UgoFly:
skenteroroboboroborbskente



Roborobo must be there

Exactly. Why is it that, its only in Nigeria that everyone seems to speak in these exact " skenteroroboboroborbskente" tongue? Abi is there a Nigerian Holy Spirit ni?

PS:
These questions are not meant to blaspheme, I'm truly seeking for clarification. May God answer all our prayers.

Rainmania:


Exactly. Why is it that, its only in Nigeria that everyone seems to speak in these exact " skenteroroboboroborbskente" tongue? Abi is there a Nigerian Holy Spirit ni?

PS:
These questions are not meant to blaspheme, I'm truly seeking for clarification. May God answer all our prayers.

Buhaha hahaha

Op can you please shed more light on
SINGING in tongues
LAUGHING in tongues ?
that seems to be the order of the day in most fellowships. I'll appreciate it if you could share the Bible's view about it

ADEWUMIMichael:



Without a doubt, speaking in tongues is the most controversial spiritual gift mentioned in the New Testament. Is it from God or the devil? Should believers ignore it, oppose it, or embrace it? There are many legitimate questions regarding the gift of tongues that deserve a thoughtful, biblical response. Let's tackle five of them.




1. Is speaking in tongues from God or the devil?
The most important thing you need to know about speaking in tongues is what Jesus said about it, and He did not mince His words in Mark 16:17: "And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues." Jesus declared that tongues is a supernatural sign that can and should accompany everyone who believes in Him. God does not give His children any bad gifts, so we shouldn't fear or ridicule the gift of tongues.






2. Are people making it up when they speak in tongues?

The gift of tongues is a known or heavenly language unknown to the speaker that enables him or her to communicate directly with God. Paul said in 1 Cor. 13:1, "If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels..." When you receive the gift of tongues, in a split second the Holy Spirit downloads a language into your spirit without you ever having to learn it.
In 2006, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania took brain images of five people while they spoke in tongues. Their research was published in The New York Times . The leader of the study team was Dr. Andrew Newberg, who arrived at this conclusion:


"We noticed a number of changes that occurred functionally in the brain. Our finding of decreased activity in the frontal lobes during the practice of speaking in tongues is fascinating because these subjects truly believe that the spirit of God is moving through them and controlling them to speak. ...Our brain-imaging research shows us that these subjects are not in control of the usual language centers during this activity, which is consistent with their description of a lack of intentional control while speaking in tongues."


When they prayed in tongues, their frontal lobes, the willful part of the brain we use to think and control what we do, were quiet. The language center of their brains—the part we use to speak in our native language—were quiet as well. The people were not in a trance; they were fully aware of what was happening. The researchers were unable to pinpoint which part of the brain was controlling this behavior of speaking in tongues. Dr. Newberg went on to say, "The amazing thing was how the images supported people's interpretation of what was happening. ... The way they describe it, and what they believe, is that God is talking through them."


Speaking in tongues is clearly not a fabricated language, as these scientists have confirmed. It is a spiritual language given to us by God to communicate with Him.


3. Is speaking in tongues a fringe gift that only a few people receive?

The gift of tongues was the most common spiritual gift in the New Testament church. The Bible tells us in Acts 2:4 that all of the original 120 disciples at Pentecost spoke in tongues in the Upper Room: "All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them." We don't know if they all received the gift of faith or healing or discernment, but we know for a fact that all of them received the gift of tongues.



Today, there are more than 600 million charismatic-Pentecostal believers worldwide, the second-largest group of Christians after Catholics. Pentecostals and charismatic churches are by no means a small, fringe movement; on the contrary, they form the fastest-growing religious movement in the world. The gift of tongues is not reserved for a select few. Paul made it clear in 1 Cor. 14:5 that he wanted every believer to pray in tongues (for personal edification) and prophesy (to edify the church): "I would like every one of you to speak in tongues, but I would rather have you prophesy."



4. Did the gift of tongues cease after the first century, or is it still active today?
The doctrine of cessationism is firmly entrenched in Reformed Christianity. This is the belief that the apostolic and charismatic gifts (including speaking in tongues) ceased after the original 12 apostles passed away. However, several notable early church fathers

—such as Justin Martyr (100-165), Irenaeus (115-202), Tertullian (160-220), and Origen (185-254)—recorded that the spiritual gifts, including speaking in tongues, were still active in the church in their days, long after John had passed away around 100 AD.



Peter proclaimed in Acts 2:39 that the gift of tongues is for everyone who is called by God: "The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for all whom the Lord our God will call." Paul wrote in 1 Cor. 13:8-9 that when that which is perfect comes, tongues will cease. That is a reference to the Second Coming of Christ. The Bible teaches that no one is perfect except Jesus. When Christ returns, we will not need to speak in tongues to communicate with God because we will be with Him. But until then, the gift of tongues is available to any believer who desires it.




