Thank you for sharing! It totally makes sense that the tongues shouldn’t be used for self edification. But I’ve heard people say that since Paul says it’s for self edification, then it must be okay. The biggest argument that Pentecostals have is that when the Holy Spirit fell on the apostles they started speaking in tongues and then in another instant when the Holy Spirit fell upon the gentiles they started speaking in tongues and exalting God, so this must mean when you receive the Holy Spirit you must start speaking in tongues.
Pentecostals don't take into account that the book of Acts is not a /prescriptive/ text for how the church is supposed to operate; it's a /descriptive/ historical account of the birth of the church. We were given lots of instructions on how to operate as the church--the epistles! That's where we look for our doctrine. I still have two parts to publish on this, so stay tuned.
Thank you for sharing! It totally makes sense that the tongues shouldn’t be used for self edification. But I’ve heard people say that since Paul says it’s for self edification, then it must be okay. The biggest argument that Pentecostals have is that when the Holy Spirit fell on the apostles they started speaking in tongues and then in another instant when the Holy Spirit fell upon the gentiles they started speaking in tongues and exalting God, so this must mean when you receive the Holy Spirit you must start speaking in tongues.
Pentecostals don't take into account that the book of Acts is not a /prescriptive/ text for how the church is supposed to operate; it's a /descriptive/ historical account of the birth of the church. We were given lots of instructions on how to operate as the church--the epistles! That's where we look for our doctrine. I still have two parts to publish on this, so stay tuned.