And it does to many others but because you don't understand it does that mean it is baby talk as you put it or jiberish as others have called it?
If I said to you nisamehe pole hakuna matata (ki-swahili), because you don't understand what I said doesn't make it baby talk.
But people who aren't spiritual* can't receive these truths from God's Spirit. It all sounds foolish to them and they can't understand it, for only those who are spiritual can understand what the Spirit means. 1Cor. 2:14
For if you have the ability to speak in tongues, [fn] you will be talking only to God, since people won't be able to understand you. You will be speaking by the power of the Spirit, [fn] but it will all be mysterious. 1 Cor. 14:2
what do you think of these scriptures?
Good Evening:
To speak to God is fine, but as one reads the entire chapter, it says that basically God is not confusion, disorganization and or disorder. That tongues are a sign to the unbeliever, but if witnessed can also cause them to run away......
So it says to keep silent with that, unless there is someone present that can understand and comprehend and convey this to the one or ones wondering what has been said.
Having said this, I myself trust no man on earth, no further than I can throw them, so why would I believe anything that I cannot understand in my own given language? They can and have and will say almost anything to suit themselves.
You see I myself can and do at times speak in tongues in prayer or in question, but I have no real idea of what I have said, not a clue, so what sense does it make??
My first experience with this was in a Pentecostal Church in Liberty, Missouri. As a matter of fact myself and my wife were baptized in that church. And along the way, they showed me how extreme they could be, and tried to use that tongues and interpretation of tongues to say I had married a woman not of my race, and religion and she was the devil for sure. If I was to ever be saved I needed to get out of this marriage. All nonsense, but hey at the time I did not know, I was just scared. Divorce is also against God, but extreme religion is of Satan. Of this I am sure of.
Well I saw the light on that stuff and we have been married now for 32 years. Sometimes they were right, she is a devil. Lol!! That same chapter says for all women to remain silent and not speak in church , she is definitely not silent Kit when you gonna finish the sunroom" Can you tile the floor for your oldest son?? I dunno I cannot hear you.....Lol!
I know the message of the gifts of the spirit remain. What is to be perfect has not come yet. That will be when Jesus comes. And that we have faith, hope and love. When Jesus does come hope will die as we will be where we need to be and no more need for hope, as will faith be gone as we will see God, faith will no longer be needed, but love will remain.
In summary, this is a situation very much abused and misused today. If I or anyone cannot understand what is said, and with the knowledge that others will mislead you on purpose or for their own agenda, then to me public speaking in tongues is useless and to be mistrusted. If I cannot understand what someone says, it is to me totally useless. And I for sure will never trust some other human to interpret anything as fact. I learned that lesson long ago, they had me scared and seeing demons behind every bush.
I have since grown and like I said, can and do sometimes speak in tongues while in prayer or thought, normally just to myself or by myself.
But as I advised a young man on here a week or so ago, beware of the situation, a new person will become scared and may never accept God at all. It may open the door for total rejection. So I keep my rabies vaccine all ready to go....never mind me I love to be silly sometimes. It makes the world go by......
For example if a person gets mad in the church parking lot over a fender bender, this is not a Demon, it is us, our own spirit and for a brief time before the spirit of God calms us....we can be angry. So to get that person and convict them they have a Demon of Anger in them, and cast it our and speak in tongues and scare them to death....they may never be back . Lol~
Some of it is real. Most of it is not. It is highly abused and mis used.
So I hold to speak with your spirit and remain silent in church. If what I have to say no one can understand, what use it is at all? All it does is create disorder and confusion. And what can that accomplish?
My personal experience with this leads me to believe that much of this is self induced. It may even be demonic , and my experience in that particular church certainly was. It has always been my interpretation of speaking in tongues was to mean to speak in a strange language but to speak clearly and in an understandable way. But I will in the next couple days study this really hard and ask God for guidance. I have up to this point mostly dismissed it all as false and with no purpose for anyone if you cannot understand it. And since my experience with it , greatly mistrust it all. Even my own occasional babbling makes no sense to me, how can I speak to God if I know not what I say?? So if something is unintelglient to me, or anyone who hears, what purpose can it serve and what would its meaning be?....Now if you are German or Italian and I know your language that I did not know and I can speak to you clearly this has always been my idea of this. .....so will have to study this one carefully.
Oh I do not understand part of your message. but nisamehe is I do not understand. And if I do not understand, it means nothing to me. Not said in disrespect......simply is useless.
Kit