Are Sermons Biblical? 1 of 2 -Digging in the Word

[bondagebreaker7]

Awesome introduction - that my kind of multimedia

[starynite7]

Don't apologize for the KJV. I love it and the Greek and Hebrew it came from. I appreciate this teaching. I have written things like this.

[SaudaraLink]

I'm not sure who you are from your handle. Feel free to PM me. Btw, what is your concern on the tongues page.

[alittlegreen]

HI LInk!! Long time so hear from you and today I was looking for something else and found this. Wow, I am not really sure what I think. I would certainly loose the cartoon!! While you teaching is good, I have to wonder how much you put into practice. The whole teaching of tongues is was off base and WHY do all house churches base almost all teaching on 1 Co. 14?

[seakingjesus]

when speaking in tongues can the person speaking also interpret the togue also or does it have to be someone other than the person.

[SaudaraLink]

Thanks for the question. I Cor. 14:28 says 'let one interpret.' It does not say whether the one who interprets has to be a different person. Since verse 13 says to let him who speaks in tongues pray that he may interpret, I believe the speaker in tongues can also serve as the interpreter. Personally, I'd rather see another person interpret if another person also gets the interpretation. Sometimes more than one person gets the interpretation.

[mgwicks]

So where did Paul say he was using a hyperbole. Before of after the verse?

[custardflan]

Like a clanging cymbal? Can any of us sound like a clanging cymbal?

[mgwicks]

Don't forget that not all contexts in the Bible refer to tongues as earthly national languages...

"Though I speak with the tongues of men and of ANGELS, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal."

(1Co 13:1)

What national language are the Angels speaking, ... is it English or Cantonese or ...?

[custardflan]

That verse does not say there is a tongue of Angels or if there is that a man can speak it. Paul is using hyperbole in this instance. There is no example of tongues being used that cannot be interpreted. In fact, Paul says not to speak in tongues unless there is an interpreter. Most of Paul's teaching on tongues is actually negative.

[SaudaraLink]

Paul's teachings on tongues are not negative. He teaches against using tongues out of order, but says positive things like, "I speak in tongues more than ye all." He is positive toward tongues used rightly with interpretation. About tongues of angels, some of those things in that list are not hyperbole.

[custardflan]

It's obvious by his teaching that "tongues" were being used int he Corinthian church as a measure of one's spiritual maturity (sound familiar?), which is why he mentions his own ability to speak in languages. The point being that tongues was being used inappropriately, therefore he needed to preach to the Corinthians regarding the deeper truths, namely love.

[SaudaraLink]

This is not clear from the text. Paul may be mentioning the fact that he speaks in tongues to show that he is not opposed to the practice.

[custardflan]

That's an example of hyperbole. Paul is not saying that it is possible for us to speak such a language. Is there another passage in the entire Bible that suggests such a thing?

[frankiedigi]

Was this a sermon, a teaching or a discourse?