Truth in unusual places

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>>>>> "Kirk" == Kirk Van Ooteghem <vanoo@ecicnet.org> writes:

    Kirk> If one has spoken in tongues and still hasn't found what
    Kirk> they are looking for they will never find it.  After all,
    Kirk> speaking in tongues is the initial evidence that one has
    Kirk> been filled with the Holy Ghost.  I am assuming of course
    Kirk> that "tongues of angels" refers to Paul's description of
    Kirk> speaking in tongues (1 Cor 13 ?).

This is an area where we fail frequently!  We come to conclusions
based on falacious reasoning.  

Just because tongues is the evidence of being filled with the Holy
Ghost does not mean that it is conclusive evidence.  A mathematician
like myself would say it is a necessary but not a sufficient
condition.  Not everyone that goes around speaking in tongues is
filled with the Holy Ghost, but it is certain that no one who has not
spoken in tongues is filled with the Holy Ghost.

Without tongues, you certainly do not have the Holy Ghost, but if
tongues were sufficient, why did Jesus say we shall know them by their
fruits?  He never said we shall know them by their tongues, although
he did say we would speak in new tongues.

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