THis proves you just barely read my post, because this is exactly what I have been trying to tell everyone. Tongues is not to preach the gospel! The gifts were given to the church to edify, comfort the church!
And Paul said they don't edify; they confuse. He told the Corinthians to seek to prophesy, not to speak in tongues for there is no understanding with tongues and therefore unfruitful.
wrong! Was Paul called to the Jews? What was the congregation in Corinthians?
Read the Book of Acts. Paul went to the Jew first and then to the Greek. He went into the synagogues first, and then to the Gentiles. Tongues were a sign to the unbelieving Jew (1Cor.14:21,22). I can quote the Bible for you; point you to the Scriptures, but it is a pity when it is right before your eyes and you deny it.
Read the Bible! It is in chapter 12:7 "But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal"
(CEV) The Spirit has given each of us a special way of serving others.
(LITV) And to each one is given the showing forth of the Spirit to our profit.
(MKJV) But to each one is given the showing forth of the Spirit to our profit.
It is not a selfish gift. As the CEV puts it, it is for the service for others. You misunderstand the verse. "Our profit" is the profit of the church," the edification of all in the church.
and you prove this with what scriptures?
I did prove it through Scriptures. You just didn't bother to look them up. I will quote them for you this time:
2 Corinthians 12:11 I am become foolish: ye compelled me; for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing was I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I am nothing.
12 Truly
the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, by signs and wonders and mighty works.
Hebrews 2:3 how shall we escape, if we neglect so great a salvation? which having at the first been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed unto us by them that heard;
4 God also bearing witness with them,
both by signs and wonders, and by manifold powers, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will.
--This verse specifically says that the gifts of the Holy Spirit were signs that bore witness of the Apostles witness to the Lord Jesus Christ.
Just before Jesus left the earth He said that "those who believe" will cast out demons, speak in tongues, see miraculous healings through the laying-on of hands, and so on. Neither Jesus nor the writers of Scripture ever canceled this promise, so this promise is still in effect!
You ignore context, as per usual.
Do you ignore the context of Isaiah 3 also?
Are you wearing cauls, tires, wimples, mufflers, etc.?
In the latter part of Mark 16 Jesus is giving specific instructions to his disciples or apostles. If you want to test these commands and make them personal I would challenge you to pick up some draino and start drinking it, along with other poisonous substances and see if they will harm you. Isn't that what it says? If you drink any poisonous thing it will not harm you? Funny, how the Charismatics always ignore that part. :laugh:
Here is a demonstration of the GIFT of healing:
Acts 5:16 And there also came together the multitudes from the cities round about Jerusalem, bring sick folk, and them that were vexed with unclean spirits: and
they were healed every one.
--Note that multitudes came from ALL the cities surrounding Jerusalem. These were thousands of people that were sick, for the city of Jerusalem itself was a huge city. No one was turned away: blind, crippled, or otherwise. All were healed. No exceptions.
The equivalent of that today would be one who claimed they had the gift and would be able to into the ER's of the hospitals of any city and heal them all; go up and down the corridors of all the hospitals and heal all that are there--in short to heal all that come to him.
The fact is there is no one in this world that can do this, just as there is no one in the world today that has the Biblical gift of tongues. They have ceased.
Paul said he spoke in tongues more than all..
Yes he did. He was an apostle. He lived in the first century. The canon of scripture was not yet complete. Unbelieving Jews were always present. He spoke with an interpreter. He followed the very guidelines that he set down for others.
But you don't care about that do you?
