Scripture is clear: At Pentecost the disciples spoke real known languages so people from every nation could understand the Gospel (Acts 2). Paul teaches that tongues without interpretation don’t edify the church only the speaker (1 Cor 14:2-4). If nobody understands, how does it build God’s people?
The gift served a special purpose in the early church to proclaim Christ. The Bible warns us not to add to or twist God’s words. Let’s stick to what edifies the body: clear teaching of Scripture, not confusion. Don’t mock God with things not commanded for today.
‘Let all things be done for building up.’ (1 Cor 14:26) What does the Bible say to you? 🙏
Revelation 22:18-19 (KJV, often cited): “For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.”
2 Peter 3:16 (ESV): Speaking of Paul’s letters (and by extension other Scriptures), “There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures.”
Those who deliberately distort God’s word bring destruction upon themselves.
Galatians 1:6-9: Paul is shocked that people are turning to a “different gospel” and says that anyone who distorts the gospel of Christ should be “accursed” (eternally condemned). Anatama!
“But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, let him be anathema [accursed]! As we have said before, so I say again now, if any man is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, let him be anathema!”
I am not my own — I was bought with a price! (1 Cor 6:19-20) Next time the devil whispers lies into your mind, declare it proudly and strongly: “I belong to Jesus Christ!” Resist him, and he will flee (James 4:7). Stand firm in the One who redeemed you. Victory is ours in Him! 🙏✝️
Prosperity Churches turn back to God. It leaves people unprepared for suffering: Christians are being weakened by it. God is being dishonored by it. And souls are perishing because of it. Turn to Jesus now!
Even as the world echoes the moral decay of Noah’s days, I’m filled with hope our redemption draws near! Jesus is coming soon. Stay faithful, keep your eyes on Him, and hold fast to God’s promises. Come quickly, Lord Jesus! 🙏✝️
“For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” — Ephesians 2:8-10
That system that is opposed to all that God is, and rebels against the reign of God. This rebellion is no longer covert, but it has become overt. It is out there and it is in our faces, and unfortunately, it is being urged along by people in the church who essentially argue that love is always righteous love, is always godly. Love is always appropriate because God loves everyone and God loves everything, and right here the Bible says, “do not love.” — Voddie Baucham
"The essential thesis that attempts to justify a child transitioning is: 'Transition your daughter or bury her.' That's the lie my parents were told."
Powerful testimony from @ChloeCole before @GOPHELP telling her story to protect children from irreversible gender procedures.
Senator Michaela Cash just nailed it in the Senate:
"I'm insulted, utterly insulted”
“That is an insult to every biological woman”
Sex is a biological reality.
Women shouldn't need an "exemption" to keep their own spaces safe from biological men.
Time to change the law and protect women's rights.
Australia has gone backwards under Anthony Albanese.
It’s scary to think of the damage that this man will cause in his remaining 2 years in Government.
Someone fire up the braai and slap the thickest rump steak on for Secretary of State Marco Rubio 🇿🇦🔥
The man just cooked the Dumocrats proper in those hearings. Cold Castle to wash it down too 🍺
Well played, Senator. America First doing the damn thing! 💪
@marcorubio
She is not talking about Afrikaners (white South Africans of Dutch heritage). That would be a very different point, and the word she uses is clearly "Afrikanen." just pointing it out incase my Afrikaner friends think different.
She's arguing that:
Granting legal citizenship (a passport) on a massive scale does not automatically turn people into real members of the Dutch nation.
National identity ("feeling at home," knowing the people, sharing the culture and way of life) is deeper than paperwork.
If you want to keep the Netherlands Dutch where things feel familiar and "like home" then large-scale immigration from very different cultures (her example: millions of Africans) breaks that continuity.
She points out that many people with Dutch passports (especially in big cities) still feel more connected to their grandparents' country of origin than to the Netherlands, and therefore don't truly identify as Dutch.
(Mr. Van Baarle) pushes back by saying that legally, anyone with a Dutch passport is a Dutch citizen, and she doesn't get to decide who is "really" Dutch.
She doubles down: Legal definition is one thing, but in reality (how people feel, behave, and identify), it doesn't work that way especially with very large numbers and cultural distance.
The totalitarian European Union needs to be abolished.
I don’t believe in reforms. If your foundation is rotten - as is the case in Brussels - you can rebuild the house on top of it all you want but it will still crumble.
The Tower of Babel needs to be destroyed.
For years, Brussels told Europeans not to worry about migration. Then they told us not to believe our own eyes. Now they’re telling us that opposing mass migration is racist and un-European.
Thanks to @EvaVlaar Europeans have a chance to say NO! The @SaveEuropeAct aims to remind Brussels that Europe is not a waiting room for the world. It is our home.
Courage is contagious. Make sure you sign it today!
It's wild how Afrikaans gives you a cheat code for Germanic languages 😂
As an Afrikaans speaker you can read Dutch almost perfectly, understand a ton of written German, pick up loads of words in Norwegian/Swedish/Danish... all without studying.
17th-century Dutch that went on a tropical vacation and came back simplified.