Bible Tongue Speaking and Modern Impostors!

Tongue Speaking of today is not the tongue speaking of the Bible.

Compare the genuine in the Bible with the fakes of today!

First century
Spoke a known language. Acts 2:8 Were understood. Acts 2:6; !or. "#:"$ Were edi&ied. !or. "#:26 !on&irmed t(e word. Acts "):#6;*e+. 2:,-# Spoke +y turn. !or. "#:2/ 'o interpreter1 - Silence. !or. "#:28

Today
Today don't even claim to use known languages. %on't claim to understand today. 'o suc( claim today. Today. t(ey don't accept con&irmed word today. Add to and deny it. All speak toget(er today in 0ass con&usion. %on't want to +e interpreted today.

Sign to un+elievers. !or. "#:22 4or use o& edi&ying !or. "#:26 Spirit su+5ect to speaker. !or. "#:26-," Spoke to pro&it t(e c(urc( !or. "#:6 7rayed &or interpretation. !or. "#:", Spoke to instruct. !or."#:", 9elieved :ospel. 0ark "6:"6 Spoke to +ene&it (earers. !or. "#:$ nterpret so unlearned understand.; " !or. "#:"6 'o accusation o& madness. !or. "#:2, 'o con&usion allowed. !or. "#:,, Women kept silence. !or. "#:,# *oly Spirit 9aptism audi+le. 'o mistake in knowing *. S. came upon t(em. Acts 2:2 *oly Spirit +aptism visi+le. 'ot mistaken in seeing. Acts 2:, *oly Spirit +aptism (eard. 'o mistake in (earing. Acts 2:#

2sed today &or e3citement. S(ow. entertain. Today - 6%on't stop me. 'm getting a revelation. 'o pro&it today. Today - pray &or tongue speaking. 8evel in con&usion - no instruction. %eny gospel +ecause getting new revelation. 'o so today. 9ene&it in glory o& speaker. nterpretation not done today. Today con&usion rampant. Today. all in con&usion. All speak today. n regulating usage o& gi&ts. women (ad not a+ilities. 'one will say so today. 'one will say so today. 'o so today.

Compare the truth with the fake:

Simon The Fake Vs Apostles the truth: Acts 8:5 !"

Purpose of the gifts

Bible
To con&irm god's word 9ring A+out 2nity ;& 4ait(

modern pentecostals
word con&irms gi&ts 0any %i&&erent !(urc(es !laim To *ave :i&ts !on&irm 4alse Teac(ings

Miracles
Bible
%ependent ;n 4ait( ;& *ealer Acts ,:/

modern pentecostals
%ependent ;n 4ait( ;& 7erson *ealed & 'ot *ealed- 6'o 4ait(6

Truly Supernatural Acts ,:/ *ealings Were nstant Acts ,:8 *ealings Total Acts ,:8 7erson *ealed =nown 9y All Acts ,:") 0iracle =nown 9y 0iracle >;+vious?

Scienti&ic <3planation *ealings 2sually Take 0ont(s 7artial mprovement. 8emission 7erson ;&ten 2nknown 0iracle Accepted 9y 7ersonal Testimony

<ven <nemies Accepted Acts #:"6

*ig(ly @uestiona+le. Always nternal and unseen

tongues
Bible
8eal *uman Aanguage Acts 2:8 0a3 ;& , n !(urc( " !or "#:2/ <ac( 0ust Speak n Turn "#:2/ & 'o nterpreter =eep Silent "#:28 ;nly ;ne nterpretation 7ossi+le <mp(asis ;n 7u+lic %emonstration !onsidered a c(ildis( gi&t o& lesser importance "#:C A Sign To 2n+elievers "#:22

modern pentecostals
Total :i++eris( And 'onsense 0ore T(an , Speak >visitors view as madness: "#:2,? 0any Speak Simultaneously 8arely Any 6 nterpreter6 ;&ten nterpretations Bary <mp(asis ;n 7rivate %evotion Stressed As A Sign ;& Spirituality A Sign To 9elievers

Modern Day Tongue Speaking Is

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In the Los Angeles area which consists of about 12 million people, every kind of religious cult that can be imagined is here. One of the churches, called the Rainbow Revival Church, located at 890 Crenshaw in Los Angeles, sent out an instruction sheet a number of years ago giving instructions as to how one may receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit. Listed below is the sum and substance of the instruction.

