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RE: Gift of Tongues - One Stop Thread - 6/5/2008 10:01:10 AM
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wacotton
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Okay, but none of those verses appear to be saying anything about the gift of tongues being the sole indication of baptism of the Holy Spirit.
So I must ask... why tongues? Why not prophecy, or teaching, or any of the other spiritual gifts that are listed?
Why would you short-change, or look down, or force fakery, on someone who got prophecy or teaching as their spiritual gift instead of tongues?
I have no issue with tongues being a gift of the Spirit and an indicator that a person has been baptised by the Holy Spirit. I DO have a problem when people claim that it's the ONLY indicator and that ALL people should have to show that gift.
I never said that it was the only indicator. Now if tongues are so unimportant as many want to say then why did the Holy Spirit manifest itself as tongues of fire in Acts 2? Also in Acts 10 the reason Peter and the other Jews knew that the Gentiles had been baptized with the Holy Spirit was because they heard them speak in tongues.
Acts 2:3-4
3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Acts 10:44-46
44 While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word. 45 And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost. 46 For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God.
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Romans 8:26-27
26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. 27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
If the groanings "cannot be uttered" then they're not tongues, because they, um, can't be uttered. Tongues are most definitely uttered.
The word is also translated as "not expressed in words". The only other place the word is used is Acts 7:34 where God says He has heard their "groaning". Now how does one hear something if there is no sound made as you are trying to claim?
Acts 7:34
I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.
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1 Corinthians 14:32
And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.
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This is just to show that we have control over praying in the Spirit.
The Holy Spirit does not force someone to pray against their will.
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Jude 20-21
20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, 21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
I believe I pray in the Holy Ghost pretty often. Thing is... I pray in the Holy Ghost in English, that being the language I know and can best use to express that which the Spirit is laying on my heart. There's no indication there that praying in the Holy Ghost must be done in tongues.
That is a rather convienient answer but is not consistant with Paul's teachings.
Paul makes a definite distinction between praying in the Spirit and praying with the understanding.
1 Corinthians 14:14-15
14 For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.
15 What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
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RE: Gift of Tongues - One Stop Thread - 6/5/2008 10:50:09 AM
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I do not know if you can recomend a link or book but for anyone that is speaking in tongues or those that just want to know more. There is a book you can down load -it is free. It has helped me alot.
The Walk of the Spirit-The Walk of Power
http--www.daveroberson.org-images_drm-WOSWOP_PFV.pdf.url
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RE: Gift of Tongues - One Stop Thread - 6/5/2008 11:26:24 AM
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Zhi
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I never said that it was the only indicator. Now if tongues are so unimportant as many want to say then why did the Holy Spirit manifest itself as tongues of fire in Acts 2? Also in Acts 10 the reason Peter and the other Jews knew that the Gentiles had been baptized with the Holy Spirit was because they heard them speak in tongues.
I never said tongues are completely unimportant, I said they aren't exclusive indicators. Paul makes this extremely clear in 1 Corinthians 12, when he says "8 To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, 10 to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues. 11 All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he gives them to each one, just as he determines." And later in the same chapter, he says "28 And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, also those having gifts of healing, those able to help others, those with gifts of administration, and those speaking in different kinds of tongues. 29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? 30 Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret? 31 But eagerly desire the greater gifts."
And, in chapter 14, Paul even kind of downplays tongues, saying that he would rather people be prophets or teachers because it's more helpful.
"Tongues of fire" is a description of what the flames looked like... they looked like cloven tongues flickering over the believers' heads. The appearance of the flames had nothing to do with "speaking in tongues". Now, they did start to speak in tongues, but those are specified as "other tongues", which is a miracle specifically for spreading of the Gospel as they were human tongues that those gathered in Jerusalem for the Passover could understand (and marvelled about).
In Acts 10, they heard them speaking in tongues and praising God. How would they have known they were praising God if there had been no translation?
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If the groanings "cannot be uttered" then they're not tongues, because they, um, can't be uttered. Tongues are most definitely uttered.
The word is also translated as "not expressed in words". The only other place the word is used is Acts 7:34 where God says He has heard their "groaning". Now how does one hear something if there is no sound made as you are trying to claim?
Same deal though, groanings are not a language and therefore are not tongues.
My little girl bonked her head on my desk a few minutes ago, and allowed her displeasure to be expressed in a siren-like wail that could have waked the dead. Now, I assure you that she wasn't speaking any sort of language, but she certainly got her point across, that she was in pain, and there was definitely a sound made. That's what a "groan" is also... a wordless expression of deep pain, which God can certainly hear, whether we groan out loud, or we groan in the anguish of our own minds. Or did you think that God cannot hear our thoughts?
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This is just to show that we have control over praying in the Spirit.
The Holy Spirit does not force someone to pray against their will.
