dwight92070
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The only Jews chosen of God were those who obeyed God. In the old covenant, they were called the "remnant of Israel". At no time in Israel's history did every single Jew love, follow, and obey God. Those who did were the remnant.Not only have I been born of the Holy Spirit (ruach hakodesh) when I accepted Jesus Christ (Yeshua Hamashiach) as my Savior (moshia, משיח),
Redeemer (go'el, גואל), and eternal King (melech, מלך). Since I am a Jew we as a people were chosen of God. So who are you? Who elected you as the salvation police? Speaking in tongues is like the 8 track tape player that once long ago might have been in vogue, but will cease to ever return. Do you speak in tongues to gain attention? or put on a show? It sure isn't the Messianic faith and it isn't the Christian faith. A woman of the Nazarene denomination once told me she had a second work of grace and hadn't sinned in 40 years. Sounds much like you. We know that no one is without sin and when we say that; we make God out to be a liar. People that speak in tongues could possible be demon possessed or have some psychological impairment that needs medical attention.
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Paul, in Romans 9:27, quoted Isaiah 10:22: "Though the number of the sons of Israel be like the sand of the sea, it is the remnant that will be saved;"
When Jesus started His ministry, the remnant of Israel became united with His disciples. Jesus tells us that the Father gave Him the Jews that were the remnant of Israel:
John 17:6 "I have manifested Your name to the men (the remnant of Israel) whom You gave Me out of the world; they were Yours and You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word."
Tongues is a genuine gift of the Holy Spirit, which has never ceased since Acts 2. Unfortunately, there is much disobedience in the church in the proper use of that gift. I Corinthians 12, 13 and 14 give detailed instructions as to the proper way to use that gift and the others as well. If you enter a Pentecostal or Charismatic church and everyone is loudly speaking in tongues during their "worship" time, they are directly violating Paul's instructions. He said:
"Therefore if the whole church assembles together and all speak in tongues, and ungifted men or unbelievers enter, will they not say that you are mad?"
Paul goes on to say what the proper way is, to speak in tongues in the church. Only 2 or 3 persons can use the gift in the meeting, one at a time, and there must be someone who has the gift of interpreting tongues, to interpret each time a tongue is given.
You should not mock any gift from the Holy Spirit, even though many abuse it.
I agree with you that Christians who think they no longer sin are deceived. The Bible says otherwise. However, we should not write off those who say that as nonbelievers. Being deceived in that one area does not mean they are totally lost. It does, however, give Christians a bad name when they misinterpret scripture like that.