I'd been so curious about Tongue Speaking ever since I become an almost regular visitor of one Church in my city. Almost every week I can hear a sort of...shirarabasherabarabasherabarabarababashakurashirarabashe....
They said it is tongue speaking, but I have so many doubts about it. How can it be so easy? Just like.....ok, I want to speak in tongues, then.....I speak.
I was even told that at one workshop arranged by that church, a preacher lady from Aussie (?) taught the participants to speak in tongue! And at this church, sometimes the preacher will say, "c'mon people.....speak in the Holy Spirit!" then people will start to speak in tongues as soon as the pastor or preacher talks in tongues! And stop whenever the preacher stops. Speaking in tongues is likely to be contagious.
Not that I don't believe in Speaking in Tongues, I do believe:
- It's the authority of Holy Spirit, not humanReferences for reading are available from the net in Indonesian Tongue and English Tongue. However must not forget that speaking in tongues is fun!
- Not every Christian must speak in tongues. 1 Corinthians 12:28-30
- There are rather 2 kind of tongues, the one that once took place at Pentecost day in Jerusalem i.e. foreign tongues and the one stated by 1 Corinthians 14 i.e. utterance tongue (although some believe they are actually identical)
- 1 Corinthians 14:9 "So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into air"
- If there is speaking in tongues practise (the utterance one), then shall it be based on 1 Corinthians 14:27-28
- What happens in some of today's churches in Jakarta more or less is just like that of Corinthian Assembly.
- Tongue speaking gives edification and instruction not only to the speaker but also the audiences i.e. not to leave the audiences blank. 1 Corinthians 14:16-19
- If no one can give the explanation about the tongues, then one should remain silent. 1 Corinthians 14:27-28
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