Of course we do. But it doesn't state tongues are required.
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That is a rather convienient answer but is not consistant with Paul's teachings.
Paul makes a definite distinction between praying in the Spirit and praying with the understanding.
1 Corinthians 14:14-15
14 For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.
15 What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
Have you read the entirety of that chapter? Paul spends the chapter talking about how he would rather people had gifts OTHER than tongues, because tongues is semi-useless for the edification of the church. Take 1 Cor 14:19 "But in the church I would rather speak five intelligible words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue. 20 Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be adults."
In fact, in that very chapter, Paul says that if you do not have an interpeter available, you should not speak in tongues in the church: 1 Corinthians 14:27 "If anyone speaks in a tongue, two--or at the most three--should speak, one at a time, and someone must interpret. 28 If there is no interpreter, the speaker should keep quiet in the church and speak to himself and God."
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RE: Gift of Tongues - One Stop Thread - 6/5/2008 12:05:52 PM
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Does it make sense to you to have a born again spirit that's mute? The prayer tongue of your spirit is for everyone...just like salvation. But it's up to you to believe it...just like salvation. If you don't believe you will not receive.
The tongue gift that isn't for "every believer" is the tongue that comes from The Holy Spirit...not your spirit. That's two different tongues and two different Sspirits, it's as simple as that.
Hmm. Could you provide verses that support that claim?
I'm not sure just what "claim" you're refering to Zhi...does the following help?
1CO 14:14 For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays but my mind is unfruitful.
Webster's: MUTE 1. not speaking; voluntarily silent.
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So I must ask... why tongues? Why not prophecy, or teaching, or any of the other spiritual gifts that are listed?
I don't believe teaching is a spiritual gift, according to scripture. The Spiritual gifts (Gr. charisma) from the Sspirit (His/ours) are supernatural manifestations of power opposed to God given talent gifts (Gr. doma). The gift of teaching isn't a supernatural charisma/gift it is a doma/gift.
The doma gifts are callings of God to use your God given talents for him in positions of authority (apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastors, teachers). Prophesy is another question though. I believe it is a charisma gift...one that those who aren't Spirit baptized fake all the time by giving a 'non supernatural power' definition to the word.
EPH 4:8 Therefore it is said, "When he ascended on high he led a host of captives, and he gave gifts/doma to men." EPH 4:11 And his gifts were that some should be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers,
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I believe I pray in the Holy Ghost pretty often. Thing is... I pray in the Holy Ghost in English, that being the language I know and can best use to express that which the Spirit is laying on my heart. There's no indication there that praying in the Holy Ghost must be done in tongues.
I understand that's what you believe, but what scripture can you base that belief upon? I don't know of one.
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If the groanings "cannot be uttered" then they're not tongues, because they, um, can't be uttered. Tongues are most definitely uttered.
You've answered your own question if you'll think about what you just said. The Holy Spirit isn't praying through you when you say 'you're praying in The Holy Ghost. Because His groanings "cannot be uttered" by you.
1CO 2:11 For what person knows a man's thoughts (soul) except the spirit of the man which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God (soul) except the Spirit of God.
When you pray in English you are praying with the soul...not with the spirit. And some of what you pray may honestly be The Spirit's will, but your heart and soul are both biased with sin, sickness, deceptions even as Jeremiah said.
JER 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately corrupt; who can understand it? Who can understand it?...only your spirit and The Holy Spirit. That's why praying in your spirit is the best prayer you can make. It truly knows even your own mind's biased thoughts.
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RE: Gift of Tongues - One Stop Thread - 6/5/2008 12:26:01 PM
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I understand that's what you believe, but what scripture can you base that belief upon? I don't know of one.
How about the prayers of Paul recorded in Scripture? Heh, yes, they weren't in English, they were in Greek, but they were written down in the understood language of the day. Would you say the Apostle Paul did not pray in the Holy Spirit at those times?
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RE: Gift of Tongues - One Stop Thread - 6/5/2008 12:40:55 PM
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I'm not sure just what "claim" you're refering to Zhi...does the following help?
1CO 14:14 For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays but my mind is unfruitful.
Webster's: MUTE 1. not speaking; voluntarily silent.
It says that you can pray in a tongue and be praying in the Spirit. It does NOT say that the ONLY way to pray in the Spirit is to pray in tongues.
Given that Paul states quite clearly that not all people have the gift of tongues, it follows that praying in tongues cannot be the only way to pray in the Spirit, because if it were, the people who do not have the gift of tongues would be incapable of praying in the spirit.
1 Corinthians 12:27 Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. 28 And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, also those having gifts of healing, those able to help others, those with gifts of administration, and those speaking in different kinds of tongues. 29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? 30 Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret? 31 But eagerly desire the greater gifts.
