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Leviticus 26:17 
And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before
your enemies:
they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.
Ezekiel 20:26 ……
that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am the LORD.
A Message From Peter James
SPEAKING IN TONGUES
Many Christians believe that if you cannot speak in,
what they refer to as ‘tongues’,
you
have not been ‘Baptized in the Holy Spirit’, and further they state that
you
cannot be a genuine Christian. This has been my experience.
Once
again Satan uses this lie to promote division amongst ‘Christians’.
If
you watch many of the Tele-evangelists you will see them ‘speaking in tongues’
several
times during their sermons. Often their congregations are then assured
that
their minister is being inspired by the Holy Spirit.
‘Speaking
in tongues’ is taken as a badge of spiritual power and righteousness.
It might well be a badge of spiritual power,
but certainly not of righteousness.
If it is a badge of spiritual power, we have
to ask who is the source of this spiritual power?
The
question is what has the Holy Spirit to do with speaking in tongues as is
taught
by
the millions of Pentecostal and other Christians?
The answer is absolutely nothing.
But
those who practice speaking in tongues can claim that it makes them feel good,
and
they get an emotional high, therefore it must be right and good.
Since
when does emotional feelings determine our spirituality?
The answer is it never does.
When
the bible speaks about tongues, which it does from Genesis to
Revelation,
you
will see that it is referring simply to language.
It
has no spiritual connotation whatsoever.
The
word tongues can be replaced with the word languages, and all the problems
will
immediately disappear.
In the
beginning, right up to the time of the tower of Babel, all the people on the
earth
spoke
a single language. At that time the Eternal God spoke to His created people
in
the language which He had created,
and
they spoke to Him in the same language or tongue.
At
that time there was no demand to speak in a special language in order to be
heard,
and
the situation is the very same today.
We
can speak to the Eternal God in our normal language.
He
created language and knows them all.
Furthermore,
He knows even what is in our hearts, and thoughts, therefore He can often
bless
us before we utter a single word. No tongues speaking needed.
Matthew 6:8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things
ye have need of, before ye ask him.
Right
up to the flood at the time of Noah, the whole earth spoke a single language.
Genesis 11:1 ¶ And the whole earth was of one language, and
of one speech.
When
Christ sets up His kingdom, we can be sure that in His kingdom a clean pure
language
will be spoken by everyone, as He originally intended.
We see in Genesis 11:6-8 that because the people
decided to build a tower to reach
into the
heavens the Eternal God decided to scatter the people across the earth,
and additionally He gave the various families different languages.
So the people were separated by location, and
language.
Genesis 11:6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people is
one, and they have all one language;
and this they
begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them,
which they
have imagined to do.
7 Go to, let us go down, and
there confound their language,
that
they may not understand one another’s speech.
8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence
upon the face of all the earth:
and they left off to build the city.
9 Therefore
is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound
the language of all the earth: and from thence did
the LORD scatter them abroad
upon the face of all the earth.
In Genesis 10,
we see the main family and national divisions, which are linked to Noah’s
three sons, with each group having their own tongues
or languages.
Japheth’s descendants:
Genesis 10:5 By these were the isles of
the Gentiles divided in their lands;
every one after his tongue,
after their families, in their nations.
6 ¶ And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and
Phut, and Canaan.
Ham’s descendants:
Genesis 10:20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues,
in their countries, and in their nations.
Shem’s descendants:
Genesis 10:31 These are the sons of
Shem, after their families, after their tongues,
in their lands, after their nations.
In Revelation we see that this division of people by
location and language will still exist,
right through these last days.
Revelation 14:6 ¶ And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven,
having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth,
and to every nation,
and kindred, and tongue,
and people,
This angel speaking in Revelation
14, to all the different nations, each with their own
language is identical to what happened on the day of
Pentecost.
Acts 2:4 And they
were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to
speak with other
tongues, as the
Spirit gave them utterance.
5 ¶
And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every
nation under heaven.
6 Now
when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded,
because that every man heard
them speak in his own language.
This was indeed a wonderful miracle.
Like the angel speaking in Revelation
14, the miracle was that the people heard,
and were able to understand what was being said to
them.
This was not the utterance of gibberish under the
guise of ‘tongues’.
But a clear and precise warning.
Daniel an important and loyal servant of the Most
High God, was of the tribe of Judah.
When he and his three friends were selected to serve
Nebuchadnezzar they had to learn
the language of the Chaldeans.
