Asante Baba kwa somo zuri lakutusaidia wana wa mfalume MUNGU wetu wa mbinguni

Ubarikiwe sana Bishop, BWANA YESU azidi kukuinua katika huduma njema aliyoweka ndani yako.

Be blessed man of God

Endelea Kutupatia Dawa Ya Dhambi Bwana Akubariki

Ameni nimejifunza kitu kuusu roho mtakatifu mungu akubariki sana

asante mwalimu

Ameeen

Napenda hili somo hua linahubiriwa Sanaa apo nakutuonesha uthibitisho na huo ndio upentekoste

Azm 2

Kabiza zipo vita katika akili

Nahitaji mawasiliano na askofu au mtumishi yeyote hapo BCIC.

Pentecostalism and most tongues advocates claim Acts, Chapter Two, to validate their "jibber-jabber" and ecstatic sounds as the true experience of speaking in tongues. One can easily see, by comparison, that tongues advocates today are not exercising the same manifestations of the Spirit as did those on Pentecost. Of the various Pentecostal meetings I have attended, most all end up with every one standing, hands raised, and various individuals supposedly talking in tongues at the same time. If the tongues movement is motivated by, and their experience is that of the Holy Spirit, then they will coincide in every respect with the manifestations of the Spirit on the day of Pentecost. When God does something, there is a purpose behind it. Therefore, tongues were for a purpose: 1. To show that those speaking were speaking by the controlled power of the Holy Spirit. 2. To show that the Holy Spirit had come as promised. 3. As evidence that their Messiah had already come and ascended back to Heaven. (John 16:7) 4. To show that a miracle by God had taken place. It is certainly a miracle when a person can speak and many nationalities understand, each in their own language at the same time. If those today claim their gift of tongues is that of Acts 2, on the day of Pentecost; then, why does not every one of every nationality understand? One may contend there are not various language-speaking people in the local congregation; therefore, we do not see the manifestation of the gift. On the Day of Pentecost, Greek was the commonplace language, and God says that each understood in their own language (Acts 2:6, 8, 11), including those who only knew Greek! At one meeting I attended, I did not see any foreign language-speaking people; but, when they began to speak in so-called "tongues," I did not understand a word they were saying. If this had been the same working of the Spirit as that on the Day of Pentecost, then I would have understood in Swahili also. When we have in our congregations those speaking only Swahili, there is no need for this miracle. Why not just speak God's word and praise the Lord by testimonies in the SWAHILI LANGUAGE with words “EASY TO BE UNDERSTOOD.” (1 Corinthians 14:9). There are four reasons the tongues of today cannot be that of Pentecost: 1. Wrong Motive. The languages spoken on Pentecost were spoken for God's glory. You do not find in Acts 2 where any of those that spoke in tongues (languages) ever used this to judge the spirituality of other persons or themselves. Tongues advocates claim this for their glory as a sign of their mature spirituality. Yes, they say it comes from God--praising Jesus! But, in reality, they glory in their own manifestation of speaking in tongues as "evidence" of the Spirit's working in them. 2. Wrong Purpose. On the Day of Pentecost, God wanted His word preached so that all would understand, regardless of nationality. That was God's purpose and He accomplished it. Is this the purpose of tongues speakers today? If so, why do they not go to the foreign fields with God’s Word and not waste time training in the language schools. If they want all nations to hear, as the Lord did, why are they not preaching in tongues to the various nationalities abroad? (I understand those who actually try this are soon home again! ) No, their purpose is not that of the Lord’s, nor do their activities match what took place on Pentecost. 3. Wrong Manifestation. Of all the nationalities present on the Day of Pentecost, each one understood. I have never been in a tongues meeting yet where anybody understood, let alone those speaking a foreign language. Something is wrong. The problem: It is not the same thing that took place on the Day of Pentecost. 4. Wrong Spirit. It is either the Spirit of the Lord of the spirit of the Anti-Christ. You may say, "This is too narrow-minded." Do you remember what the Lord told the Church of Laodicea in Revelation 3:15,16, “I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot; I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold not hot, I will spew thee out of my mouth.” In 1 John 4:1 we are told to...“... believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false spirits are gone out into the world. If what is being done in the name of the Holy spirit coincides with the working of the Holy Spirit as portrayed in the Bible, then I can be sure it is of the Holy Spirit! If it does not coincide, then we can rest assured that the working is that of a foreign spirit trying to counterfeit the working of the Holy Spirit. God told Isaiah to warn Israel about going after familiar spirits. “And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?" (Isaiah 8:19). The "familiar spirits" were those doing things by some spirit other than the Holy Spirit. Wizards that "peep and mutter" is actually "to chirp faintly, by ventriloquism.” The soothsayers caused a low sound to proceed as from a grave or a dead person. They were the mediums of today. In Verse 20, God tells us how we can tell the true Spirit from a false, or counterfeit spirit. Remember, speaking in tongues is today accredited to the Holy Spirit; yet, the true manifestations of the Holy Spirit do not coincide with the tongues speakers' activities, motives, or purposes. Thank God for the Bible, His Word, to which we can go to find the truth. This is exactly what God tells us to do in Isaiah 8:20, “To the law and to the testimony (the Word of God); if they speak not according to this Word, it is because there is no light in them.” The Word of God is the final authority to determine the true from the false. "It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man.” (Psalm 118:8)

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