Speaking in Tounges

[A-Omega]

What about praying in tongues....isnt that a direct conversation between you and God, that other people are not meant to understand???

I again agree with Jimmy Diggs. The problem with this question whenever this debate happens is that you are operating with the assumption that tongues is the noise making and not real languages. But the Bible has already defined speaking in tongues for us via Acts 2. The word for tongues in greek, glossa, means "languages." It does not mean "noises" or "sounds." So an "unknown tongue" does not mean sounds, it just means a foreign language. God bless.

 

[Dude653]

So everybody who speaks in tongues is faking????that's silly

 

[PopClick]

But the Bible has already defined speaking in tongues for us via Acts 2. The word for tongues in greek, glossa, means "languages." It does not mean "noises" or "sounds." So an "unknown tongue" does not mean sounds, it just means a foreign language. God bless.

And a language from heaven would certainly be foreign.

I'm not saying that I know everything about speaking in tongues. I'm just saying that I don't think you do, either.

 

[Colourfulchaos]

So is it wrong for me to speak in tongues, alone with God?

 

[jimmydiggs]

So everybody who speaks in tongues is faking????that's silly

It's not that hard to fake the Pentecostal version.

 

[bakoms]

Speaking i?????n??? tongue is highly common among we christians of this dispensation. And what make people question the tongue will speak is that,most people only long for speaking i?????n??? tongue and neglect the power aspect,forgetting that we are i?????n??? a generation that seek and long for a problem solver.I mean dis generation needs Godly pple that could shake d world for God. That is just d problem,we focus on d minor and then minor on d major. However, we are never i?????n??? d right position,cos a day is coming that we too we stand b4 d judgement throne to give account of all our deed on earth,including every word dat proceedth out of our mouth.

 

[Mooky]

Ok, I'll start this out by saying I'm NOT a cessationist. I believe in the gifts of the Holy Spirit 100%. Tounges, Prophecy, healing, discernement, wisdom, teaching. All of them. But I get sooooo AGGRAVATED when I see these people on t.v. who are claiming to speak in tounges when they start babbling a bunch of nonsense. shubadiyadomansula. That is NOT speaking in tounges is it?! Is it REALLY!?..It's a bunch of crap. There just mumbling nonsensical crap. When I think of speaking in tounges I think of the first pentecost of the church when the Holy Spirit came like FIRE on the men and they were totally overcame by the power and spoke in a heavenly language. I do not believe this was something conscience and controllable. I don't believe you can control tounges anymore then you can open your eyes when you sneeze. And to see these people babbling in the flesh makes me cringe. It looks foolish, and it just makes a mockery of the gifts.

/rant

Spacecowboy, your rendition of "tounges", made me chuckle....

 

[Mooky]

shubidayamansula......he-he-he....

 

[Katy-follower]

I'm kind of on the fence with this one. I don't know anything about it to give comment, but I did find this online...

(tongues section starts at 4 mins)

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqNLMuijRyU[/video]

 

[Tryndawin]

jesus camp was a terrifying movie. i want those people as far away from my future kids as possible. Those 'christians' in that film are literally crazy.

 

[Crossfire]

So you guys think tongues is scary? Just wait till you meet someone you've never seen before come up to you and tell you things about yourself that you've never, ever told someone else. They'll even go so far as to tell you about the very things you prayed to God about that day then tell you God's reason why you can't have it or when God said it will happen. Then, days or weeks later, everything happens just as this person said it would.

Now that will mess up your spiritual paradigm!

 

[Katy-follower]

So you guys think tongues is scary? Just wait till you meet someone you've never seen before come up to you and tell you things about yourself that you've never, ever told someone else. They'll even go so far as to tell you about the very things you prayed to God about that day then tell you God's reason why you can't have it or when God said it will happen. Then, days or weeks later, everything happens just as this person said it would.

Now that will mess up your spiritual paradigm!

I've been in situations where God used my mother to answer something that was on my mind. But she had no idea at the time that the conversation was relevant.

I've also seen other videos with people shaking uncontrollably.

I know tongues is a gift but how do you discern? Just like with visions, we have to be sure.

Did this originate in babel?

Questions, questions, lol.

 

[owyka]

SPACECOWBOY who are you to design between a true tongue speaking and fake? the bible says sin against God shall be forgiven but against the Holyspirit will not be or who made you judge to the righteous? if you dont believe in what they say dont listen then rather than saying nonsense. Are you 100% Holy?

JUDGEMENT BELONGTH UNTO ME SAYS THE LORD GOD

SHALLOM

 

[Red33]

I've been in situations where God used my mother to answer something that was on my mind. But she had no idea at the time that the conversation was relevant.

I've also seen other videos with people shaking uncontrollably.

I know tongues is a gift but how do you discern? Just like with visions, we have to be sure.

Did this originate in babel?

Questions, questions, lol.

When you really consider the background of the church at Corinth and what these believers had come out of concerning their past and associations with the world and with idolatry, it begins to make more sense as to what Paul was dealing with among the believers and especially the tongues and spiritual gifts crowd. You really have to dig deep into what Paul was addressing and how he was addressing it to prevent a fallout. This church is a prime example of the Charismatic Movement that has taken place over the past 40 plus years. We have to be ever so mindful and discerning when it comes to those things that might spring up in the church that get magnified in such a way as to replace the attention and worship that we are to give Christ and His word, even when it comes to the gifts.

Our love and worship that we have for our Lord has nothing to do with the gifts, except for those that have been given as gifts to the church to preach and teach the word and doctrine. We grow through grace and knowledge of our Lord and walk by faith through the word that we are taught. Any of the gifts that might be given to any part of the church or body of Christ is for its edification and to help equip the saints for the propagation of the gospel of Christ involved in the work of the ministry.

 

[PopClick]

I'm kind of on the fence with this one. I don't know anything about it to give comment, but I did find this online...

(tongues section starts at 4 mins)

[youtube]zqNLMuijRyU[/youtube]

There was nothing biblical or "decently and in order" about the behavior on the video.

But if a few people misusing or faking something turns people off of tongues the way it's described in the bible, isn't that like saying you don't like tomatoes because of this?
[youtube]z7DOoYyIDTI[/youtube]

 

[jimmydiggs]

I dislike the Pentecostal view of "Speaking in Tongues" because the view they promote is not supported by scripture. It stems from the Azusa Street Revival.


Acts 2 Identifies what Speaking in Tongues is...


2 When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. 2 And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. 3 And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested[a] on each one of them. 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.

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, 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.”

 

[FriendOfGodAtUEA]

Speaking in tongues is a great gift. It changed my life completely.

 

[peacemaker2]

I believe that the speaking in tongues has fulfilled its purpose in that day. The Jews of the early church required a sign from God to prompt their faith and the tongue phenomena had accomplished this.

 

[jimmydiggs]

I believe that the speaking in tongues has fulfilled its purpose in that day. The Jews of the early church required a sign from God to prompt their faith and the tongue phenomena had accomplished this.

1 Corinthians 14:22

Tongues, then, are a sign, not for believers but for unbelievers; prophecy, however, is for believers, not for unbelievers.

 

[peacemaker2]

If speaking in tongues is a relevant gift for our day, then why has God not given this gift freely to the missionaries to communicate the gospel to other cultures?