$ords %f Praise To &ecei'e The (oly "host)

Jesus who baptized 120 believers with the Holy Ghost on the day of Pentecost 10 days after He ascended to heaven, is still baptizing Christians with the Holy Ghost today Acts 2:1-4. Usually Jesus baptizes believers with the Holy Ghost while they are praising the Lord, and their words change from words of praise to unknown tongues, which is proof that they have received the Holy Ghost. We suggest these words of praise to use while seeking the Baptism. To try to say words of praise too perfectly hinders the Holy Ghost from speaking in His Heavenly languages through you.

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As you praise God, do NOT try to stop stammering. In fact the more you get the words of praise mixed up, the easier it is for the Holy Ghost to take control of your tongue and speak in unknown tongues through you. Isa. 28:11: "For with stammering lips and another tongue will I speak to this people." To Start Seeking, say the words of Praise in a paragraph below over and over very rapidly for 2 or 3 minutes, then go to the next paragraph, repeating the words of Praise in each paragraph about the same length of time. After you have repeated the words in all of the paragraphs, you may start at the beginning, and use these words of praise over and over. 1. Glory To God, Hallelujah Glory To God Hallelujah Glory To 2. Praise Precious Jesus, Prince Of Peace, Praise Precious Jesus 3. I Love You Jesus, I Love You Jesus, I Love You Jesus, 4. Jesus Savior Save Sinful Souls, Sanctify Saints To Serve Thee 5. Praise God The Father, God The Son, And God The Holy Ghost,

6. I Beseech Blessed Baptizer Bestow Bountiful Baptismal Blessings 7. Glory To Jesus Glory To Jesus Glory To Jesus Glory To 8. While Wholeheartedly Worshipping, Willing Waiting, Jesus Baptize Me With The Holy Ghost. While Wholeheartedly Worshipping 9. Glory To God, Gracious Generous Giver Of Good Gifts. Glory To Rainbow Revival Church, 890 Crenshaw, Los Angeles CA So what Happens? The individual commits a few phrases to memory and begins to say them over and over. His tongue gets twisted, but he must keep on trying. Finally he is muttering, stammering and stuttering and he blames it all on the Holy Spirit ... HOW SHAREFUL! Now I wonder if Peter and the rest of the apostles had this list in Acts 2 while they were waiting in the upper room for the Holy Spirit? Do you reckon that they were practicing all that time? Of course, the above is IGNORANCE GONE TO SEED. But a very remarkable thing happened soon after I received this list. I was in Pampa, Texas in a meeting and watching a religious program from Amarillo. They had a Catholic nun on the program who claimed to have been baptized with the Holy Spirit. Her "testimony" was that she had not been able to speak well because she DID stutter. But, when she received the baptism of the Holy Spirit, SHE QUIT STUTTERING. So, to stutter or not to stutter-that is the question. I hope that we all understand that those who were baptized with the Holy Spirit in the days of the apostles were given languages that could be understood as the Bible reveals in Acts 2:8 -1 1; and they were not the kind of gibberish that would be produced by one who practiced according to the "Rainbow Revival formula." (Contributed by J.T. Smith)

n t(e last decade t(e tongue-speaking p(enomenon (as +een e3perienced in most religious groups in t(e 2nited States as well as &oreign countries. t is t(e most talked a+out religious item o& our time. Tongue speaking is automatic speec(

