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"a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, and one of you says to them, "Depart in peace, be warmed and filled," but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit" (James 2:15-16 NKJV)
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Bible Tongue Speaking and Modern Impostors!
Compare the genuine in the Bible with the fakes of today!
Compare the truth with the fake:
Simon The Fake Vs Apostles the truth: Acts 8:5-13
Modern Day Tongue Speaking Is Not From God!
In the Los Angeles area which consists of about 12 million people, every kind of
religious cult that can be imagined is here. One of the churches, called the
Rainbow Revival Church, located at 890 Crenshaw in Los Angeles, sent out an
instruction sheet a number of years ago giving instructions as to how one may
receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit. Listed below is the sum and substance of
the instruction.
In the last decade the tongue-speaking phenomenon has been experienced in most
religious groups in the United States as well as foreign countries. It is the
most talked about religious item of our time. Tongue speaking is automatic
speech which consists of utterances without conscious effort or thought with no
rational meaning and with no conscious Purpose. Students of the tongue-speaking
phenomenon see it as the outgrowth of three things: First, the dryness of
religious ritual in the western culture; second, the crisis climate of our time
from which people seek escape; and, third, a personal religious void.
The common human phenomenon of tongue speaking is often confused with the New
Testament gift of speaking in other languages. They are not the same in content,
source, or purpose. Contemporary tongue speaking is often called glossolalia. It
is to be compared to laughter which is a type of automatic speech. One laughs
not because he has rationally decided that something is funny or because he
makes a conscious effort to, but it is an automatic response to a situation.
Even so, tongue speaking does not happen because a person wills to utter
specific sounds, but it is an automatic response to a situation.
There is nothing harmful or bad about glossolalia any more than laughter. It is
a common human experience. It is wrong, however, when it is claimed to be a
miracle or is substituted for rational, religious expression. One shouldn't
confuse a human phenomenon with a divine act.
Because tongue-speaking comes without conscious effort and cannot be understood,
it has often been confused for divine intervention in religion. This was true
for ancient paganism. The first written record of tongue speaking dates back
more than 1,000 years before Christ. A certain Wen Ammon under stress gave forth
ecstatic utterances, and the people thought God was speaking through him.
Ecstatic utterances were used in the Greek oracles and in the ancient mystery
religions. Even today in Rhodesia there is a sect known as the Apostles' Church
which combines certain elements of Christianity with the traditional pagan
practices. Tongue speaking is a part of their ceremony.
Spiritualists use the tongue-speaking phenomenon in their claim to communicate
with the dead. Mormons have always had tongue speaking as a part of their
religious expression. It is thought for them to be a confirmation of the
authenticity of the Book of Mormon and other documents which came from Joseph
Smith. The most common expression of tongue speaking until recent years was in
Pentecostalism which arose around 1900 and developed into a number of
denominations.
In the early 1960's neo- Pentecostalism began in Van Nuys, California, and has
spread rapidly through the traditional existing religious organizations. It has
become very popular, even in Roman Catholicism, and has divided a number of
Protestant churches.
The fact that the tongue-speaking experience is found in false and contradictory
religions would indicate that its source is not from God but is a human
experience confused for divine intervention. The fact that the same experience
is known in all religions, ancient and modern, Christian and pagan, and
sometimes outside the religious experience altogether would indicate that its
source is not from God. The fact that it can be learned and imitated would
indicate that it is not a miracle.
The New Testament gift of tongues is a miracle and consists of speaking in human
languages that the speaker, had not known or learned by natural means.
Contemporary tongue speaking must not be confused with the New Testament gift of
tongues. One is a human phenomenon; the other a divine miracle. One is common to
all religions, ancient and modern; the other is unique to the church in the
first century. One is irrational, ecstatic utterances; the other is human
language. One can be imitated and learned; the other is a miracle from God.
There is nothing wrong with the phenomenon of giving forth ecstatic utterances,
but it is error when it is confused with the New Testament gift of tongues.
Ecstatic, automatic speech can bring forth a release of tension and can be
therapeutic, but when it is substituted for rational, religious expression, it
is a delusion.
Paul was no doubt talking about such a phenomenon as contemporary tongue
speaking when he wrote in I Corinthians 12:2, about pagans, "You know that when
you were pagans, you were led astray to the dumb idols, however you were led."
John was no doubt speaking of counterfeits of miracles when he wrote in I John
4:1, "Believe not every spirit, but try the spirits to see if they be from God."
One major purpose for tongues was to serve as a sign to unbelieving Jews - a
problem that was eliminated with the destruction of the Temple and Judaism as a
religion in AD 70 by Rome - cp. 1 Corinthians 14:21-22 (it was a testimony
against those who had rejected Christ Jesus.)
Tongue speaking today is not of God, it is of man.
J. Hurt, Steve Rudd
Source: http://www.bible.ca/su-tongues-today.htm
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