Daniel 1:4 Children in whom was no blemish, but
well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom,
and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science,
and such as had ability in them
to stand in the king’s palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue
of the Chaldeans.
The ability and aptitude of speaking, hearing,
writing, and understanding languages
are all gifts of the Holy Spirit. They are all
related but different skills.
1 Corinthians 12:28 And God hath set some in the church, first
apostles, secondarily prophets,
thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of
healings, helps, governments,
diversities of tongues.
1 Corinthians 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:
We should notice that the word ‘tongues’ is in the
plural.
The question we can ask is what would be the purpose
for having a multitude
of spiritual languages?
All gifts from the
Eternal God have a purpose.
The apostle Paul was a very educated man, who had
studied under Gamaliel.
Acts 5:34 Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named
Gamaliel,
a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the
people,
and commanded to put the apostles forth a little
space;
Acts 22:3 I am verily a man which am a Jew,
born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia,
yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and
taught according to the perfect
manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous
toward God, as ye all are this day.
Paul made three missionary journeys throughout Asia,
and then he finally went to Rome.
Without the ability to speak to, and understand the
people in all the countries,
through which he passed, his trips would be
unfruitful and unprofitable.
This was not a problem for Paul as he said that he
spoke many languages.
Paul was not boasting that he knew a whole battery of
spiritual languages.
He was saying that he could speak many languages, so
that his audience could understand.
It was absolutely necessary for him to carry out his
ministry.
1 Corinthians 14:18
I thank my God, I
speak with tongues more than ye all:
He wished that others could be like him.
The obvious reason was that they would be able to
minister to more people.
1 Corinthians 14:5….. I would that ye all spake with tongues,
The Middle East was obviously a very cosmopolitan
area.
Therefore the admonition to control the speaking in
churches was important.
It would be pointless to have people speaking in
meetings if no one could understand
anything they said. Paul said that the number of
speaking in a foreign language
should be limited, and should always be interpreted.
1 Corinthians 14:27 If any man speak in an unknown tongue,
let it be by two,
or at the most by three, and that by
course; and let one interpret.
28 But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence
in the church;
and let him speak to himself, and to God.
In my experience I have never seen anyone interpret
what some one has spoken
in tongues. I am not saying that it does not happen.
I am certain that it has happened that when people
speak a genuine language,
which the members in a congregation might not know,
that someone gets up and translates it.
When I hear pastors in full flight mumble something
in tongues, how do the people know
what he is saying. He could really be saying that
woman in the front row boy she is beautiful,
she is doing my head in. How can I dare to say that,
am I being cruel?
Not really, because I am yet to hear what these
pastors speak in tongues translated.
That is not as outrageous as it sounds because the
bible says that many are immoral.
Look up Pastors and Prophets in your bible and
surprise yourself.
The Eternal God has left no stone unturned in trying
to get His people to listen to Him.
He said that He was going to
use people who spoke other languages to try to get
through to His people, but He
knew that it would not work!
1 Corinthians 14:21 ¶ In the law it is written, With
men of other tongues and other lips
will I speak unto this people;
and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord.
Paul always wanted things to be done decently and in
order.
This is mentioned in the very same chapter which
speaks about tongues.
1 Corinthians 14:40 Let all things be done decently and in order.
Paul also pointed out the pointlessness and
confusion, which would result
if several
were speaking in a different languages at the same time.
It would get so bad that onlookers could think that
they were in a lunatic asylum.
In fact if you go to a meeting, and you hear people
babbling different things
at the same time, while a minister is trying to give
a message, the result is confusion.
You can easily check that out at some of your local
Pentecostal, and similar churches.
1 Corinthians 14:23 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?
We have shown that speaking in tongues is simply a
matter of speaking
in other languages than that of your own country.
The teaching that muttering some gibberish as
‘tongues’, somehow shows
the presence and activity of the Holy Spirit is not
supported by scripture.
The presence of the Holy Spirit has very precise
characteristics.
‘Tongues’, speaking gibberish and ‘feeling good’, is not
mentioned.
Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is
love,
joy,
peace,
longsuffering,
gentleness,
goodness,
faith,
23 Meekness,
temperance:
against such there is no law.
24 And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections
and lusts.
25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in
the Spirit.
Can we say that it is a small and irrelevant issue,
and that we do not need to worry about it?
No we cannot.
It is a very important issue.
