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To: Eagle Eye
Paul taught them; they believed; they spoke in tongues.

Did ALL speak in tongues?

You know the answer is no if you know your Bible at all, so, you need to take a step back here.

251 posted on 11/25/2005 9:50:06 AM PST by RaceBannon ((Prov 28:1 KJV) The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.)
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To: RaceBannon
Did ALL speak in tongues?

Act 19:6 And when Paul had laid [his] hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.

Act 19:7 And all the men were about twelve.

And that doesn't mean that they were pre-teens!!

Act 10:44 While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word.
Act 10:45 And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Act 10:46 For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God.

The clear indication is that when there is correct teaching and willing hearts speaking in tongues is part of the result.

So...generally speaking in today's church, where you have those that teach speaking in tongues is good and of God you'll have believers speaking in tongues. Where you have those teaching against speaking in tongue you don't have it. Speaking in tongues is only part of the package and shouldn't be the end of the journey, it is only the beginning!

256 posted on 11/25/2005 10:16:04 AM PST by Eagle Eye (There ought to be a law against excess legislation.)
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To: RaceBannon
Did ALL speak in tongues?

No, but they all evidenced an experience of the Holy Ghost. Some spoke in tongues, some prophecied. It was not an isolated incident, but instead, was an expected result of their conversions.

I graduated from a "charismatic" Bible College. Though many spoke in "tongues", I often had the impression that some were seeking to show their religiosity. But, there was a consistant result to the moving of God's Spirit, "like a mighty wind". I never spoke in tongues, nor prophecied, but have enough of Him indwelling, to confirm their link with Him...

Nobody can deny the Spirit. There is one sin, for which their is no redemption. That sin is "blasphemy"! IMHO, denial of His Spiritual gifts is coming close!

Matthew 12:31 - Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.

Blasphemy, in religion, words or actions that display irreverence toward or contempt for God or that which is held sacred. Blasphemy is regarded as an offense against the community to varying degrees, depending on the extent of the identification of a religion with the society at large or the government. Sedition, an attack on the sovereign, is thus analogous; both it and blasphemy can be seen as subversive of order and authority. Heresy, on the other hand, is a matter of competing claims for doctrinal correctness; the dominant (orthodox) faction, however, often defines the heretic as blasphemous.

Blasphemy has been a crime in many religions and cultures, wherever there is something sacred to protect. Socrates was prosecuted for blasphemy, and Mosaic law prescribed death for cursing the name of God. Jesus was tried for blasphemy, while Christians regarded the action of the Jews in trying him as itself blasphemous.

Secular modern states often retain blasphemy laws, but they are infrequently enforced. In the United States, state blasphemy laws remain on the books, but the Supreme Court's expansive interpretation of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution makes it likely that any blasphemy prosecution would now be regarded as an impermissible establishment of religion. In countries governed under Islamic law, the concept of blasphemy is broad, embracing many kinds of disrespect or denial of religion; the condemnation (1988) of the author Salman Rushdie by Iranian clerics is a recent example of theocratic action.

261 posted on 11/25/2005 10:29:40 AM PST by pageonetoo (You'll spot their posts soon enough!)
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