ACTS 29 TODAY
coming to the knowledge of the TRUTH
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(LB) hey folks this one is a little longer than most, but so important to put the whole thought into one blog.
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Diversities of Tongues:
The Foundational Operation
Now that we’ve looked in a general sense at the eight operations of God in First Corinthians 12:28, let’s focus on this eighth and final operation, the diversities of tongues.
I believe diversities of tongues is listed last in this scripture because it is the foundational operation. In the construction of a building, a foundation is the slab built to support the building from underneath. If the foundation is weak, the structure won’t stand the test of time nor weather the storms that beat against it. In the same way, diversities of tongues is the operation that the other seven rest upon.
Why do I say that? Well, think about this very carefully: Where is the dividing line between Christians who believe in the power of God and the gifts of the Spirit and those who do not? I can tell you exactly where it is. The dividing line between those who enjoy the power of God and those who don’t is in the eighth operation of God, the diversities of tongues.
Have you ever noticed that people who don’t speak with other tongues usually don’t operate in the other gifts of the Spirit either? On the other hand, people who do speak with tongues are more apt to operate in spiritual gifts. The more you study the matter, the more obvious it becomes: Speaking with other tongues is the dividing line. In fact, within many churches that don’t recognize tongues as a manifestation for this day and age, even the preaching of salvation has been lost.
is it over yet
Not only is diversities of tongues the dividing line, but it is actually the entry level to the operation of the spiritual gifts that empower the various offices and callings in the Body of Christ. It is the switch we are looking for that pulls the operation we are called to out of the natural realm into the supernatural power of God.
Why is that? Because speaking with other tongues is designed to equip us from the inside out. It affects the part of us from which all permanent change comes —the human spirit. So if a person refuses this eighth operation, he won’t have the spiritual empowerment to fulfill any of the other seven operations of God — at least not to the depth God desires for him.
For example, someone may be called to one of the ministry offices; he may even be a good intellectual communicator or lecturer about the Word of God. But it is through the diversities of tongues that the power of the Holy Spirit activates the operation he has been called to ful – fill. And if he refuses to receive God’s gift of speaking in other tongues, he is not allowing himself to become spiritually qualified for his office.
sorry folks…I am not really spiritually qualified
You see, as you pray in tongues, God will build an operation on the inside of you to qualify you for what He has called you to do. As He does, gifts will begin to operate through you that equip you for your particular call. For example, if I pray in the Holy Ghost a lot, God isn’t going to train me to be more skillful in carpentry or to perform brain surgery on someone. Those professions are not my calling.
He is going to equip me with the graces and gifts of the Spirit that I need to fulfill my call, which is to preach the Gospel.
That’s why the devil is so afraid of this eighth operation. Throughout history, it is the operation he has always tried hardest to discredit and remove from the Church.
The enemy doesn’t want you to pray in tongues. In fact, the less you find out about this foundational operation, the better he likes it. He doesn’t care if you play at being an apostle, prophet, evangelist, or pastor — as long as you never qualify for these offices through the power and gifts of the Holy Spirit.
He even rather enjoys deceiving men into building massive organizations of their own making, separate from the calling of God. Men put themselves in charge of these organizations so they can hand down doctrinal rulings as to what is and is not God. With self-deceived pride, they proclaim great, swelling mandates, such as “Tongues are not for today” or “Healing is not for everyone.” or it is now ok for homosexuals to be ordained.
The devil is a tactical genius. If he can’t remove tongues from some part of the Church, then he goes to step two of his plan: He tries to cause believers to enter into such fanaticism about tongues and hold such unruly, out-of-order services that the sinner doesn’t want much to do with them. Satan’s strategy is to confuse the use of tongues so greatly that the operation loses its effectiveness and credibility in the eyes of those who have been deceived by its misuse.
Think about it. What is it about tongues that scares the devil so badly? Why has he worked so hard to surround this gift with so much confusion? Paul himself dedicated an entire chapter, First Corinthians 14, to straightening out the error and confusion within the Early Church concerning this gift. No other gift or operation has an entire chapter dedicated to explaining its proper use.
I can tell you why the devil is so afraid: If anything is ever going to build within us an understanding of spiritual matters and to quench our hunger to know Jesus in an intimate relationship, it is this foundational operation of diversities of tongues. And as we have seen, this operation is the supernatural means God has provided for us to become spiritually qualified for any of the other operations that make up His government.
Therefore, Satan is very, very fearful of a people who will relentlessly pursue God through praying in tongues.
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(LB) wow theres a full meal deal, next time;
finding your place.
ambassador / servant
LARRY
Acts 29 Today 
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