is there a scripture for that?

Reminds me of people who used to wear amulets tucked in their clothes to protect them from evil spirits.

Is there a scripture for that too?






I went to one of those churches back in the day and they never taught that one was not a Christian is they did not speak in tongues... they just said it was important and it is.

If you don't mind not having the Holy Spirit pray the perfect will of God thru you, and you don't mind the devil being able to understand everything you pray... then go without.




That's just one manifestation of numerous types of tongues... get with the program man!





This statement just proves you don't know your Bible very well...
 

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WHY THE DEVIL DOESN'T UNDERSTAND TONGUES!
Paul says in 1 Corinthians 2:14,
"But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned." This lack of discernment or comprehension would apply even more to the devil. It must drive him mushuggah (nuts)!

When you speak in tongues you speak TO GOD in a "mystery." In 1 Corinthians 14:2, For he who speaks in a tongue does not SPEAK TO men but to GOD, for NO ONE UNDERSTANDS HIM (including the devil) however, in the spirit he speaks MYSTERIES."
1 Corinthians 2:7-12 says, "But we speak the wisdom of God in a MYSTERY the HIDDEN WISDOM which God ordained before the ages for our glory, which NONE of the RULERS (including the devil) of this age KNEW; ...For what man knows the things of a man EXCEPT THE SPIRIT OF THE MAN which is in him? Even so NO ONE KNOWS the things of God EXCEPT the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God."
Mystery in Greek is "bathos." It also means "deep." It means it cannot be judged or discerned outside the spirit of man. God only reveals mysteries to our spirit.

Sid Roth
 

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Well this is something new, so people pray in tongues so that the devil does not understand the prayer.

Is there a scripture for that?

Reminds me of people who used to wear amulets tucked in their clothes to protect them from evil spirits.

Is there a scripture for that too?
No scripture, only Suggestionen.
 
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What is the book, chapter and verse that states the Devil can hear you pray?

That makes him omnipresent & omniscient and he is not.
I'm not even omnipresent & omniscient and when I hear people speakie the language I speak (broken English)... I can understand what they are saying so we know the devil can to.

The devil was able to understand what Jesus was saying during his attempts to temp Jesus so he can understand what you and I are saying which does not require him to be omnipresent & omniscient.

And, it most likely isn't satan himself standing there listening to us... it's one of his minions who seek to act against us in any way they can so if they can hear what we say, that gives them a heads up on what we are doing.




Well this is something new, so people pray in tongues so that the devil does not understand the prayer.

Is there a scripture for that?
Why, yes... yes there is:

Paul says in 1 Corinthians 2:14, "But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned." This lack of discernment or comprehension would apply even more to the devil. When you speak in tongues you speak TO GOD in a "mystery." In 1 Corinthians 14:2, For he who speaks in a tongue does not SPEAK TO men but to GOD, for NO ONE UNDERSTANDS HIM (including the devil) however, in the spirit he speaks MYSTERIES."

1 Corinthians 2:7-12 says, "But we speak the wisdom of God in a MYSTERY the HIDDEN WISDOM which God ordained before the ages for our glory, which NONE of the RULERS (including the devil) of this age KNEW; ...For what man knows the things of a man EXCEPT THE SPIRIT OF THE MAN which is in him? Even so NO ONE KNOWS the things of God EXCEPT the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God."

Mystery in Greek is "bathos." It also means "deep." It means it cannot be judged or discerned outside the spirit of man. God only reveals mysteries to our spirit.



Reminds me of people who used to wear amulets tucked in their clothes to protect them from evil spirits.
Is there a scripture for that too?

Not sure, but there is scripture for stupidity!




No scripture, only Suggestionen
And. there's one demonstration of ignorance... ignorance as in choosing to not beloeve what God's Word says!
 
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I'm not even omnipresent & omniscient and when I hear people speakie the language I speak (broken English)... I can understand what they are saying so we know the devil can to.

The devil was able to understand what Jesus was saying during his attempts to temp Jesus so he can understand what you and I are saying which does not require him to be omnipresent & omniscient.

And, it most likely isn't satan himself standing there listening to us... it's one of his minions who seek to act against us in any way they can so if they can hear what we say, that gives them a heads up on what we are doing.
IOW it is your personal opinion that he can hear. Ya know The devil and his minions are like God, you have to be near him for him to hear you.

What a load of malarkey...I mean really man, this is pure foolishness.
 
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you have to be near him for him to hear you
That's what I said nutjob!

Go read the account of the devil tempting Jesus... he's very capable of hearing what people say.
 
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That's what I said nutjob!

Go read the account of the devil tempting Jesus... he's very capable of hearing what people say.
Most of what you post seems to follow the line of Finis Dake
 
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I don't know or care who that is... all I'm saying is devils can understand your speech and no they are not omniscient

We know they understand men's languages since he spoke with Jesus while trying to tempt Him.

When I speak with my Father in the Heavenly language of the Holy Spirit... satan don't know jack!
 
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You really believe these scriptures support the use of tongues so that the devil does not know what is said in prayer?

Wow, that is some very strange misapplications of these scriptures!!




Paul says in 1 Corinthians 2:14, "But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned." This lack of discernment or comprehension would apply even more to the devil. When you speak in tongues you speak TO GOD in a "mystery." In 1 Corinthians 14:2, For he who speaks in a tongue does not SPEAK TO men but to GOD, for NO ONE UNDERSTANDS HIM (including the devil) however, in the spirit he speaks MYSTERIES."

1 Corinthians 2:7-12 says, "But we speak the wisdom of God in a MYSTERY the HIDDEN WISDOM which God ordained before the ages for our glory, which NONE of the RULERS (including the devil) of this age KNEW; ...For what man knows the things of a man EXCEPT THE SPIRIT OF THE MAN which is in him? Even so NO ONE KNOWS the things of God EXCEPT the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God."
 
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I don't know or care who that is... all I'm saying is devils can understand your speech and no they are not omniscient

We know they understand men's languages since he spoke with Jesus while trying to tempt Him.

When I speak with my Father in the Heavenly language of the Holy Spirit... satan don't know jack!
Yep, your a Finis Dake and Ken Hagin Sr. follower.
 
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Yep, your a Finis Dake and Ken Hagin Sr. follower.
Yep, you're a follower of satan.... WHY do you guys think that wearing a red suit and horns on yer head is a fashion statement???


Hey, if you wanna believe the devil is too stupid to understand english be my guest... it's his deception that has led you to this belief.

Besides, I've never been a fan of the haginites and what does that rapper guy dake have to do with anything?
 
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WHY THE DEVIL DOESN'T UNDERSTAND TONGUES!
Paul says in 1 Corinthians 2:14,
"But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned." This lack of discernment or comprehension would apply even more to the devil. It must drive him mushuggah (nuts)!

When you speak in tongues you speak TO GOD in a "mystery." In 1 Corinthians 14:2, For he who speaks in a tongue does not SPEAK TO men but to GOD, for NO ONE UNDERSTANDS HIM (including the devil) however, in the spirit he speaks MYSTERIES."
1 Corinthians 2:7-12 says, "But we speak the wisdom of God in a MYSTERY the HIDDEN WISDOM which God ordained before the ages for our glory, which NONE of the RULERS (including the devil) of this age KNEW; ...For what man knows the things of a man EXCEPT THE SPIRIT OF THE MAN which is in him? Even so NO ONE KNOWS the things of God EXCEPT the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God."
Mystery in Greek is "bathos." It also means "deep." It means it cannot be judged or discerned outside the spirit of man. God only reveals mysteries to our spirit.

Sid Roth
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