Just to knw my stand as a xtian

No, it is not. Every true believer in Christ has the Holy Spirit. Read here Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 12:13; Ephesians 1:13-14, but not every believer speaks in tongues 1 Corinthians 12:29-31.

Even Christ Himself did not speak in tongue

Tallesty1:
No, it is not. Every true believer in Christ has the Holy Spirit. Read here Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 12:13; Ephesians 1:13-14, but not every believer speaks in tongues 1 Corinthians 12:29-31.

Even Christ Himself did not speak in tongue

but is it a must that xtian must speak it once if nt all d time?

richmans:
but is it a must that xtian must speak it once if nt all d time?

Nope..... I personally don't want it.

1Co 12:1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.
1Co 12:2 Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.
1Co 12:3 Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.
1Co 12:4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
1Co 12:5 And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.
1Co 12:6 And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.
1Co 12:7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.
1Co 12:8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;
1Co 12:9 To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;
1Co 12:10 To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:

Tallesty1:
No, it is not. Every true believer in Christ has the Holy Spirit. Read here Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 12:13; Ephesians 1:13-14, but not every believer speaks in tongues 1 Corinthians 12:29-31.

Even Christ Himself did not speak in tongue

You're right. The token of salvation is the Holy Spirit. He is the confirmation that a person has been accepted into God's family. But he does not gift everyone with tongues. I think though that if you ask for it you can have it. Judging by what Paul says though, that he would that the Corinthians had the gift of prophecy more than the gift of tongues, I think that we can ask for any gift we want. The important thing is to know what they are meant for.


But you may be wrong that Jesus didn't speak in tongues. There's at least one place he seemed to have. At the Cross, when he cried out, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani, he wasn't understood. Those that stood there thought that he was calling for Elijah. I think that if it was Greek, Latin or Aramaic that he spoke there it would have been immediately obvious what he said. As for how the writers of the Gospel knew the meaning then, "speaking in tongues" isn't supposed to mean "spouting gibberish". It means speaking in different languages and sometimes completely new previously unknown languages. And there is a counterpart to that gift: the gift of interpretation. Languages mean nothing if meaning cannot be conveyed from one mind to another. So what Jesus said was useful to the rest of us someone had to be able to understand and interpret it to the rest of us. I think the writers had that gift.

Mat 27:46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

"eli" and "yama" are both of hebrew origin
"sabachthani" is of Chaldee origin

Jesus did not cry out in tongues there
perhaps those there were not familiar with Chaldee words.

johnw74:
Mat 27:46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

"eli" and "yama" are both of hebrew origin
"sabachthani" is of Chaldee origin

Jesus did not cry out in tongues there
perhaps those there were not familiar with Chaldee words.

which one is posssible holy spirit before baptism or baptism after receiving holy spirit

.

richmans:
which one is posssible holy spirit before baptism or baptism after receiving holy spirit

For you maybe not possible

I think what u shd find out is, the spiritual significance of Tongues. If it is not relevant Apst Paul won't admonish christians to desire spiritual gifts, which Tongues is one. Why do u need to pray in tongues? Every true believer who understands who he/she is shd know that he/she is a spirit, and God is a spirit. When u need a heart to heart communication with ur father, u speak ur native language. Speaking in tongues means speaking God's native language, to God. You are not speaking to man, but to God. To man its senseless, but in spirit u r speaking Mysteries.
That's why it shdnt be faked. If you r indeed baptised by the Holy Spirit and with fire. You will be given a perculiar Tongue, my toungues are not ur tongues. If u speak my tongues, that means u r faking it, that means lying. I gave my life to christ, but for yrs I was not baptised by the holy ghost, because I had a Catholic background. I resisted, but wen I earnestly desired it, it came. I spoke in a language that sounded like Arabic language, for 2hrs I couldn't stop myself. Till today that is my tongues. Wen I want to talk to my father, that's the language I use. Satan does not understand it so he can't interfer.
But if u want to go through ur christian life not fully harnessing what is freely given to u, fine. But the holy spirit is a person. We communicate. I enjoy him most when I get lost in a situation and then I will ask him to direct me on what to do. Oh my God, its so cool to always see how the answers just come. Praise God. But its folishness to those who don't believe.

