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If all we need is the Word to edify ourselves, then we do not need worship? we do not need communion? we do not need fellowship? Edification does come from the Word but it is not the only form of edification.

Quite similar to what obedienttogod has shared, often times it is warnings to the church or even to a particular person. In one service an interpretation was for a particular person. The interpretation said essentially said to stop wandering like the nation of Isreal and return to Him.

So the orginal texts do use the word tongues?

You, my friend, nailed it.

Is God not the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow? Malichi 3:6 "For I, the LORD, do not change..." Psalm 102:27 "But You are the same, And Your years will not come to an end." If we believe that God never changes, why would the signs he provides change?

If so, it seems from my understanding that the tongues described in Acts and Corinthians were similar but different at the same time. The tongues in Acts and Corinthians included both earthly and heavenly languages. Thus the word language from "glossa.' We can see this be the case in 1...

Just want to make it clear. You are going along the assumption that there are different types of tongues due to the original texts?

I would argue that sometimes some people need a different sign then others. Some people God giving them an idea in their head is enough others they may need more. One example of this is, there was a church service and a number of people were asked to come to the alter. One of which was a Jew...

Yes... We don't need another language to speak to God, I have never denied that. But we can use tongues through the Holy Spirit to edify our Spirit. It's like communion, we don't need it to go to heaven, but we use it to edify our Spirit.

If you read John 14, when Jesus was ascending to heaven he promised the sending of the Holy Spirit, tongues is apart of the Holy Spirit and thus came to heaven following Jesus's time on earth.

I do not speak any other languages fluently, no.

I have witnessed it on a couple of different occasions. People will be praying, and someone will feel inclined to speak out in tongues and someone else in the congregation will receive the message from God that is the interpretation of the tongues. I have never interpreted because it is a...

What translation do you use? If I may ask so I can read through a couple Bible verses with it?

I have never heard a great booming voice from heaven speak. I have heard God speak through the Holy Spirit through tongues and interpretation.

I am not denying that it cannot happen without speaking in tongues, I have had similar experiences without tongues, I am just saying that God sometimes chooses to work in this way.

I noticed that in an earlier post and it is quite fascinating. It is also interesting considering the fact that some churches will whisper into people's ear exactly what to say and will tell them to repeat the same word over and over again which is wrong. In fact, some "holy ghost" preachers...

In services I have been in, there has been tongues and interpretation where someone in the congregation needs to hear from God. He will speak to the church through tongues and interpretation. A similar thing has happened to me. I was praying by myself at the back of my church. When I was younger...

I have a basic understanding of what my tongues are saying. For instance, my soul has mourned for those who are not saved, I ended up speaking in tongues and I knew my spirit was pouring itself out to God about those who are not saved. I was still aware of what was going on. It is different...

Exactly, that's why when God sends a message to his church through tongues there is an interpretation. If there is simply tongues it is God and the person in tongues spirit who are speaking together

It is edifying because you still understand what you are communicating, you just are not articulating the words you are speaking rather the Spirit is doing it for you. When I speak in tongues I still understand what I am communicating. It helps only me and God, no one else and that is why I do...