Please dearly beloved, with all due respect as an elder, referring to the first paragraph, let us not mix up between ministering spirits and the gift of tongues in believers. Angels are to my taught Kingdom of GOD knowledge are witnesses and messengers and worshipers and reporters and protectors and rescuers and also warriors .....................(ministering spirits, Hebrews 1;13,14).
On the other hand, about the gift of speaking in tongues given to the Gentile church, Apostle Paul explains clearly about them in 1 Corinthians chapter 14, and in verse 2 a conclusion that:
"For one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to GOD, for no one understands him, but he utters mysteries in the SPIRIT."
For tongues that fell on the day of Pentecost, witnesses understood them and testified. They are different from what Apostle Paul instructions to the Gentile believers in order for them to know and understand the meaning and the use and the control over their tongues, as they continue in the 'The Way', in service to others, 'to serve and not to be served'.
Cornelius and his household were Gentiles. When they received their tongues indoor and together when there was a loud utterance, there were no recorded outsider witnesses testimony ever written, that displayed entirely similar happenings, as to conclude same kind of languages/tongues spoken. Apostle Peter's testimony proclaiming the same they also received is based on Acts 2;4 and Joel 2;28-32
Now, as we remember again that on the day of Pentecost, first what happened to the Jew believers while indoor was that gifts of the SPIRIT fell upon them and together they uttered in tongues and soon a crowd who heard these utterances, gathered together and some were amazed in what they were hearing. Then again they also understood the meaning of these utterances and explain them testifying to the multitude who were with them, who did not truly know what was going on. This gave an opportunity for Apostle Peter, standing with the eleven, to Prophesy.
Thank you and Good-by for now, as blessed is the gifts and fellowship of the HOLY SPIRIT, in the name of LORD JESUS CHRIST and Glory be to our GOD, the FATHER of our LORD JESUS CHRIST, forever and ever, Amen
HOW UNBELIEVABLE that you have to rip the verse out of it's context, in order to make is sound like Paul is giving us instructions on what TO DO, when if you read it in it's context Paul is giving us instructions on WHAT NOT TO DO. Now read your quoted verse in it's intended context:
1 Corinthians 14:1-4 (KJV)
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1 [/SUP] Follow after charity, and desire spiritual
gifts,
but rather that ye may prophesy.
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2 [/SUP] For he that speaketh in an
unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God:
for no man understandeth him;
howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.
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3 [/SUP] But
he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort.
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4 [/SUP]
He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but
he that prophesieth edifieth the church.
That is Paul giving us a GREAT BIG REASON NOT TO
speak in an unknown tongue. How do I know that? Because Paul already, earlier in this VERY LETER, gave the Church specific instructions to Not to let anyone seek his own edification, but instead we are to seek the edification of others:
1 Corinthians 10:23-24 (ASV)
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23 [/SUP] All things are lawful; but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful; but
not all things edify.
[SUP]24 [/SUP] Let no man seek his own, but
each his neighbor's
good {or edification}.
Paul clearly is giving us a reason to NOT TO SEEK TO SPEAK in an
unknown tongue How could you miss that? And then further evidence that Paul wants us to speak the Word of God without error in our Churches, instead of seeking to speak in tongues, is this verse:
1 Corinthians 14:19 (HCSB)
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19 [/SUP] yet in the church I would rather speak five words with my understanding, in order to teach others also, than 10,000 words in ⌊another⌋ language.
And still you all chase after tongues, while almost no one realizes that in Paul's day the phase "to prophesy" meant to "proclaim the Word of God without error". Tell me, if someone in your Church stood while others were edifying SELF, speaking in their ecstatic utterances of
tongues, and that other person, who was not speaking in
tongues, just stood and quoted a couple verses without error, (either from memory or verses that GOD put on his or her heart to share with the Congregation); would anyone say "PRAISE THE LORD, I UNDERSTAND THAT"? Would some be tempted to boo, because it interrupted the show?
You are the one that got it confused, and thought Paul was saying he spoke in an angelic language, when Paul Did NOT.
Paul was referring to
the boldness, and authoritative Voice of an Angel, like when one said
in a known and understood language:
Zechariah 1:14-15 (NKJV)
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14 [/SUP] So
the angel who spoke with me said to me, "Proclaim, saying, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts: "I am zealous for Jerusalem And for Zion with great zeal.
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15 [/SUP] I am exceedingly angry with the nations at ease; For I was a little angry, And they helped--
but with evil
intent."
Zechariah 5:5 (ESV)
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5 [/SUP] Then
the angel who talked with me came forward and said to me, “Lift your eyes and see what this is that is going out.”
Luke 1:13-14 (ASV)
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13 [/SUP] But
the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: because thy supplication is heard, and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.
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14 [/SUP] And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.
Luke 1:19-20 (ASV)
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19 [/SUP] And
the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and I was sent to speak unto thee, and to bring thee these good tidings.
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20 [/SUP] And behold, thou shalt be silent and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall come to pass, because thou believedst not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.
Matthew 2:19-20 (HCSB)
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19 [/SUP] After Herod died,
an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
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20 [/SUP]
saying, “Get up! Take the child and His mother and go to the land of Israel, because those who sought the child’s life are dead.”
Luke 1:28-30 (GW)
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28 [/SUP] When
the angel entered her home, he greeted her and said, “You are favored by the Lord! The Lord is with you.”
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29 [/SUP]
She was startled by what the angel said and tried to figure out what this greeting meant.
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30 [/SUP] The angel told her, “Don't be afraid, Mary. You have found favor with God.
Matthew 28:2-6 (NKJV)
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2 [/SUP] And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat on it.
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3 [/SUP] His countenance was like lightning, and his clothing as white as snow.
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4 [/SUP] And
the guards shook for fear of him, and became like dead
men.
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5 [/SUP] But
the angel answered and said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified.
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6 [/SUP] He is not here; for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.
Revelation 19:9-10 (ESV)
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9 [/SUP] And
the angel said to me, “
Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.”
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10 [/SUP] Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God.” For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
With all of those examples, how can you confuse the understanding of this verse:
1 Corinthians 13:1 (ESV)
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1 [/SUP] If I speak in the tongues of men
and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
Every example in the Bible of Angels speaking, shows they speak with
boldness, and authority, in the hearers OWN earthly Language; and you would rather believe that Paul was talking about a secret angelic language that no one on earth can understand, while that mirrors the ecstatic babbling unknown languages of the
tongues speaking pagan Mystery Religions. If I had not seen this type of "being deceived" by appearances and feelings over and above what the Bible actually says, a multitude of times before in my lifetime, I would say, "That is unbelievable." Like Dave Hunt said, "Those who have fallen for these Charismatic experiences, are setting themselves up to believe the power, the signs, and the lying wonders of the Antichrist." (2 Th. 2:9)