gifted tongue?

From a message by a Curious Questioner--
>CQ> Subject: Gifts

>>QU> Do you believe that speaking in tongues can/does occur today?

>CQ> If by "tongues" you are refering to a miraculous ability to speak in unlearned foriegn languages...No. They are not occuring...

That such is "not occuring" anywhere that you may observe, does not rule out the possibility altogether. The Lord is certainly FREE to give such a gift where there is a GENUINE need for a preacher of the gospel of the grace of God, to be enabled to preach the true gospel, in a situation where there is no translator to relay the message; And I have heard reports from people, of cases where such has indeed happened; so, be NOT so quick to LIMIT "the Holy One of Israel!"

>CQ> Besides, "tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not" (1 Cor 14:22).

Amen. "are" for! The Jews REQUIRE a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom; (and "churchians" that babble like babies are oh so cute! :) "When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things." (1Cor.13:11, Amen! :)

Remember that Jesus is the Lord and be wise to receive the love of the truth of God: "Let not thy speech be with forked tongue!" Prove all things; hold fast that which is good! Grace be with y'all in understanding and love for Jesus' sake. Amen. --Richard