It's not a MUST, but all christians filled wit the holy spirit SHOULD.....

Because the bible says wen we speak in tongues we speak miseries unto God

For we knw not what to pray for, except we are being guided by the spirit.

What that means Is tongues is a more "secure" and "encoded" means of communication between man and God our creator.... so to speak

Let me give an example, for instance you are praying for your health and a friend of yours somewhere is about having an accident, wen u switch to tongues, d spirit guides u into praying for that friend.... that is the easiers way I can xplain it.

Hope you copy?

Tallesty1:
No, it is not. Every true believer in Christ has the Holy Spirit. Read here Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 12:13; Ephesians 1:13-14, but not every believer speaks in tongues 1 Corinthians 12:29-31.

Even Christ Himself did not speak in tongue

why is that i have to come here and correct people all the time?..that said. Back to main topic.."


mark16:17-20:-and these signs shall follow them that believe(believers),in my name shall they cast out demons,THEY SHALL SPEAK WITH NEW TONGUES,they shall pick up serpents,if they drink any deadly thing it shall not harm them,they will lay hands on the sick and they(the sick) shall recover"..

It is plain and clear that every believer can speak with tongues.


Lemme explain 1cor12 for you..i used to misunderstand this very chapter,bt thank God for his infinite wisdom.it has been made clearer to me now..usually i can spend one hour explain this..lemme make it as plain as possible..
Lets take Apostle Paul as an example,Paul did function in all the gifts of the spirit.
1cor14:18:-"i thank my God i speak with tongues more than you all"..Paul is telling them at the corinth church that he speaks with tongues more than all of them..from this,Paul speaks with tongues.
If you read through the book of acts,you will see how paul demonstrated word of knowledge gifts,word of wisdom gifts,discerning of spirituals gifts,you will see also how he demonstrated healings,working of miracles..
The same thing applies to Apostle Peter,he spoke with tongues in Acts2,healed the lame in Acts3;demonstrated word of knowledge gift in Acts5.
Same thing goes for philip and many others..
With these examples,we can conclude that a believer can function in all the gifts of the spirit..
Just laying foundation sha..
Back to 1cor12..
The background of this chapter is simply abt MINISTRY GIFTS.how that we all have our different ministries but we are needed to function together.so we can complement each other.
1cor12:4:-"there are diversities of gifts,but the same spirit"
5there are differences of ministries(administrations),but the same Lord
6And there are diversities of operations but it is the same God that works all in all..
Lemme stop there a bit and explain.
Paul explains that there are diversities of Gifts and differences in ministries,by reading contextually you will see that vs5 will be pointless without vs4,we must always read in context..the differences in ministry will be in the Diversities of gifts.
Vs7 states something that is very vital
1cor12:7."but the manifestation of the spirit is GIVEN TO EVERY MAN for the profit of all(or for the common Good)".
The manifestation of the spirit is given to all of Us.
In 1cor12:14-28-30:-Paul simply explains the fact that one person does not have all the ministries(notice that i did not say gifts).
When you check the KJV ,you will see that the word "are" is in italics..words in the bible that are in italics means that that word is not in the original text.
The original word there is NOT.
1cor12:29:-Not all are apostles,not all are prophets...
Paul simply explains that all of us do not have the same ministry.
SELAH

sportsmaster:

why is that i have to come here and correct people all the time?..that said. Back to main topic.."


mark16:17-20:-and these signs shall follow them that believe(believers),in my name shall they cast out demons,THEY SHALL SPEAK WITH NEW TONGUES,they shall pick up serpents,if they drink any deadly thing it shall not harm them,they will lay hands on the sick and they(the sick) shall recover"..

It is plain and clear that every believer can speak with tongues.


