The word glossolalia, which
means speaking in tongues, makes this point succinctly.
Not exact matches
Oh you
mean when they claim to
speak in tongues?
«And these signs will follow those who believe:
in My name they will cast out demons; they will
speak with new
tongues; they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no
means hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.»
And these signs will follow those who believe:
In My name they will cast out demons; they will
speak with new
tongues; «they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no
means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.»
Strings like, «There is something wrong with you if you don't
speak in tongues» (a very unBiblical one that), you must have a full submersion baptism because the last baptism you had wasn't wet enough, you must sing naff choruses or it
means you do nt» want to worship God, you must believe that the vast majority of people that have lived on earth are damned to everlasting Hell, you must not say anything controversial, you must not be too intellectually assertive if you're a woman, you must do as we say and believe as we say, you must force yourself to be attracted to people with a particular set of genitalia or be lonely and unfulfilled for the rest of your life.
I have not seen the actual words before, but based upon the language quoted, seems to me that the «
tongues» part
means you'll learn foreign languages (as
in not the one from the area you grew up
in), not you'll make up gibberish or
speak in some alien (as
in not of this workd) language.
Taking the verse «And these signs will follow those who believe:
in My name they will cast out demons; they will
speak with new
tongues; they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no
means hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.»
Having been Baptized
in the Spirit, Pentecostals believe that enjoying Full Gospel faith
means exercising walking
in the Spirit's power, often engaging
in charismatic gifts, particularly a continued practice of
tongues -
speaking and divine healing.
So what does it
mean to «
speak in tongues»?
Speaking in the
tongues of other seekers at Pentecost, then,
means among other things entering deeply into their lives to promote shalom, or wholeness.
Speaking in tongues does not necessarily
mean other gifts.
Key to understanding this culture are a pair of verses from the Gospel of Mark
in the New Testament: «And these signs will follow those who believe:
in My name they will cast out demons; they will
speak with new
tongues; they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no
means hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.»
At Acts 10:46, Luke used a variation of the same expressions found
in 2:11 alongside «
speaking in tongues,» so that prophesying
in a foreign language is most probably
meant again.46 Peter's companions from Joppa
in a multilingual society would presumably have recognized other languages than their own.
Speaking in tongues is essentially a
means of private devotion.
Japanese characters
speak their native
tongue in Anderson's friend - finding epic, which
means we're only allowed to understand their dialogue when * American * Interpreter Nelson (Frances McDormand) translates overtop.
The speakers sought to encourage a broad national commitment to bilingualism through two
means: educating limited - English -
speaking students
in both English and their native
tongue, and increasing...
A smattering of owners club stickers
speak of a car equally cherished and chastened, while another reads «Eilean a» Cheò,»
meaning «Island of Mist»
in Scotland's native Gaelic
tongue, revealing that the car lived once on the Isle of Skye.