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Paul rebukes the church at Corinth when he says God is not the Author of confusion. Tongues if they are done must be done decently and in order. None speaking out of turn and only with an interpreter present. Also must be for the
benefit of unsaved Jews in the congregation. 1 Cor 14:22, 27, 33
(Not a mention of Jew or any other special class in any of those passages)
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Didn't ask about 220o denominations. Asked about those who claim to speak in tongues or even the other sign gifts of 1 Cor 12-14[/COLOR]
(no, you said there were two divergent views, I pointed out that they were many more)
So far all you have demonstrated is that you cannot make your position from specific scriptures. It's in the bible is not convincing.
(read post #159, since you obviously haven't I will repost it for you)
Vanity, emptiness.
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1 Cor 13:8 Tongues shall cease.
(Here is the whole verse in context - "Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away." -So what you are saying is that tongues ceased with knowledge????)
1 Cor 1:22 The Jews require a sign. Here is what it actually says-
("For after that in the widom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek wisdom: But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;") - How you get tongues being only for a sign out of that is a real quandary.
Tongues are a sign for Jews not gentiles.
(Well obviously...you have proved it so well!)
How many unsaved Jews were in your services the last time someone claimed to speak in tongues? Do you know what tongues represent to the Jew? Why did God choose tongues as a sign for Jews? 1 Cor 14:21-22, Isa 28:11-12
(He didn't,
you fabricated it out of whole cloth)
I Cor. 14:21-22:
[SUP]21 [/SUP]In the law it is written:
“With men of other tongues and other lips
I will speak to this people;
And yet, for all that, they will not hear Me,”[SUP]
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says the Lord.
[SUP]22 [/SUP]Therefore tongues are for a sign, not to those who believe but to unbelievers; but prophesying is not for unbelievers but for those who believe.
Isa. 28:11-12:
[SUP]11 [/SUP]For with stammering lips and another tongue
He will speak to this people,
[SUP]12 [/SUP]To whom He said, “This is the rest with which
You may cause the weary to rest,”
And, “This is the refreshing”;
Yet they would not hear.
(This is speaking about those who would deny the gifts, it would be nice to pass it off on a certain group of people in the past, but it is explicitly speaking about those who deny the gifts)