Greetings my brothers and sisters in Christ. I wish to address an issue that I have encountered since before I ever entered ministry as a child and that is the issue of speaking in tongues (glossolalia). I don't wish to argue whether it is a contemporary gift or a cessational gift. My argument is one that I have frequently heard by so many practicioners (including myself), that being that speaking in tongues is a language not understood by man but God for self edification alone. The more I studied that line of argument, the more similarities I saw with other Hebrew Mysticism and other Eastern Philosophical practices of attaining spiritual enlightment. Taking into consideration Paul's admonition in I Corinthians 14 concerning the practice of tongues among believers (including women as alluded to in vs 34) what is the real relevance of tongues for the contemporary church.
My question to those of you who are willing to enlighten or be enlightened is whether this practice is intended to allow one to ascend into the Heavenly of Heavenlies, make one into a super Christian or is it simply an ancient practice of psychosomatic babble that releases unnecessary spiritual forces upon a person therefore causing some of the erractic behavior displayed by some people. Please share your insights.
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