Oh man, why did you have to go there?
The devil made me do it??? :>)
YOU SEEM TO HAVE A PERPENSITY TOWARD EARLY SATURDAY MORNING DISCUSSION POSTS THAT YOU BLAME ON THE DEVIL!
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Acts 2:4
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Acts 2:5
And there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under heaven.
Acts 2:6
And when this sound occurred, the multitude came together, and were confused, because everyone heard them speak in his own language.
Acts 2:7
Then they were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, "Look, are not all these who speak Galileans?
Acts 2:8
"And how is it that we hear, each in our own language in which we were born?
Acts 2:9
"Parthians and Medes and Elamites, those dwelling in Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,
Acts 2:10
"Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya adjoining Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes,
Acts 2:11
"Cretans and Arabs--we hear them speaking in our own tongues the wonderful works of God."
(NKJV)
The saints actually where speaking [heard] in known languages not just grunting out noises.
Paul spoke very clearly to the church of corinth concerning the propensity of some to pridefully display so- called gifts.
1 Corinthians 13:1
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.
(NKJV)
The 100 year old notion of building a DOCTRINE around one snippet of one bible chapter IS WRONG!
"Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification."
I think the above was especially written to "believers", in regards to how we trerat fellow brother's and sister's in the Lord.
God knows, there is enough division in the church...on it's own. There are plenty of targets out there....why pick a fight with your brothers?
Are we not all "united in the blood" spilled by the Lamb of God? Is that thread NOT common enough? It ought to be.....
My apologies to you...in advance if you take this the wrong way....Fore I haven't "figured it all out"...and I don't expect to before I kneel in front of our God.
FRegards,