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Originally Posted by aron
I was praying with some Chinese LC members at one point, and was listening to the rhythm: Blah blah blah blah BLAH (Ayee- MAYYN!!) Blah blah blah blah BLAAH!! (Ayyee- MAYYN!!) Blah blah blah blah BLAAHH!! (Ayee-MAYYN!) which along with the fore-arm thrusts, produced a kind of hypnotising rhythmic quality.
Now, is this "vain babbling" or "more God"? Typically, the subjectivist LSM LC response is, "If we do it, it's not vain. When others do it, then it's vain." Can we perhaps do better than that?
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I remember an interesting little message (testimony?) given years ago by LSM's Kerry Robichaux in the context of a WL message on Pentecostal tongue speaking. (Possibly the I Corinthians Life Study) I don't remember all of the specifics, but KR compared the repetitious sounds of Pentecostal Tongues to pagan practices incited by Kundalini spirits. I do remember that it was the most serious warning I had ever heard concerning "glossa" tongues.
I'm not saying that I buy his teaching on tongues anymore, nor that his words do not have any factual basis, because other Christian ministers have warned of this too. I'm just pointing out the irony of it all. LSM is so keen to warn their people of Christian dangers "out there" in Christendom, but legally blind to the dangers of their own promotions.
Yes, Apostle Paul spoke about saying "the Amen" in our gatherings (I Cor 14.16), but the constant, brainless drumbeat of "amen, amen, amen" was not in the mind of Paul. There were several occasions I recall over the years where someone prayed, either purposely or accidentally, something totally wrong, and the chorus still chimed the "amen" in regular cadence. I too often caught myself in a prayer meeting with my mind wandering off to solve some current work related challenge, while my mouth still droned the constant "amen."