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I don't believe teaching is a spiritual gift, according to scripture. The Spiritual gifts (Gr. charisma) from the Sspirit (His/ours) are supernatural manifestations of power opposed to God given talent gifts (Gr. dora). The gift of teaching isn't a supernatural charisma/gift it is a doma/gift.
The doma gifts are callings of God to use your God given talents for him in positions of authority (apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastors, teachers). Prophesy is another question though. I believe it is a charisma gift...one that those who aren't Spirit baptized fake all the time by giving a 'non supernatural power' definition to the word.
EPH 4:8 Therefore it is said, "When he ascended on high he led a host of captives, and he gave gifts/doma to men." EPH 4:11 And his gifts were that some should be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers,
Teaching is the manifestation of the gift of knowledge. It's part of the list in 1 Corinthians 12:7 "7 Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. 8 To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, 10 to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues. 11 All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he gives them to each one, just as he determines."
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I understand that's what you believe, but what scripture can you base that belief upon? I don't know of one.
You need to demonstrate that the references to praying in the Spirit REQUIRE you to be speaking other tongues to do so. There is no such indication.
Take for instance Ephesians 6:18 "And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints."
This is obviously an example of praying in the spirit while knowing what you are saying (specifically requests, prayers for the saints, etc). In fact, Paul goes on to list personal requests that they should be praying for him with, also in the Spirit. There is no suggestion there that tongues are involved. In fact, there is no mention whatsoever of tongues in that entire chapter.
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If the groanings "cannot be uttered" then they're not tongues, because they, um, can't be uttered. Tongues are most definitely uttered.
You've answered your own question if you'll think about what you just said. The Holy Spirit isn't praying through you when you say 'you're praying in The Holy Ghost. Because His groanings "cannot be uttered" by you.
Again, a groan is not a language. It's an occassionally audible expression of inward anguish, sure, but it's not a language. Unless you think the heavenly language is a repeated series of "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUGH" and the like then that's not really supporting your point there.
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1CO 2:11 For what person knows a man's thoughts (soul) except the spirit of the man which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God (soul) except the Spirit of God.
This also does not say that a different language is required.
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When you pray in English you are praying with the soul...not with the spirit. And some of what you pray may honestly be The Spirit's will, but your heart and soul are both biased with sin, sickness, deceptions even as Jeremiah said.
JER 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately corrupt; who can understand it? Who can understand it?...only your spirit and The Holy Spirit. That's why praying in your spirit is the best prayer you can make. It truly knows even your own mind's biased thoughts.
Why can't my spirit know it in english, then? Do you think that God, in the form of the Holy Spirit, is incapable of speaking English? That's kind of odd, really.
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RE: Gift of Tongues - One Stop Thread - 6/5/2008 8:32:07 PM
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Zhi,
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It says that you can pray in a tongue and be praying in the Spirit. It does NOT say that the ONLY way to pray in the Spirit is to pray in tongues.
No, it is saying you can pray either in the spirit (yours not The Spirit) or you can pray soulishly in English. You can pray in tongues and in English. You can sing in tongues or in English (spiritual songs Eph 5:18). Again two different tongues from two different sources... one being your mind/soul and two being your spirit. One is an earthly language of men, which others will understand, and the other is a spiritual/angelic language of heaven "which no man understands".
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Given that Paul states quite clearly that not all people have the gift of tongues, it follows that praying in tongues cannot be the only way to pray in the Spirit, because if it were, the people who do not have the gift of tongues would be incapable of praying in the spirit.
You simply don't understand two different tongues and two different Sspirits. Bill has talked about it here, I have talked about it here recently and others have talked about it many times past in this thread...but you aren't allowing yourself to thinking outside of your doctrine...based upon the above posted POV.
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Teaching is the manifestation of the gift of knowledge. What can I say except I've based my POV upon scripture...where's yours? Teaching is a manifestation of nothing spiritual...unbelievers can do it better than believers in the same areas and fields.
Your above statement concerning 1Co 12:7-11 causes me to believe that you don't even know the definition of a true Spiritual gift IMO. What is it?
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You need to demonstrate that the references to praying in the Spirit REQUIRE you to be speaking other tongues to do so. There is no such indication.
Yes there is.
1CO 14:14 For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays but my mind is unfruitful (doesn't understand because it's spirit tongues).
15 What am I to do? I will pray with the spirit and I will pray with the mind also; I will sing with the spirit and I will sing with the mind also. (I will pray/sing in tongues and I will also pray/sing in English)16 Otherwise, if you bless with the spirit, how can any one in the position of an outsider say the "Amen" to your thanksgiving when he does not know what you are saying? (If you bless with your spirit's tongue no one understands)
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Take for instance Ephesians 6:18 "And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints." The explanation I gave above also gives understanding that you are wrong on here in Ephesians. But only if you are willingly seeking for truth and not just seeking to defend where you are.
