And about Job,....Read Job 32:1. Now let that sink in for a minute. Then start to read about Elihu from there to the end of the book, paying particular attention to 34:36-37. Now Job 38:1, The Lord speaks to Job from a whirlwind. Go to the end of the book while God lectures Job. The point of the story was Job THOUGHT he was righteous. His friends THOUGHT he was righteous. But God didn't like it. God is righteous. There is none good, no not one.
I teach Sunday school and have for over 20 years. I have home Bible study every week in my home for others that want to come. You know absolutely NOTHING about me and my life yet you make judgements about me on a keyboard 1000 miles away.
No one is forcing you to speak in tongues, but I was just defending those that do.
Now there were Jews living in Jerusalem, devout men from every nation under heaven.
6And when this sound occurred, the crowd came together, and were bewildered because each one of them was hearing them speak in his own language.
7They were amazed and astonished, saying, “Why, are not all these who are speaking Galileans?
8“And how is it that we each hear them in our own language to which we were born?
9“Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, 10Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the districts of Libya around Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes,
11Cretans and Arabs—we hear them in our own tongues speaking of the mighty deeds of God.” Acts 2:5-11 NASB
Which language do you speak?
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.
Gee, Chuckles, that's a mighty cruel judgmental poor excuse for someone trying to communicate God's word to another person. Aren't you the one who persistently claims everyone should speak in tongues if they are filled with the Holy Spirit? Just open your mouth and let it flow, right? Didn't you also assert unanswered prayers reflect on the faith of the pray-er rather than on what is or is not within God's will? You really have no clue who Metmom is, the trials she has endured nor the state of her faith. An apology is needed.