you way overthink karl . but then i notice you seem to not put the dire importance of reading the bible on display either .
Something is going wrong my friend .
and always remember this , JESUS said you are friends , IF YA DO WHAT SO EVER I COMMAND YOU .
Not if you trod me and my sayings UNDER FOOT like many TODAY SEEM TO DO and still they think JESUS IS BUDDY FRIEND JESUS .
I have called you FRIEND , IF YA DO whatsoever i command you . LETS NOT FORGET THAT PART .
The "dire importance" is to be put on knowing the Lord Jesus Christ personally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And that is where so many Christians get it wrong!!
The first words the Lord told me were "Read Your Bible" but it is not about reading you Bible but rather knowing Him!! And that is what the Bible tells you - who did you miss it???
How many verses did I already give on this thread alone about listening to Him you had the Bible written?? - And you still don't understand it is about knowing Him??? Even Him who said He would never leave you??? But you have missed the single important thing!!! And that is per the Bible!!
Luke 10:41,42 But the Lord answered and said to her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered about so many things; but only one thing is necessary, for Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.”
You are like Martha who was "worried and bothered about so many things;", but you miss the " one thing is necessary"!!!
Mary was making it about listening to the Lord - which is the "" one thing is necessary"!!
And as a result you don't have the understanding you should have, and write things like "put the dire importance of reading the bible."!!
Look, He tells me to read the Bible and even where, down to the specific verse He wants me to read. I hear Him, and He tells me. But it is never about reading the Bible but about listening to Him!!! Yet people get "religious" and so it was He had to tell the Jews:
Jn 5:39,40 You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is these that testify about Me; and you are unwilling to come to Me so that you may have life.
So what does this have to do with "tongues"???
It is as I have been telling you - "Tongues" and indeed all the gifts of the Holy Spirit are designed to get you to actually get you to listen to the Lord in words you can understand!! There are a few other purposes to - but the main purpose for tongues is to get you to ask the Lord what is going on and listen to what He has to say in the language you can understand!!!
Yet you turn back to thinking the Bible is what you need, as opposed to your Lord, Jesus Christ!!
And the ironic thing is the you think I am "overthinking this"!!
No, No, No - I am just thinking you need to seek the Lord and listen to Him!!
My message is the same message the Father had:
Mat 17:5 ...“This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased; listen to Him!”
It is the same message Isaiah had:
Is 1:2 Listen, O heavens, and hear, O earth; For the LORD speaks,
It is the same message that Moses commanded:
Deut 6:4 “Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one!
So why is it so hard to get that message across?
Heb 5:11 Concerning him we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing.
And that because you are not practicing seeking Him and listening to Him - instead you are putting "the dire importance of reading the bible".
Did you not notice in the Bible that Abram didn't have a Bible and still knew Him? Or how Noah didn't have a Bible and followed Him. Or how Enoch walked with Him and was taken? Not even Moses had a Bible when He lead the people out of Egypt!
So the Bible is not the thing of dire importance, but rather knowing Him is!! His first words to you might be like His first words to me which again were, "Read Your Bible", but it was listening to Him that turned out to be the dire thing!! You are making an idol out of the Bible, according to the very words you wrote!
So if the Holy Spirit has you speaking in tongues - what are you to then do?
Ask Him about it and listen to Him, right?
For the devote people, as recorded in Acts, they heard the Lord speaking in their own language - even though their own languages were very many - still they got tongues interpreted into their own language!! That is because their priority was listening to Him!!
Do you yet understand? - The thing "of dire importance" is seeking Him and listening to Him". Truly it is the "one thing" that is necessary"!!!
And don't worry!! He will have you read your Bible, if you indeed have a Bible and can read."
He once told me:
WHAT TEACHER DOESN’T PUT A BOOK IN FRONT OF HIS STUDENTS TODAY; YET NOT JUST A BOOK BUT OVERHEAD TRANSPARENCIES, VISUALS, AND OTHER MATERIAL? FOR I TELL YOU TRULY, IF THEY ARE NOT LISTENING TO ME THEY ARE NOT MY PUPIL, THEY ARE NOT MY STUDENT; I TELL YOU TRULY, THEY ARE NOT MY DISCIPLE UNLESS THEY ARE HEARING FROM ME. SO DON’T TELL THEM TO READ THE BOOK, THEM TO TAKE THE CLASS!”
So I am not telling them to "Read the Book" - I am telling the to "Take the Class"!! And to take the class you start listening to the Teacher!! He will talk to you about the Book, when needed! But He will also talk to you about the "Overhead Transparencies", "Visuals", and "Other Material!!
He will go over things like speaking in Tongues, and how it is connected to the tower of Babel story - but seek Him and listen and He will explain it!