The rest of your post is truly too poorly defended to even address IMO. Because if you honestly believe what you wrote, then I honestly feel it's a waste of time on my part to try to convince you otherwise.
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RE: Gift of Tongues - One Stop Thread - 6/5/2008 9:02:46 PM
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1CO 14:14 For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays but my mind is unfruitful (doesn't understand because it's spirit tongues).
15 What am I to do? I will pray with the spirit and I will pray with the mind also; I will sing with the spirit and I will sing with the mind also. (I will pray/sing in tongues and I will also pray/sing in English)16 Otherwise, if you bless with the spirit, how can any one in the position of an outsider say the "Amen" to your thanksgiving when he does not know what you are saying? (If you bless with your spirit's tongue no one understands)
That's one possible interpretation. However, it is certainly not the only one. It all depends on how one takes the "de" in the text (translated most often as "but"). If it is contrastive, then you'd be right - Paul is separating praying in the spirit and praying in the mind. However, it could also be taken connectively, which would mean Paul was saying that He would pray in the Spirit while praying with his mind - the two would be combined into one action.
Given the context of this passage, it seems unlikely that Paul would be advocating praying in a way that nobody understands. Consider verses 6-12, where Paul is clearly teaching against untranslated speech. Also verses 13 and 19. Clearly, Paul is not advocating a "Spirit prayer" of incomprehensible speech. So, at the very least, Paul is commanding that, if someone speaks in tongues, it must be translated. If it is not, he does not see any value in it.
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RE: Gift of Tongues - One Stop Thread - 6/5/2008 9:28:23 PM
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1CO 14:14 For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays but my mind is unfruitful (doesn't understand because it's spirit tongues).
15 What am I to do? I will pray with the spirit and I will pray with the mind also; I will sing with the spirit and I will sing with the mind also. (I will pray/sing in tongues and I will also pray/sing in English)16 Otherwise, if you bless with the spirit, how can any one in the position of an outsider say the "Amen" to your thanksgiving when he does not know what you are saying? (If you bless with your spirit's tongue no one understands)
That's one possible interpretation. However, it is certainly not the only one. It all depends on how one takes the "de" in the text (translated most often as "but"). If it is contrastive, then you'd be right - Paul is separating praying in the spirit and praying in the mind. However, it could also be taken connectively, which would mean Paul was saying that He would pray in the Spirit while praying with his mind - the two would be combined into one action.
Given the context of this passage, it seems unlikely that Paul would be advocating praying in a way that nobody understands. Consider verses 6-12, where Paul is clearly teaching against untranslated speech. Also verses 13 and 19. Clearly, Paul is not advocating a "Spirit prayer" of incomprehensible speech. So, at the very least, Paul is commanding that, if someone speaks in tongues, it must be translated. If it is not, he does not see any value in it.
What you are saying here about it being "taken connectively" doesn't make sense in light of verse 14 where Paul is making a distinction between praying in tongues and praying with the mind or understanding.
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RE: Gift of Tongues - One Stop Thread - 6/5/2008 11:08:17 PM
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No, it is saying you can pray either in the spirit (yours not The Spirit) or you can pray soulishly in English. You can pray in tongues and in English. You can sing in tongues or in English (spiritual songs Eph 5:18). Again two different tongues from two different sources... one being your mind/soul and two being your spirit. One is an earthly language of men, which others will understand, and the other is a spiritual/angelic language of heaven "which no man understands".
I'm really not seeing that. The only distinction that appears to be made by the wording is whether or not your mind has a clue of what's going on. Since Ephesians clearly states that one can, and in fact is ordered by Paul to "pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests", one can definitely pray in the spirit while knowing what one is doing (making requests and specific prayers).
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You simply don't understand two different tongues and two different Sspirits. Bill has talked about it here, I have talked about it here recently and others have talked about it many times past in this thread...but you aren't allowing yourself to thinking outside of your doctrine...based upon the above posted POV.
Because the Scripture doesn't make that distinction when it comes to tongues. Paul does not say, when he's asking rather sarcastically whether or not everyone can speak in tongues, "oh, but everybody can pray in the heavenly tongue so let's be sure we all do that".
There's no need to get nasty. You aren't allowing yourself to think outside of your doctrine either, obviously.
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Teaching is the manifestation of the gift of knowledge.What can I say except I've based my POV upon scripture...where's yours? Teaching is a manifestation of nothing spiritual...unbelievers can do it better than believers in the same areas and fields.
So you're saying there's absolutely no working of the Spirit in wisdom and knowledge in teaching the things of God? I find that to be a rather terrifying idea.
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Your above statement concerning 1Co 12:7-11 causes me to believe that you don't even know the definition of a true Spiritual gift IMO. What is it?
