I agree! And that is what I used to determine my doctrine! THE WORD OF GOD!
No, you are determined to use the Word of God to justify your experience. You experience is near and dear to you and you won't give it up. Everything revolves around it. Your doctrine revolves around your experience. Let's see once more how the Scriptures are totally against speaking in another language in this day and age.
1. There is no such thing as a private prayer language taught in the Bible. There never was, is not, and never will be. It doesn't exist.
2. All spiritual gifts mentioned in 1Cor.12 were supernatural and given to first century churches, given only to first century churches, for the revelation of God was not yet complete.
3. They were given to the churches and not for private use. Just as the gift of healing, helps, administration, miracles, etc. was not used for oneself to practice at home, neither was the gift of tongues. It is totally absurd even to think that such a thing was possible. All the gifts were given for the edification and understanding of the entire church; never just one individual.
4. Tongues ALWAYS had to be interpreted. If tongues were not interpreted the person had to remain silent. They were not to exercise their gift at all.
5. Women were not permitted to speak in tongues whatsoever. They were to maintain absolute silence in the church.
6. Tongues were a sign to the unbelieving Jew. If there is no unbelieving Jew present there is no need to speak in tongues.
7. Tongues are a sign that designated one as an apostle, authenticated his message and him as an apostle.
8. Tongues was a vehicle for revelation, and would cease at the end of the first century when the last book of the Bible would be written. And that is exactly what happened.
9. Historically we have only 3 cases of tongues. In Acts 2, 10, and 19. We don't read of any others except in the Book of Acts, and in a general way that Paul refers to. But Paul died ca. 68 A.D. Tongues were already beginning to fade out when First Corinthians was being written. By the time the Book of Revelation was written it had probably already ceased. There is no history of tongues from that time until 1905 which is the beginning of the Charismatic movement. Thus the Charismatic rules out 19 centuries of Christendom inferring that they are all unscriptural--some of the most Godly men that ever lived, lived during that period. But you don't care about that.
10. Paul stressed the insignificance of tongues when he said: "I would rather speak five words with understanding then 10,000 words in an unknown tongue." 5:10,000! That is quite a contrast isn't it? To put it more mathematically it is a ratio of 1:2,000. Speaking in your own language or with understanding is two thousand times more important than speaking with tongues.
11. Read 1Cor.12:28. All the gifts are listed in order of importance and tongues are listed last, as the least important of all the gifts. It was not one of the more important gifts.
12. We are never told to seek after tongues.
13. "Do all speak in tongues." The answer to the rhetorical question is "No." All had a gift, but it wasn't the same one, and they were to be content with the one that they were given of God. To seek a gift that God had not given you was sinful.
14. Nowhere is the gift of tongues directly connected with the baptism of the Holy Spirit. These are two separate events and doctrines.
Now that still is not all the restrictions on tongues but it is enough.
It still is not all the reasons why a person should not even try to speak in tongues but it is enough. It is enough that you cannot go through that entire list and respond with Scripture to each one and prove them wrong.
If you were honest you would have to admit, given the evidence above, that speaking in tongues, is not a Biblical gift for today.
If you do not know what you are speaking, and no one else doesn't know what you are speaking you can be assured it is not of God.
