The charismatic teaching about modern day “tongues” being a sign of infilling by the Holy Spirit, is simply FALSE.
Just like here, people are carefully instructed on tongue speaking and tremendous pressure is put on to babble in "tongues".
TONGUES IN the OLD TESTAMENT
Pentecostalism and its Catholic derivative the Catholic Charismatic Renewal is as much paganized as the Corinthian church was in Paul’s time. The Corinthians were undeveloped infantile Christians, but what excuse can be made for the Charismatic Renewal? Indeed what excuse can be made for ignoring God's warnings and uniting pagan practices with Christianity?
“Yes, with stammering lips and in a strange language he will speak to this people to whom he said: This is the resting place, give rest to the weary; Here is repose-- but they would not listen.” (Isaiah 28:11-12)
As explained by the USCCB Footnotes: “God will answer the mockers and defend Isaiah. Strange language: spoken by the invading army”
“Brothers, stop being childish in your thinking. In respect to evil be like infants, but in your thinking be mature. It is written in the law: "By people speaking strange tongues and by the lips of foreigners I will speak to this people, and even so they will not listen to me, says the Lord." Thus, tongues are a sign not for those who believe but for unbelievers, whereas prophecy is not for unbelievers but for those who believe.” (Isaiah 28:11-12)
Again from the USCCB Footnotes: “The Corinthians pride themselves on tongues as a sign of God's favor, a means of direct communication with him (2.28). To challenge them to a more mature appraisal, Paul draws from scripture a less flattering explanation of what speaking in tongues may signify. Isaiah threatened the people that if they failed to listen to their prophets, the Lord would speak to them (in punishment) through the lips of Assyrian conquerors(Isaiah 28:11-12). Paul compresses Isaiah's text and makes God address his people directly. Equating tongues with foreign languages (cf 1 Cor 14:10-11), Paul concludes from Isaiah that tongues are a sign not for those who believe, i.e., not a mark of God's pleasure for those who listen to him but a mark of his displeasure with those in the community who are faithless, who have not heeded the message that he has sent through the prophets.”
Charismatics should take heed, because Assyria was a terrible punishment in Isaiah’s day. By quoting Isaiah to the Corinthians Paul’s rebuke is not merely a hint to consider Old Testament ‘tongues’; it is a stern warning.
ARE THERE CHARISMATIC TONGUES IN THE GOSPELS?
Just like here, people are carefully instructed on tongue speaking and tremendous pressure is put on to babble in "tongues".
TONGUES IN the OLD TESTAMENT
Pentecostalism and its Catholic derivative the Catholic Charismatic Renewal is as much paganized as the Corinthian church was in Paul’s time. The Corinthians were undeveloped infantile Christians, but what excuse can be made for the Charismatic Renewal? Indeed what excuse can be made for ignoring God's warnings and uniting pagan practices with Christianity?
“Yes, with stammering lips and in a strange language he will speak to this people to whom he said: This is the resting place, give rest to the weary; Here is repose-- but they would not listen.” (Isaiah 28:11-12)
As explained by the USCCB Footnotes: “God will answer the mockers and defend Isaiah. Strange language: spoken by the invading army”
“Brothers, stop being childish in your thinking. In respect to evil be like infants, but in your thinking be mature. It is written in the law: "By people speaking strange tongues and by the lips of foreigners I will speak to this people, and even so they will not listen to me, says the Lord." Thus, tongues are a sign not for those who believe but for unbelievers, whereas prophecy is not for unbelievers but for those who believe.” (Isaiah 28:11-12)
Again from the USCCB Footnotes: “The Corinthians pride themselves on tongues as a sign of God's favor, a means of direct communication with him (2.28). To challenge them to a more mature appraisal, Paul draws from scripture a less flattering explanation of what speaking in tongues may signify. Isaiah threatened the people that if they failed to listen to their prophets, the Lord would speak to them (in punishment) through the lips of Assyrian conquerors(Isaiah 28:11-12). Paul compresses Isaiah's text and makes God address his people directly. Equating tongues with foreign languages (cf 1 Cor 14:10-11), Paul concludes from Isaiah that tongues are a sign not for those who believe, i.e., not a mark of God's pleasure for those who listen to him but a mark of his displeasure with those in the community who are faithless, who have not heeded the message that he has sent through the prophets.”
Charismatics should take heed, because Assyria was a terrible punishment in Isaiah’s day. By quoting Isaiah to the Corinthians Paul’s rebuke is not merely a hint to consider Old Testament ‘tongues’; it is a stern warning.
ARE THERE CHARISMATIC TONGUES IN THE GOSPELS?
No, there are no charismatic tongues in the Gospels. Our Lord or the Saints never once … babbled senselessly in tongues; they never conducted themselves with emotional frenzy.
• St John the Baptist was filled with the Holy Spirit in his mother's womb, but there were no tongues.
• Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit when she greeted Mary, but there were no tongues.
• Mary was filled with the Holy Spirit, but there were no tongues.
• Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit, but there were no tongues.
• Jesus was filled with the Holy Spirit, but there is no record of Jesus ever speaking in tongues.
• When St Paul was baptized, there were no tongues.
