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Originally Posted by Esaias
I mean, how would you know if you were completely off or not? A feeling? Is there any way to judge whether an interpretation given in the meeting is correct or not? Any way for the rest of the church to judge?
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If I felt I was completely off, it would trouble me. The emotion and message behind the utterance just wouldn't match in my mind with the interpretation I gave.
If someone with the gift of interpretation feels that something is off...those who have the gift of interpretation can share among themselves their distinct interpretations. Often the Spirit will bear witness to who was closest to what the Spirit was saying. Sometimes one might get far more than the others out of a message in tongues. I know a guy who received a 20 minute interpretation from just three to four syllables spoken in tongues.
As a dad, I explain it like this. Parents can hear their baby cry from across a room. They can normally sense if the cry is because the child is hungry, cold, uncomfortable, trying to go potty, scared, in pain, sick, or just wanting to be held. It's a lot like that. The child's cries don't make any linguistic sense... but you "feel" what they mean in the core of your being. For me... interpreting tongues is like that.
So little Johnny cries, "Waaaa...awa...awa...awa..."
A seasoned parent can sense or "feel" the interpretation...
"Mommy, Daddy... I'm starving. I need milk. I need milk. I need milk."
The other parent might interpret it differently...
"Hey, guys, I'm hungry. I want food."
A third parent might be waaaaayyyyy off with the interpretation... because she's feeling chilled she imposes her own feelings onto the cry...
"Awwww...I'm cold mommy. Cover me up."
Notice... they are interpretations based on feelings relating to the cry. None is an exact translation. One interpretation is even clouded by personal thoughts and feelings.
Also note... Johnny's feelings and message is always right... even if the parents are wrong or adding too much verbiage.
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