Speaking in tongues

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zone

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Earlmayknowornot said:
You can't stop the word of God. In the last day's I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, your sons and your Daughters shall prophesy and the old men shall dream dreams.
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fulfilled - Pentecost.

Acts 2
Peter’s Sermon at Pentecost
14But Peter, standing with the eleven, 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. 15For these people are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day.b 16But this is what was uttered through the prophet Joel:


 
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TheMachine

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zone said:
Machine;
no rage filled post:)

and i know you believe that the practice of 'speaking in tongues' of today is biblical.
i appreciate your sincerity, that you do really believe it.

but it just isn't. i say that not because i think you're lording anything over anyone.
but just simply because the uttering of unknowable "words" (sounds) is not what happened to the disciples at Pentecost.
they spoke clearly, miraculously, even in the regional dialects of the languages of the devout jews who came for Pentecost, from the gentile lands they resided in, having grown up speaking that local language.

the miracle at Pentecost was that those few disciples of the Lord's miraculously proclaimed in their visiting kinsmen's languages the Wonderful Works of God - the Good News about Jesus Christ (some of our New Testament truths). They received Power from on High to do this, even though they were simple Galileans.

and it was understood. It amazed them all:)...can you imagine? it must have been something.

that was the miracle, and that is all that is meant by tongues. it's just an old word that means a known human language.
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If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.

In this scripture Paul says of men or of angels, why mention the 2?

I would like if everyone spoke in tongues

Does everyone mean something else?

"For anyone who speaks in tongues does not speak to men but to God. Indeed, no one understands him; he utters mysteries with his spirit"

No one , means no one except God.

And about Pauls statement that he speaks in tongues more than anybody, why mention it? If it was a miraculous one off event, why did he mention it? And why did Simon see it and want to buy it if it was just gibberish and nonsense?


The utterance of unknowable words is mentioned by Paul as he urges that we also pray for an ability to interpret the language being spoken. Why would that be a gift we should request?
Just some curious questions for you.


The Machine
 
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TheMachine

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Nothing? No answers on these questions? or are they just too trivial?

The Machine
 
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