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Let me give a little example of this. It was back during the I Corinthians training, concerning "tongues." I would listen to Lee, railing on tongues in the meetings, and then go back and read the Word. Apostle Paul and Lee just did not match. Paul was balanced, Lee was not. Lee hated tongues, Paul did not.
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I still don't know if tongues is real or not. I tried my best to be open to it as I was in a charasmatic, Word of Faith church for a while. I seemed to discern some tongue babbling was true but others were not. I never knew for sure if when I 'prayed' in tongues was real or not.
That said, there are some very good pastors who teach well that speak in tongues. As we have all said, 'Don't throw out the baby with the bath water'.
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When we left the LC, we found a Pentecostal community church. Some of those folks just loved to talk in tongues. They knew all the verses. But when I read those same verses in context, the Scripture did not match their enthusiasm. Just another disconnect.
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I also did not like and still don't when some say unless you speak in tongues you are not saved. I was told that once even though I told them the HOLY SPIRIT was living inside me... it was not good enough.
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Today the world-wide Evangelical Christian community is divided 50-50 over tongues. Split right down the middle. Half haters, half lovers. Both sides reading the same Bible, yet nearly none receives a balanced view. Actually I believe both sides have something to offer the other side, yet cannot, because of the great divide between them.
Such is the result of our cherry-picking the word of God.
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I wonder if our country is divided because the church is divided.
Thanks for sharing good stuff Ohio.
Carol