A spiritual gift is a gift given us by the Holy Spirit when He indwells us. What did you think it was?
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Yes there is.
1CO 14:14 For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays but my mind is unfruitful (doesn't understand because it's spirit tongues).
15 What am I to do? I will pray with the spirit and I will pray with the mind also; I will sing with the spirit and I will sing with the mind also. (I will pray/sing in tongues and I will also pray/sing in English)16 Otherwise, if you bless with the spirit, how can any one in the position of an outsider say the "Amen" to your thanksgiving when he does not know what you are saying? (If you bless with your spirit's tongue no one understands)
This does not indicate that everyone should have that gift. It's merely cautioning those who DO have that gift from spending all their time using that gift and not spending any time edifying other believers and reaching out to unbelievers in a way they can understand.
Pretty much the entirety of 1 Cor 14 is teaching people with the gift of tongues to control themselves and use them appropriately.
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Take for instance Ephesians 6:18 "And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints." The explanation I gave above also gives understanding that you are wrong on here in Ephesians. But only if you are willingly seeking for truth and not just seeking to defend where you are.
Nope. You're going to have to address this verse directly, because there are no conjunctions, no commas, that you can use to claim that the known (prayers and requests) is not actually intersecting with what you claim is unknowable (praying in the Spirit).
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The rest of your post is truly too poorly defended to even address IMO. Because if you honestly believe what you wrote, then I honestly feel it's a waste of time on my part to try to convince you otherwise.
*sigh* If it's really so poorly defended, then it should be easy for you to address it. Kindly avoid creating cop-outs in the form of personal attacks in the future. Let's have a civilized discussion.
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RE: Gift of Tongues - One Stop Thread - 6/5/2008 11:12:33 PM
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What you are saying here about it being "taken connectively" doesn't make sense in light of verse 14 where Paul is making a distinction between praying in tongues and praying with the mind or understanding.
Sure it does. Paul is showing the difference between "just-Spirit praying", which was chaotic, incomprehensible, and wrong, and "Spirit-and-mind praying," which was understandable and good.
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RE: Gift of Tongues - One Stop Thread - 6/6/2008 1:27:52 PM
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Him4all
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MrFribbles,
If you use it conjunctively it really doesn't change the thought I presented. Look at Young's Literal Translation below which does exactly what you said.
YLT 1CO 14:15 What then is it? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray also with the understanding; I will sing psalms with the spirit, and I will sing psalms also with the understanding;
As you can see it replaces 'but' with 'and' but grammatically had to add an 'also' to maintain the thought that the verse is talkng about two separate prayers...which I believe supports the position I presented.
Zhi,
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*sigh* If it's really so poorly defended, then it should be easy for you to address it. Kindly avoid creating cop-outs in the form of personal attacks in the future. Let's have a civilized discussion.
Please let me apologize for the way that sounded, I didn't mean to be condesending. I was truly trying to express how far apart I felt we were and this is just too time consuming of a medium. Your post, which I was responding to was just too long. I really don't feel like I want to address all those little "jot and tittle" distractions if the big idea isn't grasped. I hope I worded that better this time. I am sorry. 
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The only distinction that appears to be made by the wording is whether or not your mind has a clue of what's going on. Since Ephesians clearly states that one can, and in fact is ordered by Paul to "pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests", one can definitely pray in the spirit while knowing what one is doing (making requests and specific prayers).
I agree, but the only reason your mind 'is' unfruitful is because you're praying in a tongue that no man understands (including yourself) according to verse 2.
YLT 1CO 14:2 for he who is speaking in an {unknown} tongue - to men he doth not speak, but to God, for no one doth hearken, and in spirit he doth speak secrets;
Again I'm going to use the YLT which is a more correct translation and therefore more difficult to read in English. But the main thing I want you to note here is that 'spirit' isn't translated with a capital because it is talkng about a prayer tongue 'which no man undertands'. If this verse was talking about The Holy Spirit talking then it would be an understood language of man (like on the day of Pentecost). And if it wasn't an understood language of man, then the Spiritual Gift of interpretation would have to come into play that the body would understand and be edified.
The way you keep adding a capital S in your posts, still confirms to me that you appear to not understand two Sspirits and two tongues. Do you understand that point?
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There's no need to get nasty. You aren't allowing yourself to think outside of your doctrine either, obviously. Still humbly agreeing...nasty is not good. You are right concerning 'doctrinal box thinking'. But the difficulty for many/all of 'us', is this: we were in your doctrinal box at one time and now we're not. You have not been where we are in understanding. And it is an understanding that is based upon a new experience which came about after a change in thinking which led to believing. I hope that sounds fair and not 'holier than thou'.
