it seems that all who claim to do it (which have been MANY in R&S) can't string together a proper sentence.
what do you think the correlation is?
2007-09-05 01:25:49 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
lol @ skalite! (yes, you're right)
2007-09-05 01:33:02 · update #1
i have spoken in tongues when moved, and i think i can form a complete sentence :o)
whatchu been up to???
2007-09-05 01:51:40 · answer #1 · answered by ddking37 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I have seen many well educated, intelligent people speak in tongues. Some of these include, priests, doctors, nurses, lawyers, and teachers. I don't have that gift of the spirit. But I have seen others use it.
2007-09-05 02:29:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
In the first century, the miraculous gifts of the spirit, including the ability to “speak in tongues,” verified that God’s favor had shifted from the Jewish system of worship to the newly established Christian congregation. (Heb. 2:2-4) Since that objective was accomplished in the first century, is it necessary to prove the same thing again and again in our day?
In the first century, the ability to “speak in tongues” gave impetus to the international work of witnessing that Jesus had commissioned his followers to do. (Acts 1:8; 2:1-11; Matt. 28:19) Is that how those who “speak in tongues” use that ability today?
In the first century, when Christians ‘spoke in tongues,’ what they said had meaning to people who knew those languages. (Acts 2:4, 8) Today, is it not true that ‘speaking in tongues’ usually involves an ecstatic outburst of unintelligible sounds?
In the first century, the Bible shows, congregations were to limit the ‘speaking in tongues’ to two or three persons who might do that at any given meeting; they were to do it “each in turn,” and if there was no interpreter present they were to keep silent. (1 Cor. 14:27, 28, RS) Is that what is being done today?
2007-09-05 01:44:38 · answer #3 · answered by papa G 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I know several incredibly intelligent people who can speak in tongues. One in particular is one of the most eloquent prayer warriors I have ever met.
There is simply no correlation of ignorance to gifts of the Spirit. To say otherwise is dangerous and unproductive.
2007-09-05 01:36:19 · answer #4 · answered by bmattj121 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I think the definition of speaking in tongues is babbling in some language that the person doesn't know. Like that time I saw a couple of rednecks trying to speak English....
2007-09-05 01:35:54 · answer #5 · answered by ZombieTrix 2012 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Sure, I can: aljksajd aiasi dbfsoauwq eriuwq rrsad;ldjfsa ffsahhfw eweh wqoir woquerr wieijfnnsajh gkls wlke werhsdf
You would be offended if you knew what I just suggested.
2007-09-05 01:40:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Well my guess is that if there was, he'd be mighty popular with the ladies.
2007-09-05 01:32:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
My g/f likes it when I "do the alphabet". Does that count?
2007-09-05 02:15:08 · answer #8 · answered by Peter D 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Only those who are bi-lingual.
2007-09-05 01:32:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