tongues (fwd)

Corey D Wooten (cwooten@Bayou.UH.EDU)
Wed, 28 May 1997 18:02:14 -0500 (CDT)


This is the message my friend sent me.  Maybe someone can give me some
input.

Corey

> I think that speaking in tongues is possible and happens. I watch those
> church services that are are TBN sometimes. Those people are Pentacostal
> or "Charasmatic" right? Kenneth Copeland, Jesse Duplantis, Benny Hinn
> are some of those people. One of them was talking about tongues a couple
> days ago. He said that people don't necessarily speak in tongues at
> baptism because they aren't "full of the Spirit" yet. But as they go
> about their Christian life they experience more with the portion that
> they have and eventually "get full." I'm less inclined to believe that
> even though it sounds pretty good. Since he didn't really use any
> scripture to support it
> and as every mention of tongues happens the instant the people get the
> Spirit. 
> Have you ever seen the show Benny Hinn has? If not basically he's in a
> large auditorium with thousands of people and some of them come up to be
> healed and others are healed in their seats. Anyway, a couple of nights
> ago  I had this dream that I was at something like that sitting in the
> back and all of the sudden I got this feeling and started shaking and
> fell
> out of my seat. Then I woke up. There's nothing I know of that I  could
> have been healed of. My thoughts about that are either I was really
> healed
> of something or it could just be a sign, or I may have left the TV on
> overnight (which I usually do).
> Well, I'll read those messages. I really appreciate your biblical
> knowledge and insight.