The UPC is a dying movement!

[diakonos]

Originally Posted by Bowas

Well...Here is what Paul thought about unfettered jibbering.


1Co 14:23.. If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?..

This is why I do so quietly. Was never a tongue screamer.

[hometown guy]

You all are taking 1Cor 14:23 out of context. That’s is talking about the gift of tongues..... but I ain’t surprised that you all are taking things out of context... it’s the norm around here.

[hometown guy]

Originally Posted by Bowas

Well...Here is what Paul thought about unfettered jibbering.


1Co 14:23.. If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?..

Too bad peter didn’t get the memo in the upper room on the day of Pentecost.

[diakonos]

Originally Posted by hometown guy

You all are taking 1Cor 14:23 out of context. That’s is talking about the gift of tongues..... but I ain’t surprised that you all are taking things out of context... it’s the norm around here.

People using the “gift” of tongues without an interpreter will give the same impression as people operating in the non gift tongues.

[diakonos]

Originally Posted by hometown guy

Too bad peter didn’t get the memo in the upper room on the day of Pentecost.

That served a specific purpose.

[hometown guy]

Originally Posted by diakonos

That served a specific purpose.

Yah the purpose is called receiving the Holy Ghost

[hometown guy]

Originally Posted by diakonos

People using the “gift” of tongues without an interpreter will give the same impression as people operating in the non gift tongues.

Come on you know better than that.

[Evang.Benincasa]

How’d we go from UPCI/Apostolic movement dying to tongues?
I do understand this happens in most all threads. But, is this because Nostradamus brought up some Texas Preacher telling his people to hush when visitors pop in? I’m pretty loud at times when I’m praying in the prayer room. Well, a young preacher came into the prayer room to alert me that he brought visitors. I stopped praying, and took the time to ask some questions. One was, “at what point can I resume praying the way I do?” This was met with a blank expression, and then an answer. The answer was, “when we have no new people?” You see that isn’t honest, I don’t mean the brother’s answer, but the implications of the answer. We aren’t looking to sneak this stuff upon anyone. That some brother runs the pews full tilt, or that some sister shouts like she was stuck with an ice pick. I’m not going to hush everyone in the ladies and men’s prayer rooms. That all happens because of fear, and that fear is all our own.
Casting out a devil. Do we wait until service is over, kindly ask the devil possessed to exit the sanctuary? So in this way we can privately cast the devil out. Listen we aren’t like mainstream Churchanity. So we aren’t expected to behave like them. Also as far as 1 Cor 14 goes it isn’t addressing a congregation but the eldership speaking to a congregation. I think instead of worrying about church peeps speaking in tongues scaring visitors, we need to learn how to read.

[Amanah]

Originally Posted by Evang.Benincasa

How’d we go from UPCI/Apostolic movement dying to tongues?
I do understand this happens in most all threads. But, is this because Nostradamus brought up some Texas Preacher telling his people to hush when visitors pop in? I’m pretty loud at times when I’m praying in the prayer room. Well, a young preacher came into the prayer room to alert me that he brought visitors. I stopped praying, and took the time to ask some questions. One was, “at what point can I resume praying the way I do?” This was met with a blank expression, and then an answer. The answer was, “when we have no new people?” You see that isn’t honest, I don’t mean the brother’s answer, but the implications of the answer. We aren’t looking to sneak this stuff upon anyone. That some brother runs the pews full tilt, or that some sister shouts like she was stuck with an ice pick. I’m not going to hush everyone in the ladies and men’s prayer rooms. That all happens because of fear, and that fear is all our own.
Casting out a devil. Do we wait until service is over, kindly ask the devil possessed to exit the sanctuary? So in this way we can privately cast the devil out. Listen we aren’t like mainstream Churchanity. So we aren’t expected to behave like them. Also as far as 1 Cor 14 goes it isn’t addressing a congregation but the eldership speaking to a congregation. I think instead of worrying about church peeps speaking in tongues scaring visitors, we need to learn how to read.

Thank you! Preach Elder preach

[Barb]

Originally Posted by Evang.Benincasa

How’d we go from UPCI/Apostolic movement dying to tongues?
I do understand this happens in most all threads. But, is this because Nostradamus brought up some Texas Preacher telling his people to hush when visitors pop in? I’m pretty loud at times when I’m praying in the prayer room. Well, a young preacher came into the prayer room to alert me that he brought visitors. I stopped praying, and took the time to ask some questions. One was, “at what point can I resume praying the way I do?” This was met with a blank expression, and then an answer. The answer was, “when we have no new people?” You see that isn’t honest, I don’t mean the brother’s answer, but the implications of the answer. We aren’t looking to sneak this stuff upon anyone. That some brother runs the pews full tilt, or that some sister shouts like she was stuck with an ice pick. I’m not going to hush everyone in the ladies and men’s prayer rooms. That all happens because of fear, and that fear is all our own.
Casting out a devil. Do we wait until service is over, kindly ask the devil possessed to exit the sanctuary? So in this way we can privately cast the devil out. Listen we aren’t like mainstream Churchanity. So we aren’t expected to behave like them. Also as far as 1 Cor 14 goes it isn’t addressing a congregation but the eldership speaking to a congregation. I think instead of worrying about church peeps speaking in tongues scaring visitors, we need to learn how to read.

Elder, I could be wrong here, but I don't think the issue is their inability to read ... I think it's the lack of discernment that's the problem. Just a guess...