5. What are people saying when they pray in tongues?





The Bible reveals five main things that happen when believers pray in tongues:



1. They are speaking directly to God. 1 Corinthians 14:2, "For anyone who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God. Indeed, no one understands him; he utters mysteries with his spirit." Tongues is an intimate and direct line of communication with God.


2. They are declaring God's wonders. Acts 2:11, "We hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!" Far from being nonsense, when we pray in tongues we are actually declaring the wonders and mysteries and majesty of God. How could that possibly be a bad thing?



3. They are praising God. Acts 10:46, "For they heard them speaking in tongues and praising God." Even if we don't understand what we are saying when we speak in tongues, we are praising God in the Spirit (1 Cor. 14:16).


4. They are edifying themselves. 1 Cor. 14:4, "He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the church." Praying in tongues is like a spiritual workout—it builds you up and makes you stronger spiritually.



5. The Holy Spirit is praying through them, declaring God's will. Romans 8:26-27, "We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express...because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God's will." Praying in the Spirit will bring revelation and insight into God's will for your life.




If you do not believe in the gift of tongues or have had a bad experience with the charismatic movement, I encourage you to the study the Scriptures with an open mind. Ask the Holy Spirit to reveal the truth about tongues to you.



If you desire the gift of tongues, pray for it in faith until you receive it. Jesus said in Luke 11:13, "How much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?" Sometimes we have to ask and keep on asking, seek and keep on seeking, and knock and keep on knocking until we receive our answer to prayer.




If you already have the gift of tongues, use it every day. In 1 Cor. 14:18, Paul boasted about how often he prayed in tongues: "I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you." Tongues is a real language, and as with any language, you have to use it in order to increase your fluency and vocabulary.




Are there excesses and abuse with the use of the gift of tongues? Yes, of course, and they need to be corrected, but don't throw out the baby with the bath water by rejecting the gift of tongues altogether. Let us take the words of the Apostle Paul in 1 Cor. 14:39 to heart: "Therefore, my brothers, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues " (emphasis added.)



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www.charismamag.com/spirit/supernatural/21237-5-things-you-need-to-know-about-speaking-in-tongues

I want to appreciate you for this article. I have been a JW for many years, yet, I have never had this deep research on this particular gift of the spirit, an article based on the Bible with little to add or explain away.

Thanks you.

However, I will like your sources on point 4. I will appreciate more information about it.

YOUNGSTUNNA:
What's the essence of speaking in tongues when there's no one in the congregation capable of interpreting it( what's the purpose of the message if no one understands?
Before some persons start praying they've already started speaking in tongues... na so e easy? the Pentecostal tongue speaking when the early Christians were able to speak different languages... what happened to that kinda tongue speaking?

Speaking in tongues these days is nothing but make up...

I believe God still speaks through men, but 98% of tongue speaking these days is nothing but a show up.

I remember 3 years ago some pray warriors gather ontop my head... on top sey I must speak in tongues... The prayers lasted almost an hour, and nothing happens.
Tongue is a gift, you don't force it on people

on point!

skenteroboroboroboroborabarebe ah! eede beeru oloun

GLOSSOLALIA

iamtardey:
skenteroboroboroboroborabarebe ah! eede beeru oloun

sekerebobomamalelemamalelesindakaka.

haske7:
Very educative n informative

How?

The thing is common among white garment churches, why? How did they (those u said they research about speakin in tongue) carry out their research, scientifically or spiritually?

aaaah!

YOUNGSTUNNA:
What's the essence of speaking in tongues when there's no one in the congregation capable of interpreting it( what's the purpose of the message if no one understands?
Before some persons start praying they've already started speaking in tongues... na so e easy? the Pentecostal tongue speaking when the early Christians were able to speak different languages... what happened to that kinda tongue speaking?

Speaking in tongues these days is nothing but make up...

I believe God still speaks through men, but 98% of tongue speaking these days is nothing but a show up.