Lemme explain 1cor12 for you..i used to misunderstand this very chapter,bt thank God for his infinite wisdom.it has been made clearer to me now..usually i can spend one hour explain this..lemme make it as plain as possible..
Lets take Apostle Paul as an example,Paul did function in all the gifts of the spirit.
1cor14:18:-"i thank my God i speak with tongues more than you all"..Paul is telling them at the corinth church that he speaks with tongues more than all of them..from this,Paul speaks with tongues.
If you read through the book of acts,you will see how paul demonstrated word of knowledge gifts,word of wisdom gifts,discerning of spirituals gifts,you will see also how he demonstrated healings,working of miracles..
The same thing applies to Apostle Peter,he spoke with tongues in Acts2,healed the lame in Acts3;demonstrated word of knowledge gift in Acts5.
Same thing goes for philip and many others..
With these examples,we can conclude that a believer can function in all the gifts of the spirit..
Just laying foundation sha..
Back to 1cor12..
The background of this chapter is simply abt MINISTRY GIFTS.how that we all have our different ministries but we are needed to function together.so we can complement each other.
1cor12:4:-"there are diversities of gifts,but the same spirit"
5there are differences of ministries(administrations),but the same Lord
6And there are diversities of operations but it is the same God that works all in all..
Lemme stop there a bit and explain.
Paul explains that there are diversities of Gifts and differences in ministries,by reading contextually you will see that vs5 will be pointless without vs4,we must always read in context..the differences in ministry will be in the Diversities of gifts.
Vs7 states something that is very vital
1cor12:7."but the manifestation of the spirit is GIVEN TO EVERY MAN for the profit of all(or for the common Good)".
The manifestation of the spirit is given to all of Us.
In 1cor12:14-28-30:-Paul simply explains the fact that one person does not have all the ministries(notice that i did not say gifts).
When you check the KJV ,you will see that the word "are" is in italics..words in the bible that are in italics means that that word is not in the original text.
The original word there is NOT.
1cor12:29:-Not all are apostles,not all are prophets...
Paul simply explains that all of us do not have the same ministry.
SELAH

When speaking in tongue,hw am i going to knw what am speaking is of God and not fake

sportsmaster:

why is that i have to come here and correct people all the time?..that said. Back to main topic.."


mark16:17-20:-and these signs shall follow them that believe(believers),in my name shall they cast out demons,THEY SHALL SPEAK WITH NEW TONGUES,they shall pick up serpents,if they drink any deadly thing it shall not harm them,they will lay hands on the sick and they(the sick) shall recover"..

It is plain and clear that every believer can speak with tongues.


Lemme explain 1cor12 for you..i used to misunderstand this very chapter,bt thank God for his infinite wisdom.it has been made clearer to me now..usually i can spend one hour explain this..lemme make it as plain as possible..
Lets take Apostle Paul as an example,Paul did function in all the gifts of the spirit.
1cor14:18:-"i thank my God i speak with tongues more than you all"..Paul is telling them at the corinth church that he speaks with tongues more than all of them..from this,Paul speaks with tongues.
If you read through the book of acts,you will see how paul demonstrated word of knowledge gifts,word of wisdom gifts,discerning of spirituals gifts,you will see also how he demonstrated healings,working of miracles..
The same thing applies to Apostle Peter,he spoke with tongues in Acts2,healed the lame in Acts3;demonstrated word of knowledge gift in Acts5.
Same thing goes for philip and many others..
With these examples,we can conclude that a believer can function in all the gifts of the spirit..
Just laying foundation sha..
Back to 1cor12..
The background of this chapter is simply abt MINISTRY GIFTS.how that we all have our different ministries but we are needed to function together.so we can complement each other.
1cor12:4:-"there are diversities of gifts,but the same spirit"
5there are differences of ministries(administrations),but the same Lord
6And there are diversities of operations but it is the same God that works all in all..
Lemme stop there a bit and explain.
Paul explains that there are diversities of Gifts and differences in ministries,by reading contextually you will see that vs5 will be pointless without vs4,we must always read in context..the differences in ministry will be in the Diversities of gifts.
Vs7 states something that is very vital
1cor12:7."but the manifestation of the spirit is GIVEN TO EVERY MAN for the profit of all(or for the common Good)".
The manifestation of the spirit is given to all of Us.
In 1cor12:14-28-30:-Paul simply explains the fact that one person does not have all the ministries(notice that i did not say gifts).
When you check the KJV ,you will see that the word "are" is in italics..words in the bible that are in italics means that that word is not in the original text.
The original word there is NOT.
1cor12:29:-Not all are apostles,not all are prophets...
Paul simply explains that all of us do not have the same ministry.
SELAH

