buckster75
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Hey Ray, a chuckle of sorts. were you saying " Exactly!!" to the fact that I don't know much?

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Except, as has been pointed out, that the letter to the Corinthians was written before they ceased.Originally posted by buckster75:
I don't know much about this but seems to me if tongues had ceased Paul would not have instructed the corinthians on their proper usage.
I don't see where the passage clearly states what will cause the other two gifts to cease. I don't see how this has much to do with interpretating the passage. It has nothing to do with the 70 AD argument.He gave an opinion and as part of his opinion he did not rule out what I have said all along and he offered the fact that Paul does not say what stoped tongues as he did about the other two gifts in question.
Your line of reasoning actually argues AGAINST the idea that something caused tongues to cease. That would include the events of 70 AD. Now you are arguing they ceased because of something in 70 AD.He may have shown other examples where the word was used different but all is it takes is the context of what is happening to define the meaning of the word in 1 Cor. In context my usage makes perfect sense. If Tongues were no longer needed after 70AD, because God's judgement had fallen on Isreal, then they would just fade away.
I don't follow your line of reasoning. Whether tongues will cease on their own or by an outside force is irrelevant.It fits together nicely this way. Saying that they won't end on their own puts you in a spin trying to make Isaiah 28, as Paul quoted, make sense.
Ironically, Ray, this is ezactly what God does.Originally posted by Ray Berrian:
God only determines when gifts will cease. He is sovereign over these things. Scripture does not give us indication that 70 A.D. clicked in the mind of God and then he said, "Oh, yes, now is the time to conclude certain gifts because My people rejected Me as Messiah."
You need a BIK button (Boy I'm Konfused).This is true especially in the light that multi-millions of Gentile were hearing the Gospel to eternal life for the first time. Why would the Lord want to shut down the pipeline, if you will, of His wonderful blessings? Now, with God Gentiles are also important in His redemptive plan for the ages.
.It was refreshing to hear again the history of the Jewish people. Thanks for taking time to put your post together for all of us. I too, agree they were people who rejected Christ [Acts 7:51].
You did not acknowledge that Jesus died for Gentiles as well as Hebrew people. You still reject or ignore that God through Paul said that 'tongues' was a sign not merely to the Jews but to all lost Gentiles and Jews. Try to receive this; it won't bite you.
God's pipeline of blessings come to us everyday. This is my euphemism indicating how the Lord bless us in varied ways.
God tells us in I Corinthians 14:39 to '...covet to preach in the language of the people, and forbid not to speak with tongues.' What the Lord has said to not stop in the church, some of your people tell the Lord to forbid the use of His gifts of the Spirit.
Since when does the song that I have sung many times in a congregation as a youth, "Count Your Blessings" stand on the same level as Divinely given Scripture? Should the Lord have included 'tongues' and the 'interpretation of tongues' just for you as two of His blessings for the church?
Since you are in charge of what are blessings, perhaps you should list all the things that are not blessings, lest we might be thanking the Lord God for some of those things that are forbidden as blessings.
Remember God was not denying the gifts noted in I Cor. 12 & 14, he was simply correcting the abuses that had occurred in the Corinthian Church
There were other secondary purposes to the gift of tongues in the first century when the canon of Scripture was not yet complete, and while the Apostles were still alive. But the primary purpose of this gift was a sign to the Jews. This is very apparent from Acts 2 and Peter's sermon. He was addressing the very Jews that had crucified Jesus. He pointed to the ones speaking in tongues and told them that "they were not drunk with wine as they supposed...but this is that which was fulfilled by the prophet Joel..." The speaking in foreign languages was a sign to them. From Isa.28:11,12, they knew that it was. They were not ignorant of their own Scriptures.Originally posted by Ray Berrian:
You did not acknowledge that Jesus died for Gentiles as well as Hebrew people. You still reject or ignore that God through Paul said that 'tongues' was a sign not merely to the Jews but to all lost Gentiles and Jews. Try to receive this; it won't bite you.
Yes, I agree. And he blesses us every day in a multititude of ways without any of the spiritual gifts being present today.God's pipeline of blessings come to us everyday. This is my euphemism indicating how the Lord bless us in varied ways.
Obviously this verse must be taken in its context of first century Christians. He was addressing first century Christians, in particular the Corinthian Church. He never addressed any other church in this manner. Tongues have ceased. You don't forbid someone to speak in something they don't have. For example: "Ray I don't forbid you to walk on water!" Without or withot my permission or the Lord's, it's not going to happen. Neither is the gift of tongues.God tells us in I Corinthians 14:39 to '...covet to preach in the language of the people, and forbid not to speak with tongues.' What the Lord has said to not stop in the church, some of your people tell the Lord to forbid the use of His gifts of the Spirit.
Your divinely given Scripture is taken out of context.Since when does the song that I have sung many times in a congregation as a youth, "Count Your Blessings" stand on the same level as Divinely given Scripture?
Should the Lord have included walking on water just for you as one of his blessings for the church?Should the Lord have included 'tongues' and the 'interpretation of tongues' just for you as two of His blessings for the church?
Since you believe the gifts are for today, why not demonstrate the gift of miracles for us and perform a few. Raise the dead! Walk on water! Heal all the sick in the hospital! Demonstrate that your experiences are genuinely from God the Holy Spirit, or admit that the same are fraudlulent.Since you are in charge of what are blessings, perhaps you should list all the things that are not blessings, lest we might be thanking the Lord God for some of those things that are forbidden as blessings.
. [/QUOTE]Remember God was not denying the gifts noted in I Cor. 12 & 14, he was simply correcting the abuses that had occurred in the Corinthian Church
.I know these chapters are like a pebble in your shoe, but go ahead and believe them anyway. It is a matter of readng, believing and trusting that His Word is still true. You will feel better toward the Lord, in my opinion, if you acknowledge all of the words which He has spoken to His church.
Using the excuse of 'tongues' being all national languages does not dovetail with all of His Word.
It does not dovetail with your Bible. It must be different than the rest of ours. The gift of tongues is not mentioned in any of the other epistles, because almost all of them were written after 1Cor. That in itself shows that tongues was dying out at that present time.Originally posted by Ray Berrian:
DHK,
You said, 'There are more than just two chapters in the Bible.'
I know these chapters are like a pebble in your shoe, but go ahead and believe them anyway. It is a matter of readng, believing and trusting that His Word is still true. You will feel better toward the Lord, in my opinion, if you acknowledge all of the words which He has spoken to His church.
Using the excuse of 'tongues' being all national languages does not dovetail with all of His Word.