I remember 3 years ago some pray warriors gather ontop my head... on top sey I must speak in tongues... The prayers lasted almost an hour, and nothing happens.
Tongue is a gift, you don't force it on people

God bless your faith and replenish you for being real. I have the same disposition towards the gifts of tongue as you. May God deliver his people these days. Speaking in Tongues in the days of the Apostles was fire and spirit filled but these days? Na real cosmetic display of nothingness

Make I book space first..

pressplay411:


Yet Christ never spoke in tongues.

how will he went he himself is God. Jesus is 100% God @ the same time 100% Man

to me oh & don't know of others the main reason why some people kicked against or not believe in speaking in tongues is because some people that didn't speak in tongues their lives are much more better than those that claim they speak in tongues. I pray holy Spirit will reveal himself unto us the more.you can't sit someone down and start saying come I will teach you how to speak in tongue today oya say after me bla bla bla.....& the likes.no speaking in holy ghost don't come that way.the holy spirit works with our hearts, you yourself don't even understand what you are saying yet the holy spirit in you bears witness with your spirit that you are communicating to God.I will pray in the spirit (speaking in tongues) @ the same time pray with understanding. hallelujah Amen

Ratello:

God bless your faith and replenish you for being real. I have the same disposition towards the gifts of tongue as you. May God deliver his people these days. Speaking in Tongues in the days of the Apostles was fire and spirit filled but these days? Na real cosmetic display of nothingness

Thanks bro, the way we africans practice christianity is really alarming, sometimes I wonder if we lack understanding of the scripture or something more more worse than that...

Imagine today you start your prayers with " rabata skamama robobo", next sunday "you repeat same thing and contunuously"... isn't that mockery? are you trying to tell me, that God keep repeating the same message everytime you wanna pray? or it's your invented language
?
Sometimes I just felt really worried the way we practice christianity in Africa

pressplay411:


Yet Christ never spoke in tongues.

I have nothing against those claiming speech therapy, but don't use it claim superior knowledge in God's ways. They quote one passage to just comments ignoring other obvious ones. Same people will tell you alcohol is a sin, but will fail to mention Christ said gluttony is a sin(overfeeding). Hypocracy of the highest order, you hear quote from Malachi 3:10 to buttress tithe. But you won't read Deuteronomy 14 and other passages that address tithe and how it is to be used.

I must not see any muslim here on this thread unless he/she declares that Jesus is his/her Lord and personal saviour.

walezy85:
how will he went he himself is God. Jesus is 100% God @ the same time 100% Man

All the more reason he should speak in heavenly language.

Hiccups:


Whereas speaking in tongues is a spiritual gifts, the gifts comes when needs arises not as some self acclaimed believers would want me believe. Acts 2:4 says The Apostle being filled with Holy Ghost began to speak with other tongues, As the spirit gave them utterances.

Secondly, tongues has been abused by some, 1 Cor 14:2 was very clear tongues is used in communication. If the communication is with God natural man may never understand, If used in communication with man/woman, if truly from Holy Ghost, the gift of interpretation MUST accompany it as the case of Acts 2, where Apostles speaks and everyone understood them in their native languages.

Thirdly, there are tongues from evil sources, do not conclude all tongues from God, the kingdom of darkness have their tongues. Be guided

I like your submission on this topic... when the apostles spoke in tongues the bible said that some people could hear them speak their language. HOW Come no one from all over the world understand the language spoken

2. Language is a gift, not to everybody HOW Come every born again must learn this new language weather gifted or not

YOUNGSTUNNA:

Thanks bro, the way we africans practice christianity is really alarming, sometimes I wonder if we lack understanding of the scripture or something more more worse than that...

Imagine today you start your prayers with " rabata skamama robobo", next sunday "you repeat same thing and contunuously"... isn't that mockery? are you trying to tell me, that God keep repeating the same message everytime you wanna pray? or it's your invented language
?
Sometimes I just felt really worried the way we practice christianity in Africa

My brother let's even leave other African Countries but even focus more on Nigeria. I will talk of what I know, sometimes ago I was carrying out a research on how South Korea's Economy took that giant leap and the answer came, the prayers of one Holy Ghost Spirit filled man, Dr David (formerly Paul) Younggi Chow to change the economy of South Korea through fervent prayers that avails much and I keep asking why is Nigeria like this when we have self acclaimed thousands if not millions of Holy Ghost Spirit filled "Christians" in our Country.

Ratello:


My brother let's even leave other African Countries but even focus more on Nigeria. I will talk of what I know, sometimes ago I was carrying out a research on how South Korea's Economy took that giant leap and the answer came, the prayers of one Holy Ghost Spirit filled man, Dr David (formerly Paul) Younggi Chow to change the economy of South Korea through fervent prayers that avails much and I keep asking why is Nigeria like this when we have self acclaimed thousands if not millions of Holy Ghost Spirit filled "Christians" in our Country.