Thanks for this long explanation but could you please answer this question.

Is speaking in tongues the only evidence a person has received the Holy Spirit?

if "No" is your answer then read the op again and you will understand my first comment.

But if your answer is yes then I will be very glad if you can tell how.

Tallesty1:
Thanks for this long explanation but could you please answer this question.

Is speaking in tongues the only evidence a person has received the Holy Spirit?

if "No" is your answer then read the op again and you will understand my first comment.

But if your answer is yes then I will be very glad if you can tell how.

.
Sorry for late reply..i was not around.was busy..back to the main topic.

All through the book of Acts,speaking is tongues is the most dominant sign that came with the infilling of the holy Ghost..

Acts2:1-8:-"and they were filled with the holy Ghost and began to speak with others tongues"
another example is


Acts 8..when Philip went to preach at Samaria..when the apostles heard that the people at samaria had recieved the word,they sent unto them Peter and John,and when they laid they thier hands on them,they were filled with the holy Spirit and they spoke with tongues..

Acts10:38-44;- at the house of cornelius,when the holy spirit came upon them,they spoke with other tongues and prohesied.
Acts 19
The folks at Acts19.that paul met on his journey to Ephesus..when the laid his hands on them,they were filled with the holy Ghost and spoke with other tongues and they even prophesied.

richmans:
When speaking in tongue,hw am i going to knw what am speaking is of God and not fake

from the very first day you believed the Gospel of christ,that is when you have been given that Gift
see mark16:15-18.
If you are yet to speak with tongues,the reason most times is that either you are not informed enough or unbelief.
Just have faith in God and say following words.
speak these words with faith
"HEAVENLY FATHER,I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SPIRIT,I THANK FOR YOUR GIFT OF TONGUES.I THANK YOU BECAUSE UTTERANCE IS MADE AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW FOR ME.THAT I FLOW EFFECTIVELY WITH THE GIFT OF TONGUES IN JESUS' NAME"
i am sure utterance will come to you.you are the one to give voice to these utterances,the holy spirit will not force your mouth open..open your mouth and give voice to the utterances that comes...it is best to be alone while doing this so as to avoid distractions.

