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It is not hard once you know the true meaning of grace. It is power. 1. The law showed us our sin, and our sinful flesh wanted unrighteousness more than to obey. 2. The power of God in us by the Spirit defeated our old sinful flesh so the righteous requirement of the old law could be...

The apostles say otherwise. 1 John 3:9

By what? Willpower?

Do you know about being born again with a new nature that doesn't sin? You can't break laws you have no desire to break in the first place.

LOVE is a fruit of the Spirit. Without the Spirit, you can love, but it isn't the same as what the Spirit produces - unconditional love. Without the Spirit of Christ we do not belong to Jesus. We can love Jesus for the promise of eternal life. But if you don't obey Him, you don't love Him. And...

By "crowd" are your referring to Acts 2? There WAS interpretation. God sovereignly gave it to the devout Jews present. Each one HEARD all the disciples praising God in their own language. That is how the gift of interpretation of tongues works. Say there are three disciples speaking in tongues...

It is interesting that there are some who are giving themselves full credit for obeying the law, just because they love Christ. The Jews loved the Father God and obeyed the law, but it wasn't enough because of the presence of the sinful nature, which those same people have said we will always...

At the end of our lives we will be in one of two groups. We will either be a sinner, or saint. Revelation 22:11 He who is unjust, let him be unjust still; he who is filthy, let him be filthy still; he who is righteous, let him be righteous still; he who is holy, let him be holy still.” 4...

I love St. Francis of Assisi!

Curious to know what you believe will happen to you if you don't go to the "Christian paradise."

I agreed up until point 6. I would never mock a gift of God and call it "babbling." Psalms 1:1.That is a perfect example of why tongues is a sign to the uninformed. Read #49. Let me ask you some questions. Do you believe, because the tongues were "genuine foreign languages," that the unsaved...

Yes, that is possible. I see vs. 21 more pointing to general unbelief in God. Jesus is God. And the destruction of those who come across the sign of Jesus. Then 22 points to this same TYPE of sign for the reasons I pointed out about Isa. 53.

I'll just tell you what I'm getting at. Therefore tongues are for a sign, not to those who believe but to unbelievers;...23 Therefore if the whole church comes together in one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those who are uninformed or unbelievers, will they not say that...

Interpretation IS a necessity for one of the two manifestations of tongues. You are just not aware of the first, only the second.

And so you do not take into account 1 Corinthians 14:23??? What you believe is a common doctrine of man, based on human story telling and reasoning, and reading scripture out of context. The truth is recognized when you complete the thought by adding verse 23.

Common mistake, but wrong. For you to be correct you need to contradict specific rules.

Exactly. What TYPE of sign? We already agreed there is a judgment of some kind involved, so it is a negative sign, so is not prophecy which is positive. What is that type of sign called in Scripture? Hint, Jesus is the same type of sign.

Yes, that is one of the tongues manifestations of the Spirit. But the one in verse 23 is not the gift of diverse kinds of tongues that requires interpretation, and does not equal prophecy.

And how do you believe tongues replicated that?

No the "judgment" of 1 Corinthians 14:21 was impending doom to those who wouldn't accept CHRIST. It had nothing to do with the temple. But, you are right in that tongues was a negative sign, not a positive sign as most believe. Good for you. You just got the 'what' wrong. You see, it pointed to...