Simply put, selfish interests comes first. Politically, ethnic wise, religion, denomination, even within siblings

Ratello:


My brother let's even leave other African Countries but even focus more on Nigeria. I will talk of what I know, sometimes ago I was carrying out a research on how South Korea's Economy took that giant leap and the answer came, the prayers of one Holy Ghost Spirit filled man, Dr David (formerly Paul) Younggi Chow to change the economy of South Korea through fervent prayers that avails much and I keep asking why is Nigeria like this when we have self acclaimed thousands if not millions of Holy Ghost Spirit filled "Christians" in our Country.

That's a man who knows and understands what prayers means, not a man who wanna show how good he is in prayers, not a man who tried to make others feel less spirit filled or intimidate others.
All we do here is violence prayers as if God is deaf or way to far from reach.
prayer is suppose to be a form of communicatioin between humans and God.... not a fight or querrelling (In d name of Jesus....die, die, die, die, fire, fire, fire)
as if we don't even read about Jesus way of praying

YOUNGSTUNNA:
What's the essence of speaking in tongues when there's no one in the congregation capable of interpreting it( what's the purpose of the message if no one understands?
Before some persons start praying they've already started speaking in tongues... na so e easy? the Pentecostal tongue speaking when the early Christians were able to speak different languages... what happened to that kinda tongue speaking?

Speaking in tongues these days is nothing but make up...

I believe God still speaks through men, but 98% of tongue speaking these days is nothing but a show up.

I remember 3 years ago some pray warriors gather ontop my head... on top sey I must speak in tongues... The prayers lasted almost an hour, and nothing happens.
Tongue is a gift, you don't force it on people.


..............................Modified............
I don't joke with bible studies... cuz that's when I have opportunity to throw questions, i don't wanna practice Christianity just because I was born into a christian home...
I'm not really the Church favorite cuz of the questions I always throw on bible studies....a man once told me "Son! you need deliverance" I was like..."Sir, I need understanding, not deliverance".

;;;;;;;i love dis write up like kilode

Shafiiimran99:
The thing is common among white garment churches, why? How did they (those u said they research about speakin in tongue) carry out their research, scientifically or spiritually?

Go to YouTube u will c d video.
It was actually done scientifically to watch activities of d part of deir brain which controlled speech while dey spoke in tongues.
To actually know if d language is controlled by the brain or not.

Some people repeat speaking in tongues. It always seems like they say the same tongue each time they pray.
Is it that i should just pratice it and start speaking Ayam not understanding someone should help.

All I can say here is that speaking in tongues is a gift of the Holy Spirit. You can make heaven without speaking in tongues.

Bishop:

I like your submission on this topic... when the apostles spoke in tongues the bible said that some people could hear them speak their language.

Please read Acts 2:8-11 carefully, in verses 8, EVERYMAN was used not the bolded.

Bishop:

HOW Come no one from all over the world understand the language spoken

Your question is not clear. Do you mean people all over the world to understand the Apostle tongues as recorded in Acts 2? If yes, this is because words spoken in tongues then was meant for the multitude at that time, hence they multitude understood regardless of their languages. However, from the reactions of the multitude and subsequent conversion it is not out of place to deduced that the message they received was that of salvation (gospel).

Bishop:

2. Language is a gift, not to everybody HOW Come every born again [b]must learn [/b]this new language weather gifted or not

Prior to day of Pentecost, did they Apostle learned? No, you don't have to learn, because its contradicts tongues in nature, which is spiritual gifts, you can't learn a spiritual gift.

MrMontella:
speaking in tongues is actually speaking gibberish and deceiving yourself that a supreme being is talking through you.

the things of God is foolishness to man. Even if God come down from heaven and preach about the importance of speaking in tongues, most people will still doubt him. So it's normal for you to talk like this cos the Bible has already prophesy about your kind

pressplay411:
1 Cor 14. 28
If your tongue can't be understood and interpreted, be silent.

people are quick to quote this forgetting that apostle Paul also said you should speak it in your closet

YOUNGSTUNNA:

That's a man who knows and understands what prayers means, not a man who wanna show how good he is in prayers, not a man who tried to make others feel less spirit filled or intimidate others.
All we do here is violence prayers as if God is deaf or way to far from reach.
prayer is suppose to be a form of communicatioin between humans and God.... not a fight or querrelling (In d name of Jesus....die, die, die, die, fire, fire, fire)
as if we don't even read about Jesus way of praying

My brother you just took the words out of my mouth I discovered lately that the more I read the Bible the more I discovered that most Nigerian Christians are being teleguided by their Pastor's Bible and not the Holy Ghost Bible we all know of. Hypocrisies from the pulpits to the pews are all I see around. Little wonder, idol worshipping and unbelieving China and Indian are ruling the world in manufacturing and blood tonics production respectively yet the "Spirit filled Nigerians" are wallowing in abject poverty and living like second class citizens in their own Country.