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So you're saying there's absolutely no working of the Spirit in wisdom and knowledge in teaching the things of God? I find that to be a rather terrifying idea. I am saying that the Gifts of the Spirit are supernatural manifestations of knowledge and wisdom. In other words things you had no possibility of knowing without supernatural intervention. And having been used in those type giftings I can attest that they aren't fearful...they are awsome.
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A spiritual gift is a gift given us by the Holy Spirit when He indwells us. What did you think it was? A Spiritual gift is a manifestation of the Spirit in which He gives something to someone else and I am merely a vessel for Him to use in that gift. If you need a word of knowledge or wisdom or healing in your body...and The Spirit gives me supernatural knowledge to pass on to you or supernatural wisdom to apply to something I may not even know you're struggling with, or your body gets healed...then that is a gift of The Spirit to you. I never had the gift. The Spirit did have the gift and He gave it to you and all I am is a yielded vessel for His service. If I had the gift of healing....everyone would get healed. But the manifestations/giftings from The Spirit, are imparted "as He wills" and not as I/we will. No one has the gifts of chapter 12 IMO. They only have access to them from The Spirit as they are passed on to who they are given too.
And, as I've stated here before 'The Holy Spirit' doesn't indwell any one individually. The only body (singular) that He dwells in is the 'many membered' corporate body of Christ. But that's a whole other subject.
This has taken all morning on and off and is long enough, so I'm quitting.
DR
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RE: Gift of Tongues - One Stop Thread - 6/6/2008 2:19:44 PM
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Zhi
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I agree, but the only reason your mind 'is' unfruitful is because you're praying in a tongue that no man understands (including yourself) according to verse 2.
YLT 1CO 14:2 for he who is speaking in an {unknown} tongue - to men he doth not speak, but to God, for no one doth hearken, and in spirit he doth speak secrets;
Again I'm going to use the YLT which is a more correct translation and therefore more difficult to read in English. But the main thing I want you to note here is that 'spirit' isn't translated with a capital because it is talkng about a prayer tongue 'which no man undertands'. If this verse was talking about The Holy Spirit talking then it would be an understood language of man (like on the day of Pentecost). And if it wasn't an understood language of man, then the Spiritual Gift of interpretation would have to come into play that the body would understand and be edified.
The way you keep adding a capital S in your posts, still confirms to me that you appear to not understand two Sspirits and two tongues. Do you understand that point?
I understand the point you're trying to make, yes, but I don't think it's accurate. Paul doesn't appear to make any such distinction.
Let's look at the entire paragraph there.
1 Cor 14:1 Follow the way of love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy. 2 For anyone who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God. Indeed, no one understands him; he utters mysteries with his spirit. 3 But everyone who prophesies speaks to men for their strengthening, encouragement and comfort. 4 He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the church. 5 I would like every one of you to speak in tongues, but I would rather have you prophesy. He who prophesies is greater than one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets, so that the church may be edified.
As you can see, "spiritual" in verse 1 is not capitalized either, so the lack of capitalization in 2 is not surprising. If you take the speaking in tongues to be only within your own spirit, and not affected in any way by the Spirit, then Paul would not compare it with prophecy, because I hope you would agree that prophecy is not something we can do within our own spirit on our own power either. Another key comes with the comparison as well... Paul says he would LIKE everyone to speak in tongues, but he would RATHER have you prophesy. Not ALSO have you prophesy. He also says that he who prophesies is greater than one who speaks in tongues. Both of these verses indicate quite clearly that he does not expect a single person to do both, and, given a choice, he would rather people exhibit the spiritual gift of prophecy.
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Still humbly agreeing...nasty is not good. You are right concerning 'doctrinal box thinking'. But the difficulty for many/all of 'us', is this: we were in your doctrinal box at one time and now we're not. You have not been where we are in understanding. And it is an understanding that is based upon a new experience which came about after a change in thinking which led to believing. I hope that sounds fair and not 'holier than thou'.
My husband spent much of his childhood in charismatic churches. He decided, in all honesty, that he does not have the gift of tongues. It had nothing to do with his surroundings, it had to do with his realization that it was simply not his spiritual gift. He has never honestly been able to manifest tongues, and he has always respected the Spirit too much to fake it, despite pressure from those around him. He is very passionate about the Lord, and he has other gifts, so I am sure it is not due to a lack of the Holy Spirit.
I've decided the same thing about myself.
I realize that the gift of tongues has often been despised. I hope that you do not think that I despise the gift of tongues. I really don't. I think it would be a great gift to have, I just honestly do not have it, and I refuse to fake it. If you have manifested it, then I am very glad for you that you have such a lovely spiritual gift, but I would hope that you would not think less of me for my lack of that spiritual gift. I assure you I have others.
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I am saying that the Gifts of the Spirit are supernatural manifestations of knowledge and wisdom. In other words things you had no possibility of knowing without supernatural intervention. And having been used in those type giftings I can attest that they aren't fearful...they are awsome.
