QUESTIONS ON TONGUES

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* QUESTIONS CONCERNING TONGUES
* 
* 1.  Do all TRUE believers in Christ speak in unknown tongues (in a personal
* prayer language to God for the purpose of edification and fellowship with
* God) on a consistent, if not daily, basis?

Probably not.  At least scripture doesn't require it.  If the bible did, then
someone would have to perform a miracle every day, or just about any other
of the gifts of the spirit on a daily basis. 


* 2.  Do some TRUE born-again believers speak in unknown tongues ONLY
* ONCE---upon the initial receipt of the gift of the Holy Ghost?

Yup.  Actually, I'd say once in a known unlearned tongue of the earth.
Unknown to the speaker (the new baptizee in the Holy Ghost) not to whomever
might be listening that might know that dialect.

* 3.  Since 1 Corinthians 12 teaches on the extra-ordinary 9 GIFTS of the
* Holy Ghost,  how should one interpret the rhetorical question in 1 Cor
* 12:30, "Do all speak in tongues?" ?

Not all do.  There's a difference between the initially manifestation
of being filled with the Holy Ghost and the "gift" of tongues in 1 Cor.

One is unknown to the speaker (a language of earth).  The other is unknown
to all men unless God gives the interpretation.

All TRUE believers (like you say) speak in the Unknown tongue once.  Some
TRUE believers may never speak in the other trongue (language of angels).
Some may speak in the language of angels many, many, times.

* 3.  If a person who has followed the complete plan of salvation (Acts 2:38
* etc) and has lived for God for any length of time BACKSLIDES---that is,
* turns away from God and lives a CARNEL life, is it a sign that he TRULY
* repents if he "prays through" to God, evidenced by speaking in other
* tongues?

No, God won't revoke the "gift" of tongues.  Check their fruit.  If they
don't exhibit the fruit of the Spirit, you know they've not repented.
Tongues is a poor device to measure repentence.  Fruit isn't.  Fruit can
still be judged rotten or fresh.

* 4.  If speaking in tongues is the initial evidence that one has received
* the Holy Ghost, is speaking in tongues on a consistent basis a sign that
* one STILL HAS the Holy Ghost?

Not necessarily.  Check out his/her fruit.  Love, joy, peace, longsuffering,
gentleness, goodness, meekness, faith, and temperance.


* 5.  If answering NO to question 4:  How does one ASSURE himself that he
* STILL HAS the Holy Ghost?  

Heh, heh, if the Devil still bothers him/her then he/she is probably o.k.
(That's not necessarily true.)  Do they lower the standards of holiness?

I think that once someone gets the Holy Ghost, they can't unget it.  Now
they can become a disobedient son/daughter of God.  But the H.G. hasn't 
been widthdrawn from them.

* Can one LOSE the Holy Ghost?  Is LOSING the Holy
* Ghost the same as LOSING OUT on salvation?  OR is it true that ONCE one is
* saved, he is ALWAYS saved?

I'd say that the Holy Ghost if not exercised and not allowed to be fruitful
will be harder and harder to be stirred spiritually.  The NT says the spirit
of the prophet is subject unto the prophet.  So, what one does with their
infilling of the H.G. is up to them and how much they lean on the Lord.

A formerly filled-to-the-rim-with-the-Holy Ghost, and I mean formerly,
is in need of a retanking of God.  

What about the parable of the 10 virgins.  Five wise, five foolish.  The
five wise keep their lamps full.  The five foolish allowed their lamps to
get low.  Who was allowed into the bridal party?  

I personally don't think SALVATION happens until step #1 is taken in heaven.
That is when we are saved.  However, some saints call that state of being
"rapture ready" as clean and waiting for the arrival of the Lord as being
in SALVATION.  (of course after Acts 2:38 has happened without spot or 
blemish)

* There is an ever-increasing belief going throughout our churches that SOME
* (logically extended to MOST) people only speak in tongues when they
* initially receive the gift of the Holy Ghost...NEVER THEREAFTER!   What
* this doctrine will eventually bring is a condition in which virtually NO
* ONE will speak in tongues except those who have (supposedly) received the
* GIFT OF TONGUES! Which may be very few.
* 
* [Note:  "SOME logically extended to MOST" because if one believes that a
* person ONLY speaks in tongues upon the initial receipt of the Holy Ghost,
* then ANYONE who does speak in tongues AFTER receiving the initial
* experience MUST have the unique GIFT OF TONGUES as stated in 1 Cor 12, 14.]

I'd say that people don't speak in the unknown (angelic - gift of the spirit
tongue) tongue because they don't seek the gifts of God.  I also believe that
a lot of people don't understand the difference between what happened on 
Pentecost and what is talked about in 1 Cor.

There's a distinct difference between the two tongues.

Bro. Tyler
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