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Particulars
of Christianity:
310
Pentecostalism, the Charismatic
and Faith Movements
Comparing
Modern Tongues to Biblical Tongues
Our
Background and Objectivity
Comparing Modern Tongues to Biblical Tongues
Basic Introduction to the Charismatic
Movement
Opening Remarks and Introduction
to the Gifts
Survey 1 - Continuity of the
Gifts in the First Few Centuries
Survey 2 - Decline of Orthodox
Gifts and Rise of Counterfeit Gifts
Survey 3 - A Change in Tune Regarding
the Gifts
Survey 4 - From the Renaissance
to the Modern Era
An Introduction to the Gifts
in Modern Times
The Origins of the Modern Charismatic
Movement
Section 1 | Section
2 | Section 3 | Section
4
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This
brief segment is intended to "break the ice" and hopefully
open things up for consideration. The goal is to highlight
some important contrasts between speaking in tongues today
and speaking in tongues in the New Testament. These comparisons
are significant and eye opening, but they often go overlooked.
1. In modern contexts speaking in tongues is almost
always a personal ministry rather than a public ministry.
(With regard to public ministry, the function of tongues will
be highlighted in the next point below as well.)
2. In modern contexts speaking in tongues virtually
always involves unknown or angelic tongues rather than identifiable
human languages. New Testament tongues which were originally
used to communicate with foreigners in actual human languages,
and consequently, their occurrence could be confirmed by those
who spoke those other languages.
3. Speaking in tongues is usually the only type of
spiritual gift experienced by most Christians who otherwise
do not experience or witness genuine confirmable physical
healings, scripturally correct or confirmable prophecies,
etc. In contrast, New Testament tongues occurred in concert
with other genuine and confirmable, miraculous workings of
the Holy Spirit. In other words, in the New Testament speaking
in tongues occurred in an environment where other supernatural
gifts identifiably and tangibly occurred.
4. Also, in the New Testament people were enabled to
speak in tongues through a Pentecost like experience where
the room shakes and there are tongues of fire or through the
laying on of hands of those who'd had a Pentecost like experience.
Modern-day tongues do not originate in these New Testament
ways.
These striking contrasts break down the ability to assume
that modern tongues are just modern-day occurrences of biblical
tongues. If they are the same biblical phenomena, why are
they so different in practice, content, purpose, and origination?
In light of these factors as well as other points that we
will cover throughout this study series to demonstrate, we
believe that there is no reason or evidence (biblical or otherwise)
to conclude that modern speaking in tongues comes from God,
is miraculous, or should be identified with the New Testament
gifts of the Spirit.
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