w(ic( consists o& utterances wit(out conscious e&&ort or t(oug(t wit( no rational meaning and wit( no conscious 7urpose. Students o& t(e tongue-speaking p(enomenon see it as t(e outgrowt( o& t(ree t(ings: 4irst. t(e dryness o& religious ritual in t(e western culture; second. t(e crisis climate o& our time &rom w(ic( people seek escape; and. t(ird. a personal religious void. T(e common (uman p(enomenon o& tongue speaking is o&ten con&used wit( t(e 'ew Testament gi&t o& speaking in ot(er languages. T(ey are not t(e same in content. source. or purpose. !ontemporary tongue speaking is o&ten called glossolalia. t is to +e compared to laug(ter w(ic( is a type o& automatic speec(. ;ne laug(s not +ecause (e (as rationally decided t(at somet(ing is &unny or +ecause (e makes a conscious e&&ort to. +ut it is an automatic response to a situation. <ven so. tongue speaking does not (appen +ecause a person wills to utter speci&ic sounds. +ut it is an automatic response to a situation. T(ere is not(ing (arm&ul or +ad a+out glossolalia any more t(an laug(ter. t is a common (uman e3perience. t is wrong. (owever. w(en it is claimed to +e a miracle or is su+stituted &or rational. religious e3pression. ;ne s(ouldn't con&use a (uman p(enomenon wit( a divine act. 9ecause tongue-speaking comes wit(out conscious e&&ort and cannot +e understood. it (as o&ten +een con&used &or divine intervention in religion. T(is was true &or ancient paganism. T(e &irst written record o& tongue speaking dates +ack more t(an ".))) years +e&ore !(rist. A certain Wen Ammon under stress gave &ort( ecstatic utterances. and t(e people t(oug(t :od was speaking t(roug( (im. <cstatic utterances were used in t(e :reek oracles and in t(e ancient mystery religions. <ven today in 8(odesia t(ere is a sect known as t(e Apostles' !(urc( w(ic( com+ines certain elements o& !(ristianity wit( t(e traditional pagan practices. Tongue speaking is a part o& t(eir ceremony. Spiritualists use t(e tongue-speaking p(enomenon in t(eir claim to communicate wit( t(e dead. 0ormons (ave always (ad tongue speaking as a part o& t(eir religious e3pression. t is t(oug(t &or t(em to +e a con&irmation o& t(e aut(enticity o& t(e 9ook o& 0ormon and ot(er documents w(ic( came &rom Dosep( Smit(. T(e most common e3pression o& tongue speaking until recent years was in 7entecostalism w(ic( arose around "$)) and developed into a num+er o& denominations.

n t(e early "$6)'s neo- 7entecostalism +egan in Ban 'uys. !ali&ornia. and (as spread rapidly t(roug( t(e traditional e3isting religious organiEations. t (as +ecome very popular. even in 8oman !at(olicism. and (as divided a num+er o& 7rotestant c(urc(es. T(e &act t(at t(e tongue-speaking e3perience is &ound in &alse and contradictory religions would indicate t(at its source is not &rom :od +ut is a (uman e3perience con&used &or divine intervention. T(e &act t(at t(e same e3perience is known in all religions. ancient and modern. !(ristian and pagan. and sometimes outside t(e religious e3perience altoget(er would indicate t(at its source is not &rom :od. T(e &act t(at it can +e learned and imitated would indicate t(at it is not a miracle. T(e 'ew Testament gi&t o& tongues is a miracle and consists o& speaking in (uman languages t(at t(e speaker. (ad not known or learned +y natural means. !ontemporary tongue speaking must not +e con&used wit( t(e 'ew Testament gi&t o& tongues. ;ne is a (uman p(enomenon; t(e ot(er a divine miracle. ;ne is common to all religions. ancient and modern; t(e ot(er is uniFue to t(e c(urc( in t(e &irst century. ;ne is irrational. ecstatic utterances; t(e ot(er is (uman language. ;ne can +e imitated and learned; t(e ot(er is a miracle &rom :od. T(ere is not(ing wrong wit( t(e p(enomenon o& giving &ort( ecstatic utterances. +ut it is error w(en it is con&used wit( t(e 'ew Testament gi&t o& tongues. <cstatic. automatic speec( can +ring &ort( a release o& tension and can +e t(erapeutic. +ut w(en it is su+stituted &or rational. religious e3pression. it is a delusion. 7aul was no dou+t talking a+out suc( a p(enomenon as contemporary tongue speaking w(en (e wrote in !orint(ians "2:2. a+out pagans. 6Gou know t(at w(en you were pagans. you were led astray to t(e dum+ idols. (owever you were led.6 Do(n was no dou+t speaking o& counter&eits o& miracles w(en (e wrote in Do(n #:". 69elieve not every spirit. +ut try t(e spirits to see i& t(ey +e &rom :od.6 One major purpose for tongues was to serve as a sign to unbelieving Jews - a problem that was eliminated with the destruction of the Temple and Judaism as a religion in AD 70 by Rome - cp. 1 Corinthians 14:21-22 (it was a testimony against those who had rejected Christ Jesus.) Tongue speaking today is not o& :od. it is o& man.