ListenDaily - 17 March 2009; Have you heard enough?
Therefore, my brothers, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues. But everything should be done in a fitting and orderly way.
1 Corinthians 14:18-28 (find this or any other passages at www.Biblegateway.org)
Today we will close out this topic, and I'm ready. It has been important, and the private response has been tremendous, but I am ready to move on.
Suffice it to say that I did not address or answer everything. A few details to close out the subject:
In general, churches regarded as Pentecostal or Charismatic, believe in tongues, some thinking it is evidence of salvation, some as evidence of a separate 'Baptism of the Holy Spirit'.
In general, few, if any other Protestant churches deny that speaking in tongues is a possibility, but you probably will not see it experienced there.
I'm not sure that the Catholic Church has an official stance, but they do recognize the Charismatic Catholic movement.
There are different Greek words used for tongue, one meaning the body part, one meaning language, and one combining 'speak' and 'language' (glossolalila).
Over the centuries, tongues have been considered as everything from affirmation of Holy Spirit baptism, to mental illness, to demonic influence.
Out breaks of unintelligible speech takes place in many pagan religions.
My final word, for now, is this: Seek God, accept His Son, open yourself to His Holy Spirit. Submit yourself and be discerning. Seek to please God, not man.
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Questions:
1. Any final questions?
2. Have you heard enough on this topic?!
3. Many of you have mentioned divisions caused by this issue, how did that affect your 'church life', then and now?
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INTERESTING THOUGHT:
"One may be theologically knowing and spiritually ignorant."
Stephen Charnock
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