There's the pot calling the kettle black.
Weren't you the one passing judgment a few posts back about why someone else wasn't seeing answer to prayer?
Yeppers.
It's there in black and white for all to see.
Tongues can be faked and the Enemy can imitate it.
The languages that were spoken on the day of Pentecost were known earthly languages, not the gibberish that passes for speaking in tongues these days.
And I do know that it's virtually fruitless to tell someone who has had an experience of some kind that maybe it's not of God or genuine after all.
They know what they know and they experienced what they experienced and NOBODY can tell them otherwise, even with their theology does not line up with Scripture.
And the gibberish passed off as tongues today is the perfect example. The whole movement is unscritpural begging to end and we've posted Scripture already showing why.
Apparently it is falling on deaf ears.
No one is forcing you to speak in tongues, but I was just defending those that do.
Nonsense. You said back in a previous post that one of the reasons for unanswered prayer is not being filled with the Holy Spirit. That's not merely *defending those who do.*
It IS trying to coerce someone into it.
It IS trying to coerce someone into it.
I attended a Pentecostal church in Del Rio, by golly, Texas. I was a relatively new Christian, but had been well grounded in the word by the Navigators. There were some really fine Christian people there, but I had some profound disagreements about the so called spiritual gifts, (mostly tongues) I felt extremely uncomfortable, and since I knew God is not the author of confusion, I hit the road.
I was far more interested in evangelism than I was about different gifts.
Of course Paul said (1 Cor 12:31) But desire earnestly the greater gifts. And moreover a most excellent way show I unto you. From the Navigator's version. 😀😆(ASV). I prefer the most excellent way, with a heathy dose of evangelism. I just compare ministries. How many unregenerate sinners are being won to the Lord, using the most excellent way?