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Can an unbeliever speak in tongues?

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Tongues are gift from God to believers.

So whatever a non-believer speaks, I do not believe it comes from God.
 
Speaking in tongues has been going on for thousands of years and not just among Christians. The first event was from the Pythoness if the Oracle of Delphi. African animists speak in tongues to this very day. That tongues can be and are uttered by non-Christians who are attempting to "speak the language of the gods" is evidenced by the fact that "spirit mediums", Muslim dervishes, and Indian fakirs speak in tongues. It must be remembered by those who try to make tongues a badge of spirituality or a status symbol of saints who have attained the height of spiritual experience, that speaking in tongues and their interpretation are not peculiar to the Christian church but are common in ancient pagan religions and in spiritism both ancient and modern.
 
jeffreynaylor2009 said:
Any "means" of communicating the good news to those around them can only come from God.
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Yes, an unbeliever can "speak in tongues". And as TND pointed out, not all instances of speaking in tongues is communicating the gospel of Jesus and not all instances come from our God at all, but can come from other spirits. Even though I am Spirit filled and have seen the evidence of this in gifts and miracles, I also have to wonder how many people have truly come to believe in God and accept Jesus as their savior because of someone speaking in tongues. I've never personally seen that happen that I know of. In fact, I've seen just the opposite more times than I can remember where the unbeliever was close to believing but when seeing a show of tongues, decides that Christians are just nuts and is turned away from the gospel. I HAVE seen people accept Christ in places where some people were speaking in tongues, but have never heard any of them say it was the tongues that convinced them. Also, the very few that I've personally known to accept Christ under these circumstances quickly faded away when the spectacular show faded away. I can't say that this has to be the way it is, but from what I've seen in my own decades long walk with God, this HAS consistently been the case.

Even those that truly do have this gift from God often misuse it, such as using it when the Holy Spirit hasn't really lead them too, evidenced by no one being present that can interpret. Not only that, but anyone who wants to can fake speaking in tongues, especially Christians who find it convenient to hide behind the excuse of "you can't judge me" when they are called out about faking it. Usually they are faking it just so they can appear "spiritual" among those other Christians who wrongly insist you MUST speak in tongues as a sign that you have advanced to a higher level of spirituality than those who don't have this most minor of all the gifts.
 
Actually I was talking about the true Holy-Ghost-filled speaking in tongues. Can God make someone speak in tongues? I know some may fake it.
 
Classik said:
Actually I was talking about the true Holy-Ghost-filled speaking in tongues. Can God make someone speak in tongues? I know some may fake it.
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Of course He can. He did it at Pentecost. Does He do it now? No. There is no need for the gift now. Those who fake it are focusing on themselves, not Christ.
 
Are we not grown-up enough to be able to accept differing views from different folks..... There is not one of us here who doesn't get the idea that pulling this verse or that verse, Plucking one from here tossing in one from over there we can force about anything from the Word of God... He wrote His Word the way He did. He could have formed a list again and made things black and white . We all know He didn't.... I believe He didn't because He loves us .. He loves me with my quirks and you with yours....He has given place to our quirks .... Consider the lilies and how
much more He cares for us...

I am not a anything goes Christian , any one who has read a couple posts would know that... This is not unto salvation. It is really OK to think a bit differently. From the Scripture , I do not see where those Jesus walked/talked with had to be the same. The personalities of the disciples and OT peoples come through and they are not the same....

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I would encourage anyone with interest on this topic to open their Bibles to 1 Corinthians 12. The gifts of the Spirit come from the Holy Spirit alone. The first three verses of 1 Corinthians 12 make it clear that the gifts of the Spirit will only be given to those who proclaim Christ as Lord. Another thing you will note is that in none of the passages regarding the Gifts of the Spirit is there any mention of any of these gifts passing away. Just because there are wolves among the flock claiming to have something they do not, this is no reason to believe the more miraculous gifts have passed away. Keep in mind that God does not change, so why would we are wise to recognize that the more miraculous sign gifts may just be more rare than they once were.
 
Blazin Bones said:
Keep in mind that God does not change....
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Really? I haven't heard of Him telling anyone to slaughter their (or His) enemies, since Jesus died.
But He sure did so in the old testament.

When we read that "... He is the same forever..." it only means that He Himself does not change. That God Himself holds the same character, love, etc.
But it does NOT mean that His interaction with us does not change.
 
allenwynne said:
Can someone prove they are faking it?
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If God plainly instructs us to only use a spiritual gift in a certain way and under specific circumstances, yet "they" consistently violate these clear instructions and yet are able to continue, that's pretty good proof for me that they are faking it on their own power and God is not behind it.
 
Blazin Bones said:
I would encourage anyone with interest on this topic to open their Bibles to 1 Corinthians 12. The gifts of the Spirit come from the Holy Spirit alone. The first three verses of 1 Corinthians 12 make it clear that the gifts of the Spirit will only be given to those who proclaim Christ as Lord. Another thing you will note is that in none of the passages regarding the Gifts of the Spirit is there any mention of any of these gifts passing away. Just because there are wolves among the flock claiming to have something they do not, this is no reason to believe the more miraculous gifts have passed away. Keep in mind that God does not change, so why would we are wise to recognize that the more miraculous sign gifts may just be more rare than they once were.
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I was just thinking...can someone choose whether or not to speak? It makes me shy to do that. Can someone choose nerver to receive the gift?
 
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