QUESTIONS ON TONGUES

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>QUESTIONS CONCERNING TONGUES
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>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?

Yes, all true believers speak with tongues on a consistent basis.  In
Romans 8 it says we must stay full of the Spirit to be a son of God and to
be quickened at the rapture.

Mark 16:17
And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast
out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;

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

Paul said in 1Cor 14:6
I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:
They all spoke with tongues regularly, but Paul spoke in tongues more often
or freely.
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Vs. 23 If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and
all speak with tongues,and there come in those that are unlearned, or
unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?
The whole church could come together and speak in tongues, but it is better
to have the gift of tongues and interpretation in operation for the
edifying of the church.

>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?" ?
>
1Cor 12:10: To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to
another discerning of spirits;to another divers kinds of tongues; to
another the interpretation of tongues:

This chapter discusses "divers kinds of tongues" which all do not receive,
the type of tongues that operates along with the gift prophesy. This is not
the same gift of tongues which all receive when they are filled with the
Holy Ghost that was promised to everyone:

Acts 2:39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all
that are afar off, even as many as the LORD our God shall call.
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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?

It is a good sign of anyone being full of the Holy Ghost.  In John 3 Jesus
says the Spirit is like the wind.  Verse 8: "The wind bloweth where it
listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it
cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit."
The "sound" of tongues is evidence of being filled with the Spirit.

In my little opinion, this does not necessarily mean someone is completely
right with God, only that they are going in the right direction.  If they
have been living carnal, cleaning up is also necessary.

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>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?

Yes, people full of the Spirit will make the "sound" of the Spirit.
>
>5.  If answering NO to question 4:  How does one ASSURE himself that he
>STILL HAS the Holy Ghost?  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?
>
Once saved, always saved is false doctrine.  Someone's name can be blotted
out of the book of life
Rev 3:5 He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and
I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess
his name before my Father, and before his angels.

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>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.]
>
>
>
>Discussion welcome!
>Bro Mike Mills

This is a sad sign of compromise.  When speaking in tongues becomes an
option then baptism in Jesus name becomes an  option, then holiness becomes
an option, etc.  We shouldn't remove the old landmark.  Thank God He is
coming back for a triumphant church.  Some will be weeded out, and some
will be added.  I want to be in the number that dances around the throne!





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