I personally have knowledge and wisdom as my spiritual gifts. I think they manifest in two ways: One is knowing things that I could not possibly know, one is understanding spiritual things "intuitively" that other people find dificult. The first part has only hit a few times in my life... knowing my great grandmother had died while away at summer camp, knowing that a woman in our church was dying, knowing that I needed to talk to a kid who was about to commit suicide and get him help, things like that. These are kind of scary when they hit, especially since the things I "just know" generally relate to death or suffering, and I can't tell you how I knew other than that I just did. The second part is more common, and is very helpful in teaching and contributing to Bible studies. It's by far the more pleasant.
Honestly I think we need the Holy Spirit to understand the things of God regardless. As it says in 1 Cor, "...the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned." 1 Corinthians 2:14-15
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A Spiritual gift is a manifestation of the Spirit in which He gives something to someone else and I am merely a vessel for Him to use in that gift. If you need a word of knowledge or wisdom or healing in your body...and The Spirit gives me supernatural knowledge to pass on to you or supernatural wisdom to apply to something I may not even know you're struggling with, or your body gets healed...then that is a gift of The Spirit to you. I never had the gift. The Spirit did have the gift and He gave it to you and all I am is a yielded vessel for His service. If I had the gift of healing....everyone would get healed. But the manifestations/giftings from The Spirit, are imparted "as He wills" and not as I/we will. No one has the gifts of chapter 12 IMO. They only have access to them from The Spirit as they are passed on to who they are given too.
And, as I've stated here before 'The Holy Spirit' doesn't indwell any one individually. The only body (singular) that He dwells in is the 'many membered' corporate body of Christ. But that's a whole other subject.
I am not sure where this comes from. Here's some verses:
John 14:16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever-- 17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.
Romans 8:9 You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.
1 Cor 6:19-20 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? 20 For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.
Otherwise, yes, obviously, we cannot perform any spiritual gift without the Spirit choosing to give us the power to do so. Even Jesus Himself couldn't.
Incidentally I was discussing this with my husband last night, to see what he thought. His comment was that if Jesus Himself prayed in the language of the time, and was never shown in the Scripture to be praying in tongues, and taught His disciples to pray in the language they knew, then it must not be something we should all be required to do.
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RE: Gift of Tongues - One Stop Thread - 6/6/2008 5:10:05 PM
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bluegravel
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Incidentally I was discussing this with my husband last night, to see what he thought. His comment was that if Jesus Himself prayed in the language of the time, and was never shown in the Scripture to be praying in tongues, and taught His disciples to pray in the language they knew, then it must not be something we should all be required to do.
Why WOULD Jesus pray in tongues? That doesn't even make sense - as the Son of God, why would he need to?
Tongues, only occured AFTER Jesus returned to His Father. Jesus said that he had to go (back to His Father) and that He would send the Holy Spirit. A little attention to chronological detail would serve to give better understanding as to why Jesus did not speak in tongues - other than that he was not exactly quite human 
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RE: Gift of Tongues - One Stop Thread - 6/6/2008 6:06:18 PM
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Him4all
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Zhi,
For one thing you need a better translation. The word "gifts" isn't even in the Greek in verse 1 and the word "spiritual" isn't singular it's plural. So it isn't talking about The Holy Spirit it is talking about people who are truly spiritual.
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Paul says he would LIKE everyone to speak in tongues, but he would RATHER have you prophesy. Look in the Greek,
Your translation is made by someone who doesn't speak in tongues...think about that. It influences how they translate the Greek. The word LIKE that you mention is the word thelo: 2309 thelo: to determine (as an active option from subjective impulse;
not a "WISH" from the definition of 'Oh gee I wish you could'...it is a determined 'I wish you would!'. Look how Paul used it in 12:1.
1CO 12:1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would/thelo not have you ignorant.
Again read the following and see that this isn't some hopeful wish, it's I just wish you'd do it.
YLT 1CO 14:5 and I wish you all to speak with tongues, and more that ye may prophecy, for greater is he who is prophesying than he who is speaking with tongues, except one may interpret, that the assembly may receive edification.
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Both of these verses indicate quite clearly that he does not expect a single person to do both, and, given a choice, he would rather people exhibit the spiritual gift of prophecy. So to finish the rest of your quoted thought. Paul does want you to do both but edifying yourself only isn't accomplishing as much as edifying the whole body. So he isn't saying either/or he is saying both/and.
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It had nothing to do with his surroundings, it had to do with his realization that it was simply not his spiritual gift. I appreciate your husband coming to a truthful realization and unwillingness to fake it. But that doesn't help me change my opinion concerning prayer tongues for all...including you Zhi. 
