Publisher's Synopsis
The Challenge We are going to present (and prove) a number of concepts in this study that are new and even revolutionary to the student of speaking in new tongues. Among these concepts are: - All men have (passively) spoken in tongues from birth, even before they spoke in their native tongue. This includes non-Christians. - Speaking in tongues is a natural and normal thing to do. - People were (actively) speaking in tongues hundreds of years before Christ was born. - New tongues are not real languages and cannot be understood by any man. They can be understood by God because of His power. - The believers in Acts Chapter Two were not speaking in new tongues. - Jesus spoke in new tongues. - By speaking in new tongues one can commune with God, heal the sick, and raise the dead. - You can learn to (actively) speak in new tongues, and do it at will. - Speaking in new tongues is for all intents and purposes gibberish. It is gibberish that only God (by His supernatural power) can understand. - A spiritual thing is not necessarily a supernatural thing. - Speaking in new tongues is a "merely spiritual" manifestation as opposed to a supernatural manifestation. - Speaking in new tongues is not "diversities of tongues". - "Diversities of tongues" is both a spiritual manifestation and a supernatural manifestation. - Speaking in tongues is a co-operative effort between the spirit and the soul. Numbers. It is estimated that: - 600 million humans believe in the practice of speaking in tongues. - As of April 2006, 500 million humans practice speaking in tongues. - The number of those speaking in tongues has increased 168 million since 1988. - Denominations that promote speaking in tongues add 20 million converts to their pews each year. - 100 million Catholics identify with the Charismatic movement and speaking tongues. - If these statistics are true and continue. By 2025 there could be over 1.14 billion believers who practice speaking in tongues. Rewrite and Reformat. 4/15/2017
