Too much fake, not enough real, and no-one wants to do anything about it. The church folks are afraid, thinking "Don't touch 'the LORD's annointed' "-- a reference to King David's words about King Saul. What preachers, these days, were ordained by a PROVEN prophet of GOD instead of deciding, themselves, (even if "prayerfully"), to enter the ministry? Think, all Israel knew that Samuels words didn't "fall to the ground" & that whatever he said actual came true. GOD even told the people to not fear prophets who prophesied and it didn't come true, since such a prophet was not sent by HIM. The new testament (NT)teaches to discern whether an utterance is from GOD or not. This seems to rarely, if ever, be done in modern churches. Also, other things modern churches decline to do that are taught in the NT, but too many are ignoring these as they find them difficult or inconvenient and prefer to fuss about things not even taught. They argue over manmade doctrines & imagined intent.
2006-12-30 09:01:46 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
+ Pope John Paul II +
John Paul II was fluent in his native Polish and also Italian, French, German, English, Spanish, Croatian, Portuguese, Russian and Latin. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II
+ Pope Benedict XVI +
Pope Benedict XVI, in addition to his native German, fluently speaks Italian, French, English, Spanish and Latin, and has a knowledge of Portuguese. He can read Ancient Greek and biblical Hebrew. http://winelib.com/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XVI
At the end of his speech on Christmas 2006, the Pope Benedict XVI delivered Christmas greetings in more than 60 languages. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061225/ap_on_re_eu/pope_christmas_6
Could this be the modern version of the gift of speaking in tongues as expressed in the second chapter of Acts?
+ With love in Christ.
2006-12-31 14:52:17 · answer #1 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Peace!
I do not think so. Love is greater than speaking in tongues. - St. Paul. Maybe it is the lack of love which holds us back from speaking in tongues.
2006-12-30 17:08:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