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To: DannyTN
One reason we believe it was a temporary gift, is the following scripture said tongues would cease.

I hear this a lot. Knowledge will also cease. Is that your position? I am amazed at this every time I hear it. I understand that which is perfect is the Bible in some eyes. The Bible is not the perfect thing, Jesus is, and when HE returns, these things will cease, not before.

41 posted on 06/05/2008 5:03:09 AM PDT by ladyinred
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To: ladyinred
"I hear this a lot. Knowledge will also cease. Is that your position? "

See my prior posts in this thread. Some knowledge has ceased. It doesn't say all knowledge will cease. It doesn't say when tongues or knowledge will cease. And it didn't say they whether or not both would occur at the same time.

Again, if you look at church history. Tongues did cease except for a controversial resurgence in the third century under Tertullian and again in the mid 1900's.

I can't tell you that tongues as practiced today is not the same as the original gift. But I have my doubts for the reasons previously expressed.

But I can say that the majority of SBC members do not believe in tongues as expressed today and do not want it practiced openly in their churches. And any missionary seeking funding from the SBC needs to comply with that.

43 posted on 06/05/2008 9:05:04 AM PDT by DannyTN
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