Mateo Salinas

a poor unworthy creature

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John piper attempt to define “SIN” and I’ve never thought of it this way. Watch this and save it.

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John Elway would dominate today’s NFL

[Mateo Salinas @macfilthy]

@Phil_Johnson_ Set the tone for true Christian Brotherhood and unity no matter an ethnic background.

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@braves2430 Elway

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@honeymoon250 Enjoy

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@td_nash Sharpe helped block for 2000 rusher and had many records when he retired @ShannonSharpe

[John Piper @JohnPiper]

“How the mighty have fallen.” 2 Samuel 1:27

[Woody @woodyVSworld]

I wish Bama no success, but this made me a little sad

[Mile High Moments @MileHighMoments]

Sept. 4, 1983 — @johnelway made his highly anticipated NFL debut, before leaving with an injury, as the Broncos upset the Steelers 14–10 in Pittsburgh. The game was marred by inept offenses. Denver's defense forced 7 turnovers, while Sammy Winder and Ron Egloff each scored a TD.

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“Our worries and anxieties really do come from a lack of trust in the promises of God.”
– R.C. Sproul
Ligonier

[Jeremiah Knight @iamrjknight]

THE GIFT OF TONGUES

There was a time I stood on pulpits draped in lights, urged by my overseers to lead people into “speaking in tongues.” I laid hands on the desperate, whispered what I was taught, and watched as emotion took over. But something inside me never settled. The Scriptures I opened in private didn’t echo what I was told in public. So I began to study. And what I found tore apart the system I once served.

Let’s walk through it together, with truth.

In Acts 2, the first-time tongues appeared, they were known human languages. Jews from every nation heard the apostles “declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues” (verse 11). The miracle was in the speaking, but also in the hearing. Each language named, Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and so on. Its was a real, ethnic dialect. This was not gibberish. It was a reversal of Babel, not a display of chaos.

In 1 Corinthians 12 - 14, Paul addresses the gift of tongues in the context of church disorder. These chapters are often misunderstood, so let’s go slowly.

First, Paul clearly states that tongues is one gift among many. Not everyone has it (1 Corinthians 12:30). It is not a sign of salvation. That false teaching has wrecked countless souls. Some are even told, “If you don’t speak in tongues, you are not filled with the Spirit.” But that is not what Scripture teaches. The Spirit gives gifts as He wills (verse 11), not as man demands.

Second, Paul says prophecy is greater than tongues in the church setting (1 Corinthians 14:5). Why? Because tongues must be interpreted to benefit others. Without interpretation, Paul says the speaker is “speaking mysteries” that no one understands (verse 2). This is not a commendation. It is a correction.

Third, Paul forbids chaos. He tells the Corinthians that only two or three should speak in tongues in a gathering, one at a time, and only if there is an interpreter (verse 27). If no interpreter is present, the speaker must remain silent (verse 28). How many Charismatic churches obey this today? Most meetings violate this structure entirely, turning the gift into a spectacle.

But what about 1 Corinthians 13:1, where Paul says, “If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels…”? That is not a doctrinal statement. It’s symbolic exaggeration, like saying, “If I give my body to be burned but have not love…” He’s making the point that love matters more than flashy gifts. Nowhere does Scripture say that angelic languages are a spiritual gift. Every example of tongues in Acts was a KNOWN LANGUAGE.

Paul even goes so far in 1 Corinthians 14:23 to say that if unbelievers hear everyone speaking in tongues at once, they will think “you are out of your mind.” That’s how serious disorder is. It doesn’t attract people to Christ. It confuses them.

Now let’s go deeper.

Romans 8:26 is often misused to support tongues as a private prayer language. But read carefully, “the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.” These groanings are not spoken by us but by the Spirit, and they are “too deep for words.” This is not tongues. It is the Spirit’s intercession on our behalf, not through our vocal cords.

Some point to Mark 16:17, “they will speak in new tongues.” But this verse is part of a disputed ending in Mark and, even if accepted, does not mean ecstatic utterance. “New tongues” in context simply points to the global proclamation of the gospel, which is exactly what happened in Acts 2.

So what is the gift of tongues?

It was the Spirit-given ability to speak in a real language the speaker had never learned, for the purpose of gospel proclamation and authenticating the apostolic message, a sign particularly relevant in the early church as the gospel spread beyond Jerusalem.

Evidence of the cessation of tongues appears even in the New Testament. By the time Paul wrote to later churches, he no longer emphasized miraculous gifts, instead pointing believers to the sufficiency of Scripture and godly living. Letters like Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians omit mention of these gifts. Hebrews underscores the past nature of signs, stating God bore witness “by signs and wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit” (Hebrews 2:4). The phrasing suggests these signs had already accomplished their purpose.

Notably, the apostles’ focus was always on Scripture and God, not signs and wonders. Peter’s sermons in Acts, John’s writings, and James’ pastoral exhortations all prioritize the Word of God and godly living over miraculous manifestations. They consistently pointed believers to Christ and His finished work rather than sensational experiences. This pattern reinforces the sufficiency of Scripture as the believer’s guide and authority.

Church history confirms this cessation. Early church fathers like Chrysostom and Augustine noted the fading of miraculous gifts. Augustine explicitly stated tongues were a sign given for the early church but were no longer present in his time. This aligns with the biblical pattern: as the foundation of the church was established and Scripture completed, extraordinary gifts faded. This does not limit God’s power but affirms His sovereignty in working through His ordained means, primarily His Word.

God, in His mercy, opened my eyes. He showed me that the Spirit’s true power is not measured by noise, but by holiness. That the greatest miracle is not an ecstatic tongue, but a heart that loves Christ more than self. That the Spirit’s greatest gift is not a shiver down the spine, but a mind renewed by the Word and a life conformed to Christ.

Charismatic friend, I do not write this to mock you. I write this because I was you. I believed in signs, and in doing so, I overlooked the sign of Jonah, the death and resurrection of Christ, which was the only sign He promised to a wicked generation (Matthew 12:39).

If we truly love the Holy Spirit, we must listen to the Word He breathed (2 Timothy 3:16). And that Word warns us not to be children in our thinking, but mature (1 Corinthians 14:20). Let us not chase after what feels powerful and miss what is powerful, the gospel that saves and sanctifies.

Let the Word test every spirit. Let truth expose every counterfeit.

And may we never settle for a gift we can mimic, when the true fruit of the Spirit cannot be faked… love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control (Galatians 5:22-23).

That, dear brothers and sisters, is the mark of a life truly filled with the Spirit.

He, who has ears to hear, let him hear.

Jeremiah Knight
A Former Charismatic Pastor.

[Mateo Salinas @macfilthy]

@JoshuaBarzon I would run out of space on X to share.

[Smash Baals @smashbaals]

Much can be learned from these two great Christian men

They had massive theological differences but they were great friends who labored together for the advancement of the Kingdom

[Phil Johnson @Phil_Johnson_]

34 years ago:

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