Chapter 17- Disunity and unhappiness

For the whole day i've been thinking of Shi Xiong's church. And when i went to church today, i was very glad to be there, just glad. I dunno, shi xiong's not replying me at all, maybe he's angry i rejected his church, because he did hint abit about joining his church in the future. And my heart simply told me something was wrong so yesterday night i frankly told him i did not have the sense of ease. When i consulted my mum, she said that if i didn't feel at ease, it shouldn't be the right place. I mean, after doing some research, i found out that speaking in tongue is not entirely right, although it's God's language. But you speak it in different circumstances, its not something everyone can do, and speaking of the tongue is used to confirm God's Words, but those days were far over and speaking in tongue is considered something associated as satanic.


Speaking in tongues, when practiced according to the Bible, is a sign from God given to warn unbelievers of impending judgment. Because of this point, Scripture provides limiting conditions for its use within the Church, including the requirement that an interpretation should be given (also in the case of a visitor speaking a foreign language).
Furthermore, tongues were a characteristic of apostolic ministry, to confirm the Word of God in a time when the Church was not yet established in all its diversity and when the revealed Word of God was not yet completed. The destruction of the temple closed the days of the Jewish era. With the establishment of the new Christian testimony, which included Jewish Christians, the exercise of the sign-gifts, including speaking in tongues, simply stopped. (On the foundation of the apostles and prophets of the New Testament, Ephesians 2:20; Paul's ministry completed the Word of God and closed the period in which God gave revelations.) Therefore, the modern-day tongues movement must be rejected as a demonic influence which serves several purposes:



(1) To keep believers in ignorance and spiritual immaturity;


(2) To suggest that right now, in a day of small things like in Zechariah 4:10, we can have the same "great things of God" (Acts 2:11) as in the early days of the Church;


(3) To suggest that we are not under Gods dealings in discipline, because of decline and disobedience;


(4) To sow discord among Christians, while creating outward unity;


(5) To mobilize emotions, which are not controlled by the Spirit and Word of God.

http://www.rapidnet.com/~jbeard/bdm/Psychology/char/speaking.htm

Apparantly, Shi xiong did not seem too happy about this, that's why he hasn't spoken to me yet. But why be like this? We are all the same, you cannot force me to do what i didn't grow up to accept and believe.