Andrew
Matt 18:15
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I thought I answered it when I posted how Paul describes tongues as drawing in unbelievers and becoming saved, they become believers and can testify that this IS of God no question about it. In my personal experience I likewise know for sure it isnt just a feeling. When that preacher put his hands on me my mouth flowed out an unknown language with no mind to it, that is not natural it doesnt just happen. I cant agree that tongues can be practised at home like you might have heard, i never spoke or tried to speak in tongues in fact I never even really looked into it until after it happened, i wasnt prepared but I know it was Holy because I walked out a completely changed man when before I was a believer unrepented but then I felt judgment come upon me and im freed of a filthy lifestyle that i had livedAll right, but I did ask a question in posts 56 and 58 that never got an answer, so that's where I remain. I know that you've had a new experience and it's been good for you, but when we evaluate the highly controversial issue of tongues-speaking, it doesn't seem sufficient to me to simply dismiss the question of the genuineness of today's tongues by saying that they look kinda like the tongues we see referred to in scripture.
We wouldn't do that with all the other practices and doctrines of other denominations. We quite reasonably ask if they are Scriptural, not just popular or exciting. Whichever side of the issue a person is on, we want to know if infant baptism is right or not, if praying to saints is proper to do, if the communion bread is changed into Christ's real flesh, etc. etc. But when it comes to tongues-speaking, it seems that no one is supposed to question whether it's a genuine gift or not according to any of the half-dozen or so competing theories offered by Pentecostal Christians.
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