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"The Ancient Landmark"

What Must I Do To Be Saved?

  

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a question I speak in tonges unless you have been there i never believed it until i read up un it then the pastor laid his hands on me and prayed that i would recieve the holyghost then i started speaking in unknown language so i know it is real becuse i asked Jesus for it and by the way it says also in the bible speaking in a unknown tonge man doesnt understand but you speak mysteries unto GOD so the bible is rigt and there for eyou need to pray to GOD to clear your mind up aboput this the devil is trying to ruin GOD so he is using you to try and stop the holyghost and speaking in tonges also the disiples didnt take 3 moths to learn it it was instant and another thing GOD is the same today as he was yesterday or his plan of salvation would have expired right think about it speaking in tonges is of GOD and its not a language you can learn but GOD speaks through you and people could understand it if GOD wants them to or if he has a message thank you for your time GOD bless please e-mail me back

My Response:

Hello ,

First, you said, you never believed in tongues until "the pastor laid his hands on" you and "prayed that I might receive the holy ghost." Yet, the Bible says only apostles had such power (Acts 8:15-17). No one else on earth had the power (nor has the power today) to bestow these spiritual gifts on others. There is no question in my mind that what you call speaking in "tongues" are utterances from your mouth, but what you are doing is not what the Bible describes. The Bible describes "tongues" as languages (Acts 2:6, 8, 11). It is true that these apostles (later certain Christians, I Corinthians 12:10) didn't need "3 months to learn it," and it was instantly done. Yet, this does not prove that YOU (or I) can have such gifts today. When you read I Corinthians 13:8-10, you can see how these gifts were "done away."

Furthermore, the use of the term "unknown tongue" needs to be explained. You're using this term to mean some kind of tongue which can only be understood by God, and those He "allows" to understand. Yet, the Bible uses the term "unknown tongue" to mean a language (earthly language) that sometimes those listening did not understand (I Corinthians 14:2, 4). (For example: like someone who only knows the English language could not understand one who preached in German or Spanish.) Notice that Paul said he wished people could "prophecy"(v. 3, 5) because then the people could understand. He said those who spoke in tongues without an interpreter were like a "barbarian" (foreigner) to the ones listening (v. 11). In other words, those listening get no good from it. This says nothing about God "allowing" certain ones to understand, but he does say those people speaking in tongues needed an interpreter, and "in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding , that by my voice I might teach other also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue" (I Corinthians 14:19).

The Bible is "very clear" about the fact that tongue speaking was also done in conjunction with those who interpreted, as well as those who had supernatural wisdom, supernatural knowledge, faith, gifts of healing, working of miracles, prophecy, and discerning of spirits (i.e., someone who could know who is telling the truth and who is not). Tell me, what miracles have been DOCUMENTED where you worship? Has anyone where you go to church been able to perform a miracle? If so, what was it, and show me the documentation. Has anyone you know been able to raise the dead? Let me see the death certificate of the man who has been raised. I bring these points up because all of these gifts went together according to God's plan (I Corinthians 12:8-11). Since they went together, when they ceased (and they did), they all ceased together. I Corinthians 13:8-13 speaks of those spiritual gifts, and says they would "fail," "cease," "vanish away," and "be done away." Paul goes on to say that what "abides" is "faith, hope, charity" (love).

I pray that you might seriously consider these facts. Don't allow people to determine what you do or do not do. Check out these Scriptures, read them for yourself, and see what the truth is.

I hope you have a good day.

Sincerely,

Jarrod Jacobs

* For Further Study *

Radio Program From 1/31/10 w Chuck Bartlett - Questions: "Explain Revelation 1:3"; "Explain Jude 25"; "What Does The Bible Say About Tongues?"

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