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Quiet Wyatt

Has God Ever Spoken to You or Your Congregation Through Tongues?

[Insert Acts Pun Here] Posts: 12809 **1/7/16 6:52 pm**

With interpretation?

(Not wanting to hijack the other thread, but I'd really like to know what your experience has been).

jeremiah2911_4me

Acts-celerater Posts: 938 **1/7/16 8:28 pm**

No disrespect intended at all.....but my question on a Pentecostal based board like this would be HAS GOD EVER NOT SPOKEN IN TONGUES AND INTERPRETATION IN YOUR CHURCH??

Please don't hang me....I'm being serious

Absolutely no disrespect intended at all!!!
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Friendly Face Posts: 386 **1/7/16 8:44 pm**

I was thinking the same thing.
No disrespect either but we are a Pentecostal Church and the gifts of the Spirit are for us and SHOULD be in operation in the church as well as the other gifts.

brotherjames

My thoughts exactly

Acts-celerater Posts: 935 **1/7/16 8:50 pm**

But can't take it for granted which is why we're doing the survey.

Old Time Country Preacher

Re: Has God Ever Spoken to You or Your Congregation Through Tongues?

Acts-pert Poster Posts: 15570 **1/7/16 8:51 pm**

jeremiah2911_4me

Re: Has God Ever Spoken to You or Your Congregation Through Tongues?

Acts-celerater Posts: 938 **1/7/16 8:53 pm**

Old Time Country Preacher

Re: Has God Ever Spoken to You or Your Congregation Through Tongues?

Acts-pert Poster Posts: 15570 **1/7/16 9:00 pm**

Quiet Wyatt

[Insert Acts Pun Here] Posts: 12809 **1/7/16 9:08 pm**

One reason I ask is because according to the interpretation of 1 Cor 14 by some, tongues must always by addressed to God, and therefore they would have to answer a big fat NO to this question.

bonnie knox

[Insert Acts Pun Here] Posts: 14803 **1/7/16 9:36 pm**

I knew where you were going with this, but I think some of the posters misunderstood the question to be "Is there ever a manifestation of an unknown language in your church?"

The question might be more rightly asked, what is happening when someone speaks in the assembly in the Spirit manifestation of a language unknown to the speaker?

I'll be frank. I've heard lots of interpretations which I believe were sincere and honest heartfelt hopes of the person "interpreting." Maybe it was divine, maybe not.

Quiet Wyatt

[Insert Acts Pun Here] Posts: 12809 **1/8/16 12:20 am**

Bonnie,

I have never believed nor taught that all messages in tongues, interpretations, or prophecies were infallible and somehow above criticism.

That said, if the view advanced by my good friend Tom is true, I must say that it seems to then necessarily follow that anyone who claims God ever spoke to them through a message in tongues with interpretation is at best gravely deceived and mistaken, certainly out of step with the Spirit of truth, Who never would or could mislead any sincere believer on this or any other issue.

Cojak

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Quiet Wyatt

[Insert Acts Pun Here] Posts: 12809 **1/8/16 1:18 am**

I completely agree that all purportedly inspired utterances must be judged.

I will also say that I have never been much in favor of messages in tongues or prophecies interrupting a sermon or a song. I know it happened to Peter in Acts 10, but generally speaking, I would tend to see interrupting a sermon as likely simply a rather immature, selfish, attention-seeking outburst.

bonnie knox

If something is true...

[Insert Acts Pun Here] Posts: 14803 **1/8/16 8:08 am**

How do we determine a "view" is true? Does it line up with scripture? Could what we have been taught be wrong? Could experiences be misinterpreted? Could something be extra-Biblical without being "wrong"? (for example, being "slain" in the spirit)
Given that all believers have the Spirit of truth, we all still do make a lot of errors.

bonnie knox

[Insert Acts Pun Here] Posts: 14803 **1/8/16 8:14 am**

brotherjames

I posted a reply

Acts-celerater Posts: 935 **1/8/16 11:31 am**

to Tom in the other thread. but for the clarification of this thread I post a similar response. I believe Tom is severely mis-interpreting what tongues are. Tongues are a supernatural manifestation of the Holy Spirit given to/thru men to speak God's Word TO men. In other words, Given BY GOD TO MEN no the other way around. How is it supernatural if WE are doing it from our own minds TO GOD? I am confused. On the Day of Pentecost what happened? God came down, inhabited men/women and the manifestation of that was that they spoke unknown languages (unknown to them) and glorified God. Other people heard/witnessed this display and this sign caused them to listen to Peter's sermon of explanation/evangelism and get 3000 saved. Why? Because GOD spoke thru men supernaturally TO other men. When we speak in tongues it is NOT us speaking, it is the Holy Spirit speaking thru us to edify, comfort and encourage those who are hearing. The Gift of Tongues accompanied by the Gift of Interpretation of those tongues is the equivalent of the Gift of Prophecy and more because it shows a supernatural sign.

In my church a number of years ago my assoc. pastor gave a message in tongues, another man interpreted it. Later a woman came up to my assoc. and asked where he had learned to speak such classical Greek. Of course he did not know how to speak Greek in any form. She also indicated that the man who interpreted gave a very good rendering of what was spoken. So, did my assoc. speak FROM MAN TO GOD? NO, he spoke, inspired BY GOD TO MEN (a Greek woman). This allowed us to minister to a Greek Orthodox woman as she witnessed a supernatural sign that God was with us. She left the Orthodox church and began to worship with us.