it depends on what you mean by speaking in tongues,the tongue of the spirit or the tongue of the flesh,for more info see these verses;
EX 17:13 With the Lord's approval, Joshua
mows
down Amalek and his people.
EX 21:20-21 With the Lord's approval, a slave
may be beaten to death with no punishment for
the perpetrator as long as the slave doesn't
die
too quickly.
EX 32:27 "Put every man his sword by his
side,
and go in and out from gate to gate throughout
the camp, and slay every man his brother, and
every man his companion, and every man his
neighbor.
EX 32:27-29 With the Lord's approval, the
Israelites slay 3000 men.
LE 26:7-8 The Lord promises the Israelites
that, if
they are obedient, their enemies will "fall
before
your sword."
LE 26:22 "I will also send wild beasts among
you,
which shall rob you of your children."
LE 26:29 , DT 28:53 , JE 19:9 , EZ 5:8-10 As a
punishment, the Lord will cause people to eat
the
flesh of their own sons and daughters and
fathers
and friends.
LE 27:29 Human sacrifice is condoned. (Note:
An
example is given in JG 11:30-39 )
NU 11:33 The Lord smites the people with a
great
plague.
NU 12:1-10 God makes Miriam a leper for
seven
days because she and Aaron had spoken
against
Moses.
NU 15:32-36 A Sabbath breaker (who had
gathered sticks for a fire) is stoned to death at
the Lord's command.
NU 16:27-33 The Lord causes the earth to
open
and swallow up the men and their households
(including wives and children) because the
men
had been rebellious.
NU 16:35 A fire from the Lord consumes 250
men.
NU 16:49 A plague from the Lord kills 14,700
people.
NU 21:3 The Israelites utterly destroy the
Canaanites.
NU 21:6 Fiery serpents, sent by the Lord, kill
many Israelites.
NU 21:35 With the Lord's approval, the
Israelites
slay Og "... and his sons and all his people,
until
there was not one survivor left ...."
NU 25:4 (KJV) "And the Lord said unto Moses,
take all the heads of the people, and hang
them
up before the Lord against the sun ...."
NU 25:8 "He went after the man of Israel into
the
tent, and thrust both of them through, the man
of
Israel, and the woman through her belly."
NU 25:9 24,000 people die in a plague from
the
Lord.
NU 31:9 The Israelites capture Midianite
women
and children.
NU 31:17-18 Moses, following the Lord's
command, orders the Israelites to kill all the
Midianite male children and "... every woman
who
has known man ...." (Note: How would it be
determined which women had known men?
One
can only speculate.)
NU 31:31-40 32,000 virgins are taken by the
Israelites as booty. Thirty-two are set aside
(to
be sacrificed?) as a tribute for the Lord.
DT 2:33-34 The Israelites utterly destroy the
men,
women, and children of Sihon.
DT 3:6 The Israelites utterly destroy the men,
women, and children of Og.
DT 7:2 The Lord commands the Israelites to
"utterly destroy" and show "no mercy" to those
whom he gives them for defeat.
DT 20:13-14 "When the Lord delivers it into
your
hand, put to the sword all the males .... As for
the women, the children, the livestock and
everything else in the city, you may take these
as
plunder for yourselves."
DT 20:16 "In the cities of the nations the Lord
is
giving you as an inheritance, do not leave
alive
anything that breathes."
DT 21:10-13 With the Lord's approval, the
Israelites are allowed to take "beautiful
women"
from the enemy camp to be their captive
wives.
If, after sexual relations, the husband has "no
delight" in his wife, he can simply let her go.
DT 28:53 "You will eat the fruit of the womb,
the
flesh of the sons and daughters the Lord your
God has given you."
JS 1:1-9 , 18 Joshua receives the Lord's
blessing
for all the bloody endeavors to follow.
JS 6:21-27 With the Lord's approval, Joshua
destroys the city of Jericho--men, women, and
children--with the edge of the sword.
JS 7:19-26 Achan, his children and his cattle
are
stoned to death because Achan had taken a
taboo thing.
JS 8:22-25 With the Lord's approval, Joshua
utterly smites the people of Ai, killing 12,000
men
and women, so that there were none who
escaped.
