tongues? no, rather,five words better than ten thousand...KJB 1769

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“Yet in the church I had rather speak
five words with my
understanding, that by my voice
I might teach others also,
than ten
thousand words
in an unknown tongue.”

1 Corinthians 14:19 

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​I was a tongue talker Pentecostal believer and preacher.
​For 40 years I was hooked in that sect,the tongue talking Spirit filled church goers,BUT I did NOT know what Paul teaches concerning The Revelation of The Mystery.
I admit it,I was ignorant of the word of Truth rightly divided and sadly very much into  visions,mystical experiences,and I thought I had it all figured out.
I would pray in tongues,sing in tongues,worship in tongues and I was DECEIVED.
What I thought and believed were tongues supernaturally given by The Holy Ghost of God ,were in fact a creation of my fantasy,and looking back at my Pentecostal past,I am so very grateful that studying the word rightly divided has helped me to see the errors and five years into the sound Pauline doctrine has truly changed my total understanding of what Te Holy Ghost of God is doing in this Dispensation of Grace,and "tongues" are NOT a gift neither a manifestation of God,but surely a work of the flesh and are in fact anything but tongues,but vain babblings.

I do not want offend those who still are hooked in The Tongues Movement,
but as an ambassador FOR Christ I preach the Gospel of Grace,so I would encourage anyone to abandon Religion and receive believing it the Glorious Gospel of Grace that saves us now and TRUST what God revealed in His word.

1 Corinthians 15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 
1 Corinthians 15:2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 
1 Corinthians 15:3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 
1 Corinthians 15:4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: 

Ephesians 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 
Ephesians 2:9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.

 Ephesians 1:13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, 
Ephesians 1:14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory. 

Romans 4:25 Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.
 
2 Timothy 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. 
2 Timothy 2:16 But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
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 Ephesians 4:29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. 
Ephesians 4:30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. 

​While there is no place or purpose for the supernatural power of tongues any longer in this dispensation there remains those who confuse the rest of us with their so-called power to speak in unknown tongues.
Paul says to the Corinthian believers that he would rather speak five words that can be understood in the church than ten thousand in tongues.
“Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.” – 1 Corinthians 14:19
Ten thousand words may be the amount of words spoken in about an hour’s worth of preaching. Apparently, an entire sermon of tongue talking could be replaced with five words.
Below is a list of five word phrases that Paul spoke that were more beneficial than tongue talk. Perhaps some of these are what he had in mind when he wrote
1 Corinthians 14:19.
1. Just shall live by faith – Rom 1:17
2. None righteous, no, not one –
Rom 3:10
3. For there is no difference –
Rom 3:22
4. Justified freely by his grace –
Rom 3:24
5. Through faith in his blood –
Rom 3:26
6. At this time his righteousness – Romans 3:26
7. Man is justified by faith –
Romans 3:28
8. Was delivered for our offences – Romans 4:25
9. Raised again for our justification – Romans 4:25
10. Therefore being justified by faith  Romans 5:1
11. While we were yet sinners – Romans 5:8
12. By one man sin entered –
Romans 5:12
13. Sin shall not have dominion – Romans 6:14
14. Wages of sin is death –
Romans 6:23
15. I magnify my office –
Rom 11:13 (only 4 words!)
16. Secret since the world began – Romans 16:25
17. In every thing give thanks –
1 Thess 5:18
18. By grace are ye saved –
Eph 2:8
19. Christ died for our sins –
1 Cor 15:3
20. and that he rose again –
1 Cor 15:4
21. Be ye reconciled to God –
​2 Cor 5:20
If we replaced every ten thousand word tongue talking with one of these phrases by course then we might finally hear the gospel again in Pentecostal churches!

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