1 Corinthians 12:29 & 30
"Do all speak in tongues"
By Drew Dixon

Summary

The RCI always come across very definite and confident in their statements, particularly when witnessing and preaching. This can and does catch people off guard. The two main articles examined in these posts make very strong statements about their own correctness, even though they are articles that are in total opposition to each other in their understanding of the Scriptures concerned. If one is right, the other, of necessity must have been wrong. Even stranger, these two views ran concurrently for the better part of a decade, both with their bold declarations.

CONCLUSION

The 1992 & 1997 articles are simply wrong according the underlying Greek text. It was very poor research and highlights a serious flaw in the RCI perception of Christianity and Biblical interpretation. That is, despite the RCI oversight having no training at all in Biblical Greek, they can, and do, quite comfortably dismiss accurate and well founded scholarly research simply on the basis that the researchers were not 'spirit-filled' (i.e. no tongues) and because their research does not fit the RCI 'experience'. To revivalists, 'tongues' gives them more insight into the real meaning of the Scriptures than all the greatest scholars of our time put together. In this instance, they are really declaring that virtually every translator, ancient or modern, got it incorrect.

That is a courageous statement.

As for the 1983 meeting context article, it is simply incorrect as it breaks down on many fronts under closer examination.

The RCI will admit that the Bible nowhere directly states that you "must speak in tongues to be saved". I would put forward that not only does the Bible not say that, but that it quite clearly says that not all who are saved can or will speak in tongues.

In relation to the RCI 'all tongues doctrine', the 1992 article says that the verses in 1 Cor 12:28 to 31 are 'apparently provocative.........'

Provocative to Revivalists perhaps, but not to the broader body of Christ.

Corinthians 12:30 says exactly what the Apostle Paul wanted the Corinthians to understand, that is, that not all in the Body of Christ can speak in tongues.

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