BD.8835
August 2, 1964
ABOUT THE SPEAKING IN TONGUES
You shall teach your fellow men in all truth and, therefore,
you must first receive the truth from Me. And I keep repeating that you
shall receive a bright light that there will be no darkness within you
and you will be able to explain everything. Thus you will also be aware
of the various "gifts of the Spirit" that some people possess.
If a person has the gift of healing you will have to admit his unusual
ability. Thus you will not be able to deny the gift of prophecy or strange
knowledge that has become evident. All these things are unusual in man,
forces manifesting themselves in a person which are undeniably a divine
working for the benefit of the souls.
But you are asking ME about the gift of "speaking in different tongues".
You have already received from Me a simple explanation, namely, that this
gift is a special sign of a very close contact with Me. In this case I
speak through a man who is addressing people of different nationalities
and they hear this in their native tongue i.e. everyone thinks that his
language is spoken. This gift is a very obvious sign of My working, just
as was the case with the pouring out of the Spirit over My disciples when
all those present heard them speak in their native tongues. (Acts 2:8).
They were speaking in "other tongues", but that does not refer
to a person carrying on in a tongue you do not understand and believing
to be filled with "My Spirit". This is a complete misinterpretation
of the Scriptures that speak of the blessed feeling of an inner bond with
Me which causes man to praise Me, but just quietly in a prayer uttered
by the tongue, not the mouth.
I ask you in all seriousness: what meaning could there be in such a prayer
spoken in some obscure language if it needs interpreting? Cannot I Myself
speak to you in a clearly intelligible way? I want to give you light.
Why then should I use an interpreter who, too, must first be enlightened
by My Sprit to be able to give you light. I Am a plain-spoken and True
God and I would have no reason to offer you first a confusion of words
which must be translated to you by another person.
Particularly this explanation of "speaking in other tongues"
has induced people to seek this gift frantically, and the result has been
the forming of sects whose members assemble as Pentecostal communities
endeavouring to this gift, which is based on a false notion. Whenever
I speak to men I give them a light, and I do not make use of those who
express themselves confusingly and need an interpreter who is quite as
incapable of spreading light.
Whatever should make Me speak to you in a tongue that you do not understand?
You misinterpret the texts of the Scriptures, even those, which can still
be regarded as My Word. In this "letter" which was added to
My Gospel there are errors, too. Words have been added that are not "My
Word" and on top of it all you still interpret them incorrectly.
You are entangled in all this error unable to free yourselves since these
words in particular form the basic doctrines of those who are supposed
to have within them the Spirit of Pentecost. However they only confuse
people because they do not rely on the Pure Truth, which I Myself convey
to the earth, but, on the contrary, are hostile towards it.
The fact alone that they do not recognise My Pure doctrine should be proof
enough for you that they have built on wrong principles. He who believes
to be so filled with My Spirit that he speaks in "other tongues"
must be able to translate himself and that "in Spirit and in truth",
for it is not My will to spiritually confuse men, but to enlighten their
spirit. And this translation must comply with the spiritual doctrines,
which I convey to earth from high, otherwise you may reject it as error.
I give light to all of you, and you must not resist this light. The gift
of grace offered to you from above is boundless, but also the error is
considerable, so that I Myself must be active to help you back to enlightenment.
Blessed is he who accepts the Light that shines for him.
AMEN |
