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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...

You obviously have no desire to learn of the power of the Spirit. This is milk - the fundamentals. If you don't want to learn the truth at a kindergarten level, why go on to meat, I will just shake the dust off my feet. I've already dealt with your unbelief longer than I should have.

I haven't sinned willfully (sins of lawlessness) since February 9, 1977. Lawlessness is what we are talking about or are you unlearned on the subject of sins unto death and sins not unto death too. 1 John 1:7 is about a person who walks in the Spirit. A person who walks in the Spirit does not...

Ridiculous conclusions that aren't worth a response.

So exactly what formula are you trying to impose? God does the baptizing, whether sovereignly or by laying on of hands. God doesn't need an apostle.

All have a measure of faith, but not all have faith in Jesus. There is a difference between faith in yourself, and faith in God. Did you read the context, or just try to find a verse wiggly squiggly that says close to what you want it to? It doesn't mean no faith whatsoever, but in whom.

The measure of faith given to mankind is from God, and is biblical faith. Therefore, man is without excuse. (And Calvinism is error to the extreme, in more than one area of doctrine.)

Wrong - they are. What some don't realize is they are trying to impose rules on one gift, when it only applies to another gift. I suspect that is what you may be doing. For instance, there are two manifestations of tongues. One of them does not REQUIRE interpretation, but the unlearned only sees...

Wrong. Acts 10: While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who heard the word. 45 And those of the circumcision who believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles also. No laying...

As I already pointed out in #8 there were sovereign fillings of the Holy Spirit, and also by the laying on of hands. It is not down to a formula. It is a person.