Speaking in Tongues.
Posted: May 10th, 2008 | Author: Don | Filed under: Native American, Religion, Wonder | Tags: bible, cahtolic church, catholic, devine, disciple, disciples, divine will, faith, God, Jesus, language, languages, native american, Religion, speaking, speaking in tounges, tounges, will | 2 Comments »Over the last few weeks I’ve heard several comments from people that they have heard people speaking in tongues through the Divine Will of God. When these people are “speaking in tongues”, they are speaking in gibberish to those listening and no one knows what is being said. Often the speaker seems to be in a trance and when they are done, they say that God was directing them and what they had to say.
Now, I’ve read the Bible now a few times. And it does in fact talk about speaking in tongues. But this is how I read that part of the Bible. When the Disciples were talking to the Masses, they spoke in their native language, but each listener heard it in theirs. For example:
I am a native English (ok American English for those Brits that may be reading this) speaking/listening person.
The person to my right is Spanish speaking.
The person to my left is German speaking.
You, the speaker are Russian speaking.
None of us speak the other’s language. When you speak, you speak in Russian, I hear it in English, the person to my right hears it in Spanish and the person on my left hears it in German.
THIS is speaking in tongues! When God wants someone to speak on His behalf, I’m pretty sure He wants EVERYONE to understand what is being said, not just the speaker… In Acts 2:7-8 [show]Acts 2:7-8
[7]And they were amazed and astonished, saying, "Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? [8]And how is it that we hear, each of us in his own native language? (ESV)
it is said: “And they were all amazed and marveled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galileans? And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?” This leads me to more and more believe that when God speaks to us through others He wants us to understand Him.
When I hear someone “Speaking in Tongues” via gibberish, I automatically start walking away, as it is far from real in my eyes and ears.
Sometimes people think I’m speaking in tongues, but it’s really just that I’m not forming words correctly after a night of too much coding and not enough sleep… or too much alcohol. Usually the former
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Mr. Don, U could not have been more correct in your insight on speaking in tongues.. many people are fooled into thinking that speaking gibberish is speaking tougues but, with careful study of the bible we see that god permitts his people to speak in tongues only when neccessary and it is only because there is a group of people who do not understand your language (as ur example above). Also speaking in tongues is simply speaking in another language… not an “unkown language” or “angles language” if u look at all the accounts of spaeking in tongues in the bible u will see that whoever spoke in tongues was simply used by god to speak in another language so that others can understand what they were saying e.g. Acts 2:7-8 [show]Acts 2:7-8
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[7]And they were amazed and astonished, saying, "Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? [8]And how is it that we hear, each of us in his own native language? (ESV)
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