JS 10:10-27 With the help of the Lord, Joshua
utterly destroys the Gibeonites.
JS 10:28 With the Lord's approval, Joshua
utterly
destroys the people of Makkedah.
JS 10:30 With the Lord's approval, Joshua
utterly
destroys the Libnahites.
JS 10:32-33 With the Lord's approval, Joshua
utterly destroys the people of Lachish.
JS 10:34-35 With the Lord's approval, Joshua
utterly destroys the Eglonites.
JS 10:36-37 With the Lord's approval, Joshua
utterly destroys the Hebronites.
JS 10:38-39 With the Lord's approval, Joshua
utterly destroys the Debirites.
JS 10:40 (A summary statement.) "So Joshua
defeated the whole land ...; he left none
remaining, but destroyed all that breathed, as
the
Lord God of Israel commanded."
JS 11:6 The Lord orders horses to be
hamstrung.
(Exceedingly cruel.)
JS 11:8-15 "And the lord gave them into the
hand
of Israel, ...utterly destroying them; there was
none left that breathed ...."
JS 11:20 "For it was the Lord's doing to
harden
their hearts that they should come against
Israel
in battle, in order that they should be utterly
destroyed, and should receive no mercy but be
exterminated, as the Lord commanded
Moses."
JS 11:21-23 Joshua utterly destroys the
Anakim.
JG 1:4 With the Lord's support, Judah defeats
10,000 Canaanites at Bezek.
JG 1:6 With the Lord's approval, Judah
pursues
Adoni-bezek, catches him, and cuts off his
thumbs and big toes.
JG 1:8 With the Lord's approval, Judah smites
Jerusalem.
JG 1:17 With the Lord's approval, Judah and
Simeon utterly destroy the Canaanites who
inhabited Zephath.
JG 3:29 The Israelites kill about 10,000
Moabites.
JG 3:31 (A restatement.) Shamgar killed 600
Philistines with an oxgoad.
JG 4:21 Jael takes a tent stake and hammers
it
through the head of Sisera, fastening it to the
ground.
JG 7:19-25 The Gideons defeat the Midianites,
slay their princes, cut off their heads, and
bring
the heads back to Gideon.
JG 8:15-21 The Gideons slaughter the men of
Penuel.
JG 9:5 Abimalech murders his brothers.
JG 9:45 Abimalech and his men kill all the
people
in the city.
JG 9:53-54 "A woman dropped a stone on his
head and cracked his skull. Hurriedly he called
to
his armor-bearer, 'Draw your sword and kill
me,
so that they can't say a woman killed me.' So
his
servant ran him through, and he died."
JG 11:29-39 Jepthah sacrifices his beloved
daughter, his only child, according to a vow he
has made with the Lord.
JG 14:19 The Spirit of the Lord comes upon a
man and causes him to slay thirty men.
JG 15:15 Samson slays 1000 men with the
jawbone of an ass.
JG 16:21 The Philistines gouge out Samson's
eyes.
JG 16:27-30 Samson, with the help of the
Lord,
pulls down the pillars of the Philistine house
and
causes his own death and that of 3000 other
men
and women.
JG 18:27 The Danites slay the quiet and
unsuspecting people of Laish.
JG 19:22-29 A group of sexual depraved men
beat on the door of an old man's house
demanding that he turn over to them a male
house guest. Instead, the old man offers his
virgin daughter and his guest's concubine (or
wife): "Behold, here are my virgin daughter and
his concubine; let me bring them out now.
Ravish
them and do with them what seems good to
you;
but against this man do not do so vile a
thing."
The man's concubine is ravished and dies.
The
man then cuts her body into twelve pieces and
sends one piece to each of the twelve tribes of
Israel.
JG 20:43-48 The Israelites smite 25,000+
"men of
valor" from amongst the Benjamites, "men and
beasts and all that they found," and set their
towns on fire.
JG 21:10-12 "... Go and smite the inhabitants
of
Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword and;
also the women and little ones.... every male
and
every woman that has lain with a male you
shall
utterly destroy." They do so and find four
hundred
young virgins whom they bring back for their
own
use.
1SA 4:10 The Philistines slay 30,000 Israelite
foot
soldiers.
1SA 5:6-9 The Lord afflicts the Philistines
with
tumors in their "secret parts," presumably for
having stolen the Ark.
1SA 6:19 God kills seventy men (or so) for
