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“Why are so many people afraid of Spiritual Gifts?”?
Not only do they disobey Scripture in forbidding speaking in tongues but also they despise prophesying. Would it not be more in keeping with our desire to fulfill Scripture if we truly did speak in tongues and desire spiritual gifts? Who should we listen to concerning these very important bibical experiences? Those that make place and promote the use of tongues, or those that quench the Spirit and make no room for the work of the Spiritual Gifts? What is right the Scripture and the teaching of it, or a theologian that says, that is not applicable?
We know Jesus himself promised that in His Name, they would “speak with New Tongues in the book of Mark. We even find thorough teaching on the right and wrong way it should be done in the Epistles. This establishes the legitimacy of the practice and that these spiritual experiences should be encouraged, rather than discouraged.
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- WynLv 51 decade agoFavorite Answer
You are getting some really good answers here!
Balance, moderation is necessary.
Quenching the spirit is just as wrong as forcing someone to speak in tongues & going off on an emotional flight.
Remember that Satan can counterfeit any gift the Holy Spirit can give, except for one--- Satan cannot love. We want "the genuine article", and not a counterfeit! If we are seeking gifts more than we are seeking the Giver, something is wrong. If we are being arrogant or competitive, something is also wrong. If we are judging others as not saved because they don't have certain gifts....
When you seek God & more of Him with ALL your heart, He gives you the gifts that He wants you to have.
- Wishful SpiritLv 61 decade ago
I think that people have seen spiritual gifts misused. They are supposed to give encouragement and guidance to Christians, but they also seem to attract the fruitcake fringe, and spiritual gifts without character can be very dangerous.
- JESUS IS LOVELv 51 decade ago
People are afraid of what they do not understand and what they are jealous of. Those who are so against spiritual gifts have not received these gifts and in their anger and jealous rage oppose it and in turn oppose God thus further removing them from ever receiving this free gift of God.
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