Messages in tongues down among Pentecostals

[Rose]

AP NEWS: Messages in tongues down among Pentecostals

http://www.capitalgazette.com/wire/n...2c1eec772.html

[houston]

Ah, more Pentecostals are doing things orderly. I am pleased that they are following the Apotle Paul's instruction.

[Timmy]

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by houston

Ah, more Pentecostals are doing things orderly. I am pleased that they are following the Apotle Paul's instruction.

That isn't the case. They are actively eliminating speaking in tongues. Paul did not teach that. He said to speak in tongues and he said to do it, the other gifts and all other things "in order"

1Co 14:39 So then, brothers and sisters, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid anyone from speaking in tongues.
1Co 14:40 And do everything in a decent and orderly manner.

[MarcBee]

Originally Posted by Timmy

A tongue depression?

From the article,
<<It's a shift that has unsettled some more traditional Pentecostals who say the practice is at the heart of a movement that evolved out of an interracial revival and remains a spontaneous way for the poor and dispossessed to have a direct line to God. >>

So, to maintain the "direct line to god", best to stay poor or dispossessed. M'kay.

[Timmy]

Originally Posted by MarcBee

A tongue depression?

[Praxeas]

[Oneness&Unity]

1 Corinthians 12:8-10

8 To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a 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.



From this passage it is obvious that not all Christians will speak in tongues.

[renee819]

LORD, Have mercy on us, and forgive us of our PRIDE and WORLDLINESS. I'M NOT ASKING THAT YOU SAVE US, IN OUR PRIDE AND WORLDLINESS, but that you open our eyes, and show us our sins. And put a hunger in the hearts of the Ministers, as well as the back sliding Christians, that will supersede anything that the world has to offer. AMEN

The 40-member church is among many nationwide that are reducing or cutting out speaking in tongues as they become more popular and move to the mainstream. It's a shift that has unsettled some more traditional Pentecostals who say the practice is at the heart of a movement that evolved out of an interracial revival and remains a spontaneous way for the poor and dispossessed to have a direct line to God.

Then I suppose, if you have a little money, you don't need “ a direct line to God?” Do they think their money will save them?

As the religion becomes more widely accepted, Walters said, there has been a tendency for large Pentecostal churches to downplay the differences between Pentecostalism and other well-known Christian denominations

.

“as they become more popular and move to the mainstream”

Do you remember the OT story?
God told the Israelites to keep Judges for their leaders. They looked around and said, “all the other nations have Kings. We want a King. God tried to tell them what would happen if they had a King. They would not listen, they said, “Give us a King so that we can be like other nations,”

That is the way that Pentecost is going. We, (larger churches) want to be accepted by the world, at least by other Denominations, so they have decided and will quit talking in tongues.

If they don't know the difference, in Other Tongues and Unknown Tongues, to refuse Other Tongues, destroys all hope of being born again. They are destroying the foundation of their salvation. And YES, they will become like other Denominations, dead, dried and plucked up by the roots. (Some Pentecostals are already like that) placing programs in the place of the Spirit, the music is a disaster. (Christian Rock, or Modern Music accepted, to be more like the world) In many Pentecostal churches, using music to rev up the emotions.
Amos 8:3 And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.

[Michael The Disciple]

No wonder that they are forsaking tongues. Tares now make up most of the ministry as well as the assemblies. Tongues are now ridiculed among Pentecostals. There are people on this forum that attack it as well as other foundation issues. No wonder many are leaving the faith.