looking into the Ark (at him?). (Note: The early
Israelites apparently thought the Ark to be
God's
abode.)
1SA 7:7-11 Samuel and his men smite the
Philistines.
1SA 11:11 With the Lord's blessing, Saul and
his
men cut down the Ammonites.
1SA 14:31 Jonathan and his men strike down
the
Philistines.
1SA 14:48 Saul smites the Amalekites.
1SA 15:3 , 7-8 "This is what the Lord says:
Now
go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all
that
they have; do not spare them, but kill both
man
and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep,
camel and ass ....' And Saul ... utterly
destroyed
all the people with the edge of the sword."
1SA 15:33 "Samuel hewed Agag in pieces
before
the Lord ...."
1SA 18:7 The women sing as they make
merry:
"Saul has slain his thousands and David his
ten
thousands."
1SA 27:8-11 "David left neither man nor
woman
alive ....". (Note: This implies that children and
infants were included in the slaughter.)
1SA 30:17 David smites the Amalekites.
2SA 2:23 Abner kills Asahel.
2SA 3:30 Joab and Abishai kill Abner.
2SA 4:7-8 Rechan and Baanah kill Ish-bosheth,
behead him, and take his head to David.
2SA 4:12 David has Rechan and Baanah killed,
their hands and feet cut off, and their bodies
hanged by the pool at Hebron.
2SA 5:25 "And David did as the Lord
commanded
him, and smote the Philistines ...."
2SA 6:2-23 Because she rebuked him for
having
exposed himself, Michal (David's wife) was
barren
throughout her life.
2SA 8:1-18 (A listing of some of David's
murderous conquests.)
2SA 8:4 David hamstrung all but a few of the
horses.
2SA 8:5 David slew 22,000 Syrians.
2SA 8:6 , 14 "The Lord gave victory to David
wherever he went."
2SA 8:13 David slew 18,000 Edomites in the
valley of salt and made the rest slaves.
2SA 10:18 David slew 47,000+ Syrians.
2SA 11:14-27 David has Uriah killed so that he
can marry Uriah's wife, Bathsheba.
2SA 12:1 , 19 The Lord strikes David's child
dead
for the sin that David has committed.
2SA 13:1-15 Amnon loves his sister Tamar,
rapes
her, then hates her.
2SA 13:28-29 Absalom has Amnon murdered.
2SA 18:6 -7 20,000 men are slaughtered at the
battle in the forest of Ephraim.
2SA 18:15 Joab's men murder Absalom.
2SA 20:10-12 Joab's men murder Amasa and
leave him "... wallowing in his own blood in
the
highway. And anyone who came by, seeing
him,
stopped."
2SA 24:15 The Lord sends a pestilence on
Israel
that kills 70,000 men.
1KI 2:24-25 Solomon has Adonijah murdered.
1KI 2:29-34 Solomon has Joab murdered.
1KI 2:46 Solomon has Shime-i murdered.
1KI 13:15-24 A man is killed by a lion for
eating
bread and drinking water in a place where the
Lord had previously told him not to. This is in
spite of the fact that the man had
subsequently
been lied to by a prophet who told the man
that
an angel of the Lord said that it would be
alright
to eat and drink there.
1KI 20:29-30 The Israelites smite 100,000
Syrian
soldiers in one day. A wall falls on 27,000
remaining Syrians.
2KI 1:10-12 Fire from heaven comes down and
consumes fifty men.
2KI 2:23-24 Forty-two children are mauled and
killed, presumably according to the will of God,
for having jeered at a man of God.
2KI 5:27 Elisha curses Gehazi and his
descendants forever with leprosy.
2KI 6:18-19 The Lord answers Elisha's prayer
and
strikes the Syrians with blindness. Elisha
tricks
the blind Syrians and leads them to Samaria.
2KI 6:29 "So we cooked my son and ate him.
The
next day I said to her, 'Give up your son so we
may eat him,' but she had hidden him."
2KI 9:24 Jehu tricks and murders Joram.
2KI 9:27 Jehu has Ahaziah killed.
2KI 9:30-37 Jehu has Jezebel killed. Her body
is
trampled by horses. Dogs eat her flesh so that
only her skull, feet, and the palms of her
hands
remain.
2KI 10:7 Jehu has Ahab's seventy sons
beheaded,
then sends the heads to their father.
2KI 10:14 Jehu has forty-two of Ahab's kin
killed.
2KI 10:17 "And when he came to Samaria, he
slew all that remained to Ahab in Samaria, till
he
had wiped them out, according to the word of
the
Lord ...."
2KI 10:19-27 Jehu uses trickery to massacre
