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So you are a good person, and not a lying, thieving, blasphemous, adulterer at heart like all the rest of us? You have never told a lie in your life? Never taken anything that does not belong to you irrespective of value? Never used the Lord's name as a swear word (even saying OMG)? Never...

That's what heaven on earth is - fellowship with the Father and His Son Jesus Christ (1 John 1:3). But, contrary to what some believe, tongues doesn't make us better Christians, because there are no good Christians, but vile people saved by the grace of God (D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones). It puts in...

If healing is always the will of God, then there should be no sick Christians, and if a Christian is sick then they are out of the will of God. Is that what you are saying? So what is the next step? Sick Christians are not saved?

When we come up for judgment at the great white throne of God, we will be judged on our compliance with the Ten Commandments. We will all be found guilty because none of us has ever been able to keep them perfectly. But for the genuine Christian believer, Jesus has taken the penalty of our sin...

:rolleyes: Waiting for the main point here...

Sooo... You are implying that my friend is in the same category as someone who rebelled against God and brought sin and death into the world, and a group of individuals who came and had sex with humans!! Real heeeaaavyyy man!

So you are in exactly the same boat as all of us! One believer running down another sinwise is like a filthy, lice infested tramp sitting beside another filthy lice-infested tramp saying, "Take a bath. You stink!"

I am a worse sinner than you too, as that makes CL and I in the same league; but we know that Jesus has taken the penalty for our sin, and has defeated the power of it in us so that we can live in victory and not have sin dominate us. CL has made it abundantly clear that she believes that...

We all sin, including you. So no surprises there!

I will say it again. I don't care about what people in Charismatic churches do. I believe what the Holy Spirit says in 1 Corinthians 14 about the advisable and appropriate use of the gift. If people ignore what the Holy Spirit taught the Corinthians, and misuse the gift, that is absolutely...

The experience in Acts 2 and possibly Cornelius' household (if the languages were understood, which is not stated), are one-off times and serve as signs that the Holy Spirit has now come and is present. I am not including those ones with what the Holy Spirit is saying through Paul, because...

I don't care about Charismatics. I have not been a member of a Charismatic church since 1978!! And I don't care about the quoting of Scripture out of context. In that Scripture he wasn't teaching about tongues at all. He was speaking about the importance of love being the foundation for...

Calm down... Don't get into a tizzy! :) I'm not trying to be contentious about it. I am just directing you to a closer examination of the actual text that the Holy Spirit has put in the chapter. What is needed is to put aside any teaching that has been drummed into you about tongues, and just...

You need to carefully read 1 Corinthians 14:2. If the Holy Spirit through Paul says that the person who speaks in tongues speaks to God mysteries in the Spirit, but not in church, then it must be spoken somewhere else, and if it is to God, then what did Jesus say about praying in private so that...

I am not answerable to you, especially when you don't believe what 1 Corinthians 14 says about it. Actually I can manifest the gift of interpretation of tongues, so if someone does speak in tongues to me, there is an interpreter present - me.

Great. You do that. 1 Corinthians 14 is there, and the Holy Spirit said it through Paul, and I believe it, so nothing will alter that.

Who cares? Someone who has never received the gift is uninformed and cannot give any useful comment about it.

The people did not perceive that Jesus is the Son of God. They saw Him as a mere man, and this is why they were amazed that a mere man had that level of authority. It does not support mortal and sinful men forgiving the sins of others. These were godly, Spirit-filled Apostles of Christ who...

Absolutely. I have been praying in the Spirit for many years, and I wouldn't be without it. It bubbles up from within when I turn my heart to the Lord. It enables me to express my heart to Him when I can't find English words to do it. I fellowshiped with a good friend through Messenger video...