How do you know that it's real, and not simply babbling? How do you know that the "words" coming from your mouth mean anything at all? In the New Testament, in Acts, those speaking in tongues were understood by those speaking the actual languages. In most pentacostal and charismatic churches, there is no-one to be preached to in these "languages", and most everyone I've heared has just been babbling sounds, and not speaking a recognizable language. Words, sounds and utterances were repetitious and non-sensical.
When you get this "gift", how do you go about verifying that it's a real language? Aren't Christians called to test things to insure they are for real and of God? Isn't it possible that a hypnotic frenzy of song and spirit can simply bring about a state where people will babble and think it's a language?
How many Christians have actually HAD THE EXPERIENCE of being able to minister to someone speaking a language they didn't know? Personal experience only.
2006-11-22
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Deirdre H
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