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I know there are quite a few threads on this already one which I have replied to beside this one. Its real beyond the shadow of a doubt. I was filled with the Holy Ghost and am able to speak in tongues, mainly when I'm alone with God and praying fervently, usually for another person or over a situation. The first time I spoke in tongues was a while after Id been asking God about it and for it and it just happened as I was praying in my bathroom one day.
In acts where it talks about the apostles in the upper room and how tongues of fire came upon them through the Spirit of God...its the same thing that can happen today God didn't take that gift away from us.
In acts where it talks about the apostles in the upper room and how tongues of fire came upon them through the Spirit of God...its the same thing that can happen today God didn't take that gift away from us.
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The tongues is very much alive today. The Bible refers to the tongue as a fire at times & calls it untamable. So it's only natural that when God's holy spirit enters us, it brings our tongue into subjection. However there are different meanings when referring to the tongues. In Acts 2 when they were first saved, they spoke in an unknown tongue. But the men seeing thought they were drunk. So God allowed another miracle, allowing the minister to speak where each man would hear it in his nativ tongue, proving that the men were not drunk. The two events were different. The unknown tongue is not the same as a language that you haven't yet learned. The unknown tongue is the Holy spirit speaking through you. The Bible says that it searches the hearts of men and brings the issues to God. In other words, although you may pray for something you THINK you need, it may not be thing that you DO need. Praying in tongues searches your heart & tells God wat you DO need. The end of Romans 8 speaks on the tongues, saying that they're moanings & groanings which can't be uttered (understood). Many times when ppl received the Holy Ghost in the Bible, they received I with the evidence of the tongues.
Now don't get me wrong, in these corrupt times many do fake speaking in tongues. How will you know the difference? For one thing God may give you discernment over whether or not that was the Holy Spirit. But also, as the tongues are evidence of salvation, you'll know them by their fruits. Without the Holy Spirit, you can't speak in the unknown tongue. So if their fruits show they aren't saved, their tongues aren't genuine.
I know from experience that the tongues are real. I can guarantee you that I am not acting or think it's something else. I'm not the one moving my mouth when I speak in tongues. I feel my mouth moving, but I'm not the one doing it.
Now don't get me wrong, in these corrupt times many do fake speaking in tongues. How will you know the difference? For one thing God may give you discernment over whether or not that was the Holy Spirit. But also, as the tongues are evidence of salvation, you'll know them by their fruits. Without the Holy Spirit, you can't speak in the unknown tongue. So if their fruits show they aren't saved, their tongues aren't genuine.
I know from experience that the tongues are real. I can guarantee you that I am not acting or think it's something else. I'm not the one moving my mouth when I speak in tongues. I feel my mouth moving, but I'm not the one doing it.
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I know there are quite a few threads on this already one which I have replied to beside this one. Its real beyond the shadow of a doubt. I was filled with the Holy Ghost and am able to speak in tongues, mainly when I'm alone with God and praying fervently, usually for another person or over a situation. The first time I spoke in tongues was a while after Id been asking God about it and for it and it just happened as I was praying in my bathroom one day.
In acts where it talks about the apostles in the upper room and how tongues of fire came upon them through the Spirit of God...its the same thing that can happen today God didn't take that gift away from us.
In acts where it talks about the apostles in the upper room and how tongues of fire came upon them through the Spirit of God...its the same thing that can happen today God didn't take that gift away from us.
not, at least, try, is simply a lack of faith, but with God we know we are saved through faith so it's big, indeed, to.use that 'measure' of faith God's given you, who BELIEVE . 1 Peter 4 says: ”
7The end of all things is near. Therefore be alert and of sober mind so that you may pray. 8Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. 9Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. 10Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. 11If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God. If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen.”
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Again, I do warn you that all that claim to do this aren't in actuality. Many of the people in mass media that pray in tongues do not really possess them. I HIGHLY doubt that someone laughing & having carnal/casual conversation is truly doing so in God's holy language, that seems more like a blasphemy of the Holy Ghost than a gift of it. Yet sadly it's been done in mass media before. Just remember that the tongues are evidence of salvation, but only if they're genuine. You'll know them by their fruits.
