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  1. Carl Emerson

    Speaking in tongues is NOT a gift

    Just confirming you position - no offence intended.
  2. Carl Emerson

    Speaking in tongues is NOT a gift

    So you feel the Pentecost event was outside Jerusalem but they went back and spent bulk time in the Temple ?
  3. Carl Emerson

    Speaking in tongues is NOT a gift

    So they wern't in Jerusalem ???
  4. Carl Emerson

    Speaking in tongues is NOT a gift

    Your quotes regarding the Word of God in some cases refers to the Living Word eternally proceeding from God's mouth - not a translation of scripture. However I do believe He has watched over the process through which the Canon we have has preserved His intended meaning. I don't believe however...
  5. Carl Emerson

    Speaking in tongues is NOT a gift

    Not sure you are right on this... I lived in this typical house in Gilo Israel - designed for animals underneath and big residential top floor. Plenty of room for 120 in the huge lounge. The noise of the 'commotion' would travel for some distance and plenty of room for the thousands around...
  6. Carl Emerson

    Speaking in tongues is NOT a gift

    Scripture for this ?? And what was the Word preserved ??? Was it a translation ??? The Greek ??? Aramaic ??? Hebrew ??? Please be more specific.
  7. Carl Emerson

    Speaking in tongues is NOT a gift

    I think it may be related to the degree we engage in the spiritual battle. I wake in the morning with an unknown language pouring out of me - i don't 'turn it on' I have found when this happens - oppressions disappear.
  8. Carl Emerson

    Speaking in tongues is NOT a gift

    God's wonders never cease - better get used to that. And to give Him Glory for what He does is for all of us.
  9. Carl Emerson

    Speaking in tongues is NOT a gift

    I was one of very few not vaccinated against polio - and one of my school friends was vaccinated and contracted the disease. Excuse the rambling - we all have stories I guess.
  10. Carl Emerson

    Speaking in tongues is NOT a gift

    The translation of such utterances by those who have the gift of interpretation, is a sign for unbelievers who hear proclamations of Gods greatness in their own language and hear the translation from one who has no natural knowledge of the language.
  11. Carl Emerson

    Speaking in tongues is NOT a gift

    Now you are talking... I was teaching in Tonga one lunchtime and a centipede about a 9 inches long fell out of a tree onto my arm - the locals tackled me before it bit. Does that count ? :)
  12. Carl Emerson

    Speaking in tongues is NOT a gift

    Mmmm... One out of about 50 translations doesn't carry a lot of weight.
  13. Carl Emerson

    Speaking in tongues is NOT a gift

    Ridiculing what Mark 16 claims by broadcasting cult like excesses to 'prove a point' doesn't really wash. Paul shook off a deadly snake and the observers expected him to drop down dead. Acts 28 when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire, a viper came out because of the...
  14. Carl Emerson

    Speaking in tongues is NOT a gift

    To God Be The Glory Need more evidence of your claim being false? Consider Jesus warning Peter regarding the buffeting he was to endure from the hands of Satan. Luke 22 31 “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded to sift you men like wheat; 32 but I have prayed for you, that your faith...
  15. Carl Emerson

    Speaking in tongues is NOT a gift

    1 Cor 5:5 which reads "I have decided to turn such a person over to Satan for the destruction of his body, so that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord." does not need interpretation, It clearly contradicts the claim you made that "Satan has nothing and can't do anything towards...
  16. Carl Emerson

    Speaking in tongues is NOT a gift

    I have looked at every translation in Bible Hub (46 in all) and none use the word preach instead of prophesy. What translation did you quote?
  17. Carl Emerson

    Speaking in tongues is NOT a gift

    I assume then that you believe the Baptism of the Spirit is the same as being born again... This would be why you don't consider tongues a gift I am guessing...
  18. Carl Emerson

    Speaking in tongues is NOT a gift

    No I haven't noticed - quite the contrary... Maybe you forgot you said this... "After you've interpreted 1 Corinthians 5:5 in your own wisdom, then I'll give my interpretation by the Holy Spirit."
  19. Carl Emerson

    Speaking in tongues is NOT a gift

    Well it isn't and I'm not. You have claimed you have a hotline to the Holy Spirit that others don't have - I am trying to find a reason to believe you and I am struggling. I note that it is not your style to answer questions asked of you and reason matters through. I note that Wisdom...
  20. Carl Emerson

    Speaking in tongues is NOT a gift

    OK so no public tongues without interpretation... I am OK with that and many are. But I reach that conclusion without regard for the matter raised by the OP. So I still don't understand what makes you point in the OP so critical.