the
Baal worshippers.
2KI 11:1 Athaliah destroys all the royal family.
2KI 14:5 , 7 Amaziah kills his servants and
then
10,000 Edomites.
2KI 15:3-5 Even though he did what was right
in
the eyes of the Lord, the Lord smites Azariah
with
leprosy for not having removed the "high
places."
2KI 15:16 Menahem ripped open all the women
who were pregnant.
2KI 19:35 An angel of the Lord kills 185,000
men.
1CH 20:3 (KJV) "And he brought out the
people
that were in it, and cut them with saws, and
with
harrows of iron, and with axes."
2CH 13:17 500,000 Israelites are slaughtered.
2CH 21:4 Jehoram slays all his brothers.
PS 137:9 Happy will be the man who dashes
your
little ones against the stones.
PS 144:1 God is praised as the one who trains
hands for war and fingers for battle.
IS 13:15 "Everyone who is captured will be
thrust
through; all who are caught will fall by the
sword. Their infants will be dashed to pieces
before their eyes; their ... wives will be
ravished."
IS 13:18 "Their bows also shall dash the young
men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on
the
fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare
children."
IS 14:21-22 "Prepare slaughter for his children
for
the iniquity of their fathers."
IS 49:26 The Lord will cause the oppressors of
the Israelite's to eat their own flesh and to
become drunk on their own blood as with
wine.
JE 16:4 "They shall die grievous deaths; they
shall not be lamented; neither shall they be
buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face
of the earth: and they shall be consumed by
the
sword, and by famine; and their carcasses
shall
be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the
beasts of the earth."
LA 4:9-10 "Those slain by the sword are better
off
than those who die of famine; racked with
hunger, they waste away for lack of food. ...
pitiful women have cooked their own children,
who became their food ..."
EZ 6:12-13 The Lord says: "... they will fall by
the
sword, famine and plague. He that is far away
will die of the plague, and he that is near will
fall
by the sword, and he that survives and is
spared
will die of famine. So will I spend my wrath
upon
them. And they will know I am the Lord, when
the
people lie slain among their idols around their
altars, on every high hill and on all the
mountaintops, under every spreading tree and
every leafy oak ...."
EZ 9:4-6 The Lord commands: "... slay old
men
outright, young men and maidens, little
children
and women ...."
EZ 20:26 In order that he might horrify them,
the
Lord allowed the Israelites to defile
themselves
through, amongst other things, the sacrifice of
their first-born children.
EZ 21:3-4 The Lord says that he will cut off
both
the righteous and the wicked that his sword
shall
go against all flesh.
EZ 23:25 , 47 God is going to slay the sons
and
daughters of those who were whores.
EZ 23:34 "You shall ... pluck out your hair, and
tear your bosoms."
HO 13:16 "They shall fall by the sword: their
infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their
women with child shall be ripped up."
MI 3:2-3 "... who pluck off their skin ..., and
their
flesh from off their bones; Who also eat the
flesh
of my people, and flay their skin from off
them;
and they break their bones, and chop them in
pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the
caldron."
MT 3:12 , 8:12 , 10:21 , 13:30 , 42, 22:13 ,
24:51 ,
25:30 , LK 13:28 , JN 5:24 Some will spend
eternity
burning in Hell. There will be weeping, wailing
and
gnashing of teeth.
MT 10:21 "... the brother shall deliver up his
brother to death, and the father his child, ...
children shall rise up against their parents,
and
cause them to be put to death."
MT 10:35-36 "For I have come to turn a man
against his father, a daughter against her
mother,
a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law a
man's enemies will be the members of his
own
family."
MT 11:21-24 Jesus curses [the inhabitants of]
three cities who were not sufficiently
impressed
with his great works.
AC 13:11 Paul purposefully blinds a man