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Speaking in unknown tongues ( babble ) is not in the Bible as a gift of the Holy spirit... For example, In Act's 2, you will Not read anywhere , that Peter after receiving the Holy Spirit spoke in " unknown ' tongues ... The opposite happened. That everyone there No matter their country of origin, was able to Understand*, and learn of the many wonderful works of God.
Christ has The Holy Spirit, and His words were to the point, sharp and clear.... That is quite a difference from what people are trying to pass off for the Holy Spirit.
And Paul in 1 Cor 14, was talking about teaching people in a language they can understand. Paul said, if your going to teach people , and they don't know that language , then you better have a interpreter of what language you speak, because you will look like a barbarian to them, and your understanding, you will not be able to pass onto them .
Without and interpreter , you'll only be talking to God & the angels , because they can understand all languages. But any prophecy or understanding you receive from God, you will not be able to pass that along to God's people, if they can not Understand you.
If they don't even understand your language, then they will Not know even, when to say Amen at the end of a payer, or that your even praying :
1 Corinthians 14:16
King James Version (KJV)
16 Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?
That is what Paul so clearly taught in that chapter.
And even at the end Paul says :
1 Corinthians 14:33
King James Version (KJV)
33 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
There is a gift of the Holy Spirit, but that is for a Hour as taught by Christ, that takes place in the future, for those that stand against Satan.....
It is not the Babble, people are trying to pass off on the Holy Spirit.
All churches should bring peace, Not confusion .
Christ has The Holy Spirit, and His words were to the point, sharp and clear.... That is quite a difference from what people are trying to pass off for the Holy Spirit.
And Paul in 1 Cor 14, was talking about teaching people in a language they can understand. Paul said, if your going to teach people , and they don't know that language , then you better have a interpreter of what language you speak, because you will look like a barbarian to them, and your understanding, you will not be able to pass onto them .
Without and interpreter , you'll only be talking to God & the angels , because they can understand all languages. But any prophecy or understanding you receive from God, you will not be able to pass that along to God's people, if they can not Understand you.
If they don't even understand your language, then they will Not know even, when to say Amen at the end of a payer, or that your even praying :
1 Corinthians 14:16
King James Version (KJV)
16 Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?
That is what Paul so clearly taught in that chapter.
And even at the end Paul says :
1 Corinthians 14:33
King James Version (KJV)
33 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
There is a gift of the Holy Spirit, but that is for a Hour as taught by Christ, that takes place in the future, for those that stand against Satan.....
It is not the Babble, people are trying to pass off on the Holy Spirit.
All churches should bring peace, Not confusion .
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Acts 2
6 Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.
7 And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?
8 And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?
9 Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,
10 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
11 Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.
( From all over the world, yet some country folk from Galilee can speak all their languages, even in their accent they hear and understand , the many wonderful works of God. ( No confusion ).
6 Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.
7 And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?
8 And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?
9 Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,
10 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
11 Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.
( From all over the world, yet some country folk from Galilee can speak all their languages, even in their accent they hear and understand , the many wonderful works of God. ( No confusion ).
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I was curious to what other members of CC input about speaking in tongues. I have been in churches were I heard people speaking in tongues. I have heard what I believe to be real and fake evidence of tongue speaking. I also have heard people say that speaking in tongues can be of Satan as well. I know Christians who claim that if you are not baptised in Jesus name rather than the father,son and holy spirit that you cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Tongues are listed as a gift. The Bible says it's given to the church, and never anywhere in Scripture was there a time when it should cease. The Bible says it, we ought to believe it. Is it misused and abused? Certainly. Just like it was in the Corinthian church. Does its abuse mean we should stay away from it? No. If that were the rule, nobody would be in church today because something is probably misused or abused in every church. God's word says it, therefore it's true whether we believe it or not.
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I think some caution is in order when tongues are spoken. I believe there is a real gift of tongues and it can operate today. Yet the bible says there should be some interpretation of it when spoken in a church assembly. I am not sure if that is done in churches today? I also have seen demonic tongues as satan can perform lying signs and wonders.
It was in a woman who spoke it uncontrollably. She could not turn it on or off or stop it once it began. While talking to her it started up and she wrote down that she could not stop it. I said "I bind false tongues in Jesus name" and it instantly stopped on a dime.
It was in a woman who spoke it uncontrollably. She could not turn it on or off or stop it once it began. While talking to her it started up and she wrote down that she could not stop it. I said "I bind false tongues in Jesus name" and it instantly stopped on a dime.