09-18-2008, 05:29 AM
Shlama:
Simply, the scriptures support xenoglossy not glossolalia. Acts 2:3-11. These are known languages. When I look back on my own Christian life and my times of prayer in "tongues" it's with joy, not grief or shame. I was sincere in my prayers and fellowship. The Spirit of God groaned within me. I was there!! I enjoyed the fellowship and the love of the family of God and the presence of God's Spirit. However, glossolalia is not sound doctrine. There is no plain scriptural support for it. God's spiritual presence was with us when we were in prayer and praise because we loved His Presence and one another, but not because we practiced glossolalia.
Paul in I Corinthians 12-14 is speaking about the gifts of the Holy Spirit and one of those gifts is xenoglossy. Xenoglossy and prophesy were used in the early church as were all of the gifts of the Rukha d'Kadusha. The gifts of the Spirit have been consistently manifested throughout Church history, but the Pentecostal Church and the Charismatic movement in general has not taught xenoglossy. Some will mention it in passing but the main doctrinal teaching is glossolalia or "speaking in unintelligible languages". This is what must be addressed and not whether the gifts of the Spirit of God are valid today. The gifts of the Holy Spirit most certainly are valid and needed in every Christian congregation.
An interpretation, to make any sense at all must be of an intelligible language with nouns, verbs and parts of speech that can be learned and codified in writing. Paul was immensely concerned with misinterpretations of scripture from the Hebrew T"NK and that's why he wrote his epistles. Paul was particularly gifted in his articulation of scriptural concepts. The content of Paul's epistles is clarification of the Messianic fulfillment of the Hebrew scriptures and the revelation of our LORD and Saviour Yeshua Meshikha. Can you imagine travelling to Corinth and attempting to explain the Jewish concept of Alaha (singular) from Elohim (quasi-pleural) to former Greek idolators with traditions steeped in pantheism and demon worship. (I Corinthians 12:1-2) This is why the Rukha D'Kadusha equipped Paul with xenoglossy. This is precisely what he is addressing in I Corinthians 12-14. Thank Alaha that my eyes were opened. I have gained a correct understanding of the gifts of the Rukha d'Kadusha. Why is I Corinthians 13 all about love? It's because the love of Alaha and the love of one's brothers and sisters is the very reason that we have been gifted spiritually. Let the Body of Meshikha be edified in love.
Shlama,
Stephen
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Simply, the scriptures support xenoglossy not glossolalia. Acts 2:3-11. These are known languages. When I look back on my own Christian life and my times of prayer in "tongues" it's with joy, not grief or shame. I was sincere in my prayers and fellowship. The Spirit of God groaned within me. I was there!! I enjoyed the fellowship and the love of the family of God and the presence of God's Spirit. However, glossolalia is not sound doctrine. There is no plain scriptural support for it. God's spiritual presence was with us when we were in prayer and praise because we loved His Presence and one another, but not because we practiced glossolalia.
Paul in I Corinthians 12-14 is speaking about the gifts of the Holy Spirit and one of those gifts is xenoglossy. Xenoglossy and prophesy were used in the early church as were all of the gifts of the Rukha d'Kadusha. The gifts of the Spirit have been consistently manifested throughout Church history, but the Pentecostal Church and the Charismatic movement in general has not taught xenoglossy. Some will mention it in passing but the main doctrinal teaching is glossolalia or "speaking in unintelligible languages". This is what must be addressed and not whether the gifts of the Spirit of God are valid today. The gifts of the Holy Spirit most certainly are valid and needed in every Christian congregation.
An interpretation, to make any sense at all must be of an intelligible language with nouns, verbs and parts of speech that can be learned and codified in writing. Paul was immensely concerned with misinterpretations of scripture from the Hebrew T"NK and that's why he wrote his epistles. Paul was particularly gifted in his articulation of scriptural concepts. The content of Paul's epistles is clarification of the Messianic fulfillment of the Hebrew scriptures and the revelation of our LORD and Saviour Yeshua Meshikha. Can you imagine travelling to Corinth and attempting to explain the Jewish concept of Alaha (singular) from Elohim (quasi-pleural) to former Greek idolators with traditions steeped in pantheism and demon worship. (I Corinthians 12:1-2) This is why the Rukha D'Kadusha equipped Paul with xenoglossy. This is precisely what he is addressing in I Corinthians 12-14. Thank Alaha that my eyes were opened. I have gained a correct understanding of the gifts of the Rukha d'Kadusha. Why is I Corinthians 13 all about love? It's because the love of Alaha and the love of one's brothers and sisters is the very reason that we have been gifted spiritually. Let the Body of Meshikha be edified in love.
Shlama,
Stephen
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