tongues vs languages

[Burning one]

Amen to that Jeremy.

And as God teaches the Corinthians, and perhaps us today as well on this matter, through His Apostle Paul...not all His People speak with tongues, or Holy Spirit gifted languages. Which seems to me to say...that one does not need to have this gift, to either be acceptable to God, or used by Him in other gifts of God's Spirit, for the edifying and well being of His People.

But even if these may be some of the "tares" in the field, we are instructed by the Messiah to allow them grow up among the "wheat" in the field (the world) until the harvest...and then God will do the seperating of the "wheat" and "chaff"...the "sheep" and "goats". If we try to pull the "weeds" (the planting of the enemy) up before then, we may pull up some of God's crop, that are attached, or close to them as well...

Shlama,
Chuck

Shlama,

i agree that not everyone receives the same gift -- something that we should be happy about because it makes us NEED each other and truly BE a body working together. we can't be lone gunmen for the Lord.

and i wouldn't go so far as to say these people are tares, just misinformed and / or deceived on this particular part when they make it their focus and cause divisions over it.

when Messiah comes we shall all be tweaking our views and walks to some degree to reflect the true and unblemished Image of Alaha, anyway! i don't think any of us will escape that refinement -- and who would want to?


Chayim b'Moshiach,
Jeremy