Another ? about speaking in tongues.

[bbyrd009]

Amen! Unfortunately, there are apparently quite a few who do seem to claim it as "necessary?"

[bbyrd009]

Originally Posted by Amanah

Mom was catholic, we had been invited to the AoG with a friend of hers, she had no clue what was going on. if you were addressing your post to me

are you aware of the quote function? on the bottom right you can hit the quote function to bring up the person's quote and make a response to them.

Ok, thanks. No, that was directed at Houston; I'm still learning the ropes here, sorry. "Quote" seems to make posts unnecessarily long, to me, and I thought the "threads" thing, which I'm in (and I'm guessing you're not in) clarified who one was replying to, but I see that it is obscured in other modes, so I'll quote, ty.

ps, "threads" makes it difficult to follow the whole conversation, tho...i'll have to play around with the other two modes...

[J4Truth]

Originally Posted by Amanah

I also don't understand why people want to do away with tongues as evidence, especially those who have experienced it first hand.

I received the HG as a child and spoke in tongues having never heard about it before.

I've seen 100s of people, maybe thousands, filled the same way.

I think it is because receiving the HG is a part of salvation and if tongues is the evidence of, then all who have not the evidence have not the Spirit. And then when people look on others who they deem worthy of Heaven but have not spoke in tongues they strive to find a way to make place for them.

[Scott Hutchinson]

I knew a young man once who was from a Baptist background,and he was praying at his home once and he was reaching to God and started to speak in tongues,and didn't really know what it was. He was a teenager.

[AreYouReady?]

Originally Posted by houston

My mother trembled in the presence of God. She spoke in tongues and fell forward to the ground. Describing her experience she said that she could see nothing but a bright light. I don't how she could see anything, her eyes were closed the whole time she was on the floor.

I had the "bright light" experience several times. It is hard to explain...sort of like being in a bright spotlight. Yes, my eyes were closed but I still saw nothing but a bright light.

[bbyrd009]

Wow, I'm so jealous; I have such a spare prayer life...

[bbyrd009]

oh, sorry--that people might exclude it as a "proof," which concept I'm kind of uncomfortable with, anyway--I know the relevant verse(s), but they might exclude it, having not experienced it. I had one or two episodes, but they felt kind of forced, and just aren't what I hear described.

[deacon blues]

No passage of scripture demands tongues for salvation. IE doctrine is full of holes scripturally. What happens is people get saved a certain way, with certain feelings, experiences, etc. Then they superimpose that on everyone else. Thank God for your sal vation and how it came to you, but remember that how someone comes to Christ is always unique and personal.

[Austin]

When the terminology," Born Again" started to become a popular doctrine at the turn of the century and everyone in the sophisticated reams of church organization attached themselves to it the teaching then reflected a great controversy on the true doctrine of the apostolic church.
I believe in faith and repentance. But from my own experiences I know that faith and repentance is an act toward God through acknowledging that jesus is lord and rose from the dead.
When I attended a Baptist Church organization and heard the bible preached I repented and God took away that burden of sin and I felt the change in me which was something I never felt before and I knew it was real.
Growing up as a Catholic boy I had never experienced this.
However, it was later when I learned about the infilling of the Holy Ghost and the evidence of speaking in another tongue, which ability was given by the Holy Ghost, that I actually received it.
This was not in a church and was not prompted by a group of people and at the time I was very unlearned in the scriptures.
It made a big difference in my life and it gave me a deeper understanding in the things of God, and it also increased my faith.
It wasn't until years later would I run into trouble with those who would try and discredit this experience.
As i studied their lives and how they reacted to the things of God and as I watched for the power of God in their lives I only saw a profession and no action or manifestation of the power of God that was able to deliver those others who were in great need in their lives.
Salvation and receiving the Holy Ghost are two separate gifts of God whether people want to believe in a second work of grace or not. I personally don't see the work of the grace of God ever stopping in my life and I'm thankful for it that it keeps going on and it keeps increasing as it goes, and I keep receiving more and more from Jesus by his spirit and through his spirit.

[Hoovie]

Originally Posted by deacon blues

No passage of scripture demands tongues for salvation. IE doctrine is full of holes scripturally. What happens is people get saved a certain way, with certain feelings, experiences, etc. Then they superimpose that on everyone else. Thank God for your sal vation and how it came to you, but remember that how someone comes to Christ is always unique and personal.

Yes! A great post!