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I would hope that you would not think less of me for my lack of that spiritual gift. I truly am not here to think less of anyone. I am here to stir them up to receive more than they have.
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I personally have knowledge and wisdom as my spiritual gifts. I think they manifest in two ways: One is knowing things that I could not possibly know, one is understanding spiritual things "intuitively" that other people find dificult. The first part has only hit a few times in my life... knowing my great grandmother had died while away at summer camp, knowing that a woman in our church was dying, knowing that I needed to talk to a kid who was about to commit suicide and get him help, things like that. These are kind of scary when they hit, especially since the things I "just know" generally relate to death or suffering, and I can't tell you how I knew other than that I just did. The second part is more common, and is very helpful in teaching and contributing to Bible studies. It's by far the more pleasant.
Here I have some difficulty because unbelievers have these same "gifts". Watchman Nee calls them the 'latent powers of the soul', which man had before the fall.
I'm just going to briefly touch on each of the verses you've given and give a brief counter.
John 14:16 Doesn't say The Holy Spirit it says Counselor
Romans 8:9 If spirit wasn't capitalized it again would just mean the spirit we receive by virtue of the rebirth into the family of God. And it's only capitalized by the doctrinal view of the translators.
1 Cor 6:19-20 The 'you' in this verse is plural in the Greek and is a collective noun, and again stands for the many membered singular body of Christ.
Gotta quit, the wife wants to go home and we're sharing vehicles.
DR
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RE: Gift of Tongues - One Stop Thread - 6/6/2008 7:45:46 PM
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MrFribbles
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If you use it conjunctively it really doesn't change the thought I presented. Look at Young's Literal Translation below which does exactly what you said.
YLT 1CO 14:15 What then is it? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray also with the understanding; I will sing psalms with the spirit, and I will sing psalms also with the understanding;
As you can see it replaces 'but' with 'and' but grammatically had to add an 'also' to maintain the thought that the verse is talkng about two separate prayers...which I believe supports the position I presented.
I disagree. It could be presenting two elements of one prayer. Paul is saying instead of praying using only the Spirit, he will pray with both the mind and the Spirit. One single prayer, using the elements of both the mind and the Spirit.
Also, I must disagree with your take on thelo.
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Your translation is made by someone who doesn't speak in tongues...think about that. It influences how they translate the Greek. The word LIKE that you mention is the word thelo: 2309 thelo: to determine (as an active option from subjective impulse;
not a "WISH" from the definition of 'Oh gee I wish you could'...it is a determined 'I wish you would!'. Look how Paul used it in 12:1.
First, on a very basic level - you say that if someone who doesn't speak in tongues translates Scripture, it will bias their translation. This is certainly possible, but the opposite would also be true - if someone adheres to tongues-speaking as you describe, their translation could also be biased. But that's another topic, heh.
Now, thelo here is not an imperative. To take it as a command ignores the mood of the Greek. I don't have my handy-dandy Wallace with me, so I can't comment on what type of indicative is being used here, but there's no automatic reason that I can see to take thelo as either way between the way you took it, or the way that Zhi took it (and the way many major translations take it).
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RE: Gift of Tongues - One Stop Thread - 6/6/2008 9:15:05 PM
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Zhi
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For one thing you need a better translation. The word "gifts" isn't even in the Greek in verse 1 and the word "spiritual" isn't singular it's plural. So it isn't talking about The Holy Spirit it is talking about people who are truly spiritual.
Again, why would he talk about tongues compared to prophecy if he weren't referring to both in the spiritual gift form. Again, do you think prophecy can be done on our own power?
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Look in the Greek,
Your translation is made by someone who doesn't speak in tongues...think about that. It influences how they translate the Greek. The word LIKE that you mention is the word thelo: 2309 thelo: to determine (as an active option from subjective impulse;
not a "WISH" from the definition of 'Oh gee I wish you could'...it is a determined 'I wish you would!'. Look how Paul used it in 12:1.
1CO 12:1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would/thelo not have you ignorant.
Again read the following and see that this isn't some hopeful wish, it's I just wish you'd do it.
YLT 1CO 14:5 and I wish you all to speak with tongues, and more that ye may prophecy, for greater is he who is prophesying than he who is speaking with tongues, except one may interpret, that the assembly may receive edification.
That's an unfair assertion. Thelo can mean "to determine or resolve", but it can also mean "to wish or desire". The latter makes more sense, as Paul could not resolve other people to have the gift of tongues... instead, he desires or wishes others to have the gift. And again, the important part is that he's making a comparison... he doesn't expect anyone to do both, and as much as he would desire them to have the gift of tongues, he would rather they have the gift of prophecy.
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Both of these verses indicate quite clearly that he does not expect a single person to do both, and, given a choice, he would rather people exhibit the spiritual gift of prophecy. So to finish the res | | |
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