Yes garee, it is all very clear. In this thread it has been shown over and over again that
1) The historical interpretation of scripture has been discarded in favor of the 1901 new and revised understanding of tongues being a language that is not an earthly language but utterances that are not from earth yet "tongue" "glossa" means language/dialects in Greek
2) Speaking in a tongue is a supposed manifestation of the Holy Spirit that is done within churches since 1901, in a language no one understands that requires interpretation yet scripture is clear it is a sign to unbelievers for evangelism and to support Christianity in its infancy stages
3) The Biblical meaning of tongues is
translatable language this is what Paul is talking about.
4) Paul is also clear there must be an interpreter, so how does this work for a private prayer language, scripture cannot contradict itself.
5) There is a denial of the historical context which goes against correct exegesis of scripture. Corinth was a struggling church with many problems, the
most carnal church even after Paul has spent two years with them. Paul is giving reproof and correction and that is how it has to be read. Those in Corinth wrote Paul for help because the
church meetings were out of control. Corinth was prosperous city with many foreigners and with many languages and dialects.
6) Corinthian members were showing off their ability to speak in
various foreign languages. “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.” (I Corinthians 14:2)
Someone that is
showing off his knowledge of a foreign language that no one else around knows “edifieth himself” alone (1 Corinthians 14:4), because he speaketh not unto men, but unto God” ( 1 Corinthians 14:2). Of course God understands all languages!
This point has been made over and over again!!
The whole jist of I Corinthians 14 is that all speech in the church
should be clear and understandable. (I Corinthians 14:6, 9, 16, 19, 27, 28) When anyone speaks in a language that others around him don’t understand his speech is a secret or mystery to them.
7) Neuro-Linguistics supports traditional understanding of scripture not the 1901 reinvented model. Science is not truth but there is truth in science and we should at the very least pay attention to scientists, many who do their duty with integrity and honesty, especially when a manifestation is supposedly of God. Otherwise we have to accept gold tin foil falling from the rafters as a manifestation of the God.
We are to be childlike in faith not in discernment.
The statement is "if" I pray in an unknown tongue. Not when I pray as if praying in an unknown language was acceptableness having his approval .Therefore a commandment ...pray in unknown tongue. (no such prompt)..
That portion is not prompting us that when we seek after God by faith we mumble some thoughts not knowing what we asked for. He gives us the desire to know and the authority to make it possible to commune with Him . What good would our desires to please God be if they were unfruitful? It would be like speaking into the air .
The context is clear unless someone rips it out. It informs us as it reads
1 Corinthians 14:16 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.
All they would be hearing is sounds speaking noise into the air
And even things without life giving sound, except they give a distinction in the sounds, “how shall it be known what is piped or of spoken as with tongues when a person is saying amen.? For they will be speaking into the air hoping it is evidence they have the Holy Spirit. .
1For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, "how" shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air Co 14:8
Again....How shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks.?