What Does the Bible (KJ1611) Say About Tongues?
The following is a statement of fact. This information is taken from the King James Bible, the only real source of truth! The KJV is the authority on all the issues of life. God speaks today to men through the word of God, not through prophets as in days gone by. Luke 16:16 says that the law and the prophets were until John. So John was the last prophet! Today we are answerable to the Word of God, the KJV with all of its authority, the final, and only authority!
There are not many interpretations of the Bible today, but there is only one! God said what he meant, and meant what he said. I will give in to the fact that there are many applications that can be used in our lives today. Let me stop here and add one thought: The Holy Ghost will never lead you opposite of the Word of God. Many people claim to be lead by the spirit, but if this leadership goes against the Word of God, it is not the Spirit of God that is leading you.
There is much confusion today about the issue of "TONGUES". Simply the fact that there is confusion tells us that it is not of God! The debate and the arguement rages today over the right or wrong of this practice in our day. I would like to try to explain what the Word of God says about it, now I realise that I am not a proffesional writer or speller but we will attempt to help anyway! As a preacher friend once said: "I may not make you believe what I believe, but I will make you believe that I believe what I believe".
I think that in order to establish the need for what the Holy Ghost did that day at Pentacost we need to explain to you about the Tower of Babel. In Genesis 11, we find that the Lord caused a difference of language to appear because of thier attempt to reach Heaven in a tower! Did they not know that the only way to Heaven is by the Lord Jesus? They no longer all spoke the same, they had different lanquages.
Now we go to Acts , where we find a book of beginings, the beginings of the Church. There was a great change taking place , a change of dispinsations. The Law was being moved on by Grace, remember John 1:17. The mighty Hand of God had moved all the people into Jerusalem and was about to do something that had never been done before, He (The Holy Ghost) was about to indwell mens hearts for the first time. Gods presence had dwelt in the temple and in the tabernacle, but never in a mans heart.
Time and space will not allow me to get into the reason, but let me tell you that it was Grace... Pure Grace. The previous dwelling places had to be perfect before his presence would move in, but He was about to enter into a body that was not perfect, in fact a long way from it! That ought to make us shout Glory to God!
Men from all of the world were in the city and when it all happened, the Lord let every man speak in a different language. Please stop and read Acts 2 :1-8. You see it was not some giberish, but a definite lanquage! This was done mainly in two locations: (1) At Jerusalem where there was mostly Jews and (2) At Cornelius' house, where there were mostly gentiles. It was a language, the Greek word is "glossia" it is like French or German to us. Also, the Lord did some things so the Church could start that no longer are done. People today do not and have no need to "speak in tongues" as they say they do.
It is by Grace, and Grace alone. Some will tell you that you have to "speak in tongues" to prove you are saved, well that is not so, it is not of works lest any man should boast (Eph. 2).
Turn to 1 Corinthians 13:8. Notice that charity (love) never fails, but what does it say about the others? They shall cease! Now if you have any doubt about "...that which is perfect" in verse 10 being the completed Word of God, then you are probably lost or a Christian that is still on the bottle. Friend, Jesus has always been perfect HE IS LORD! HE IS GOD!
One thing I find most interesting is that those few that claim to "speak in tongues" are mostly women, but Paul said for them to be quite in the church. Another thing is that they are not usually faithful in other areas of their Christian lives!
I really wish we could get people to slow down and read the Word of God and let the Spirit speak to them and reveal to them the truth! I am afraid the real problem is that we are dealing with a lot of lost people with no knowledge of the ways, or things of God. I find in my dealings with this group that they will not take scripture in context, they will not read it all, or use it all, but they just use parts! I have also noticed their alliance with the "Healing People" I think it's like the measels, this untruth is breaking out all over them. The Bible says that from the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh!
It goes all along with other apostate teachings are leading people to hell! Pray for the lost of our land, and praise the Lord for the TRUTH!
P.S. THE LORD KNOWS ENGLISH!
Bro. Tony A. Thompson
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