Speaking In Tongues

[onefaith2]

Originally Posted by deacon blues

GOOD LORD! We had a campmeeting full of people who supposedly had the HG who couldn't discern that Sacha Cohen, although "speaking in tongues" was just faking it. Tongues are sign to unbelievers, not to believers, yet we have come up with this notion that tongues is for believers to all syand around and say, "Aha! There it is! Its official! They are now one of us! Welcome to the club, buddy!" Not scriptural.

For they heard them speak with tongues and magnify God



Acts 10:44
While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word.
Acts 10:43-45
Acts 11:15
And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning.


It is scriptural for a believer to know that a person received the Holy Ghost by hearing them speak with tongues.

[Jay]

I have known of people receiving the Holy Ghost in denominational churches because they found the experience in the Bible. They also discovered the truth of the oneness of God, and baptism in the name of Jesus. However, they rejected this truth not once but many times. In the end, we received word that judgment had fallen upon them and they were scattered in the community.

I believe that it happens, but God has said that He will lead into all truth. If a homosexual receives the true Holy Ghost in one of their churches, then I believe that God will endeavor to lead them out of it. However, I would be careful when ascribing an act of God into a life of unrepentant sin. If the life does not change, they will eventually reap the wrath of a holy God upon themselves, and they will be made known to all men for deceivers and liars.