Those who practice speaking in tongues see it as very
important.
So what is actually taking place?
These people are actually opening themselves up to
evil spirit activity.
Sometime ago I was visited by a lady who had been in
the ‘Jesus Army’, which is based
in Northampton. Tongues speaking is a normal practice
in this organization.
She was speaking to me in my kitchen while I was
cooking.
Suddenly what was just a normal conversation changed,
and without reason she started
to berate me. She told me that I was doing all sorts
of things, but the fact was that
as I do not speak in tongues, that meant that I did
not have the Holy Spirit.
I was so surprised that I burnt my new stainless
steel pan.
As suddenly as it started it stopped, and she started
crying.
She said she did not know what came over her, and all
I had done was help her,
and encourage her.
The key is that she did not know what had happened to
her.
Something had come over her.
None of the fruit of the spirit mentioned above were
in evidence in this person
who claimed they had the Holy Spirit, and certainly
was not in control
of what had happened to her.
I have never spoken in tongues and it has never been
a desire for me to do so.
As I have mentioned previously.
It is most unwise to say amen to anyone
who is praying for you in ‘tongues’.
The reason is that you have no idea what they are
saying, and instead
of blessing you, they could easily be cursing you.
You certainly do not want to say ‘Amen’, which means
so let it be.
Speaking in tongues is a practice of witchcraft.
In Rebecca Brown’s ‘He came to set the captives
free’,
Elaine, who was a witch explains it clearly.
She said that witches, who appear to be wonderful
‘Christians’, go to meetings,
and then promptly curse the congregations and the
minister in ‘tongues’.
These curses are not a small matter, as curses work.
The effect is that you can go to what is a supposed
Christian meeting, and come
out more cursed than when you arrived.
Satan uses our emotions a great deal to influence us.
Many say that if it feels good do it, as long as it
is not hurting anyone else.
This is very foolish reasoning, even Satanic.
Obeying the Holy Spirit most times has no emotional
feelings connected in my experience.
There is no great show, no great emotional drama.
The point is that people falling on the ground and
going through various gyrations does
not mean that the Holy Spirit is involved at all.
Often it is the very opposite.
The conclusion of the matter is that Speaking in
Tongues is not of the Eternal God.
Speaking in Tongues is not a sign
of righteousness and spirituality.
We can add that neither are the often related
activities such as falling on the ground,
twitching, and making various animal sounds of the
LORD.
Do you think that the Majestic Eternal Creator God,
would lower Himself to act
as one of the creatures which He made, a dog, that He
declared to be unclean?
Think about it.
Does it make sense?
The gifts of the
Spirit are not things that others, or that we ourselves pray down or
work up.
The gifts from the Eternal God require absolutely no
activity on our part,
except that we obey what we are commanded.
This is the exact opposite of what is practiced under
the guise of baptism of the Spirit.
I believe that if we are involved in any activity
which involves evil spirits,
whether we know it or not, it will affect our health.
I am now constantly hearing of people who are ill in
many ways, and the doctors cannot
find any cause for their illness. So much so that I
now wait for people to tell me the whole
story and when they are finished, I sometimes
interject and say, and now you are going
to tell me that the doctors cannot find any cause for
your sickness, right?
They then say yes.
It is my belief that it is most likely that this is
evil spirit activity,
and that is the reason that no physical cause can be
found.
I am certainly not saying that ‘Speaking in Tongues’
is the only cause, because I believe
that there are many causes, but I believe that we
should carefully consider if some
of our activities are causing us physical distress,
and we should seek the Eternal God
for guidance on the matter.
It is up to the individual to act upon what they are
shown or told.
We cannot treat being filled with the Holy Spirit and
speaking tongues
as a spiritual fix, which we receive by attending
some meeting or other,
just like a drug addict must have his fix.
It is not a matter that we or
others are praying something into us,
to give us power, and to make us
feel good.
Being spirit led is a way of life,
and not a feeling of elation for a few minutes.
The way of the Eternal is not a
life of quick fixes, but of Eternal Peace, and Joy.
The Peace and Joy which passes all
understanding flows from us
from the indwelling Christ.
These gifts not only fill us, but
also our environment.
Praise the LORD for delivering us from the cruel
deception of ‘Speaking in Tongues’.
The only way out of our dilemmas is Jesus Christ.
He is the only way of escape.
Praise the Lord.
Come soon Lord Jesus.
Amen.
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