The tongue speaking rich fool

Every where we go, in the churches, we will found some “tongue speaking rich fool,” who are these tongues speaking rich fool.

They are confused with the richness and the baptism of the Spirit
These are the Christian who practice, tongue speaking, and at the same time they are the rich fool.

Let me write a few words about them! Why I said these tongue speakers are the rich fool

They said according to the Book of Acts, every Christian must speaking in tongue, they said all the believers at the event at the Pentecost spoke in tongues, they were speaking in tongue at the upper room. Since every one spoke in tongue on that occasion, likewise every Christian must speak in tongue. Since every one of them at the upper room were filled with the Holy Spirit, and they started to speak in tongue.

Now a day, we have Charismatic brothers came to ask us, “Did you have the baptize in the Spirit?” and I asked them “What is that baptism in the spirit is all about?” they said “The baptism in the Holy Spirit is simply speaking in tongue!” I was stunned by the acclamation!

These charismatic wanted every one to speaking in tongue like those at the Pentecost! They told us to be filled in the Holy Spirit and start to speaking tongue! No, I disagreed with them, Paul does not want every one to pursue the gift of speaking in tongue. Why?

As we had looked through the scriptures, we have two kinds of tongue speaking:

1.the tongues speaking in the Book of Acts
2.the speaking of unknown tongue in the Church of Corinth.

In the Book of Acts they were speaking in some human languages, but in the Book of Corinthians they were speaking in an unknown tongue, no one know what this tongue means. The Corinthians’ tongue is a spiritual gift from God, along with this, the fact is that not every one receive this spiritual gift.

Paul asked the Corinthians this question: 1 Corinthians 12:29 “Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles? 12:30 Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret?” Paul’s answer is, no, not every one does speak with tongues! The Charismatic is teaching their church that every one must speak in tongue, this is a wrong teaching.

Compared to the tongue in the Pentecost, every one in the upper room was speaking in tongue, each of them was speaking in a human language, this is a work, a miracle from God, we know they were filled with the Holy Spirit.

Acts 2:3 “And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. 2:4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.”
But in Corinth, the tongue is a spiritual gift for self edification.

Here we are, two different kinds of tongues speaking in New Testament, with two different kinds of speaker! Many Charismatic leaders now a day have that wrong conception that every one in the church must speak in tongues, this is not correct. They said every one at Pentecost was speaking in tongue, it is true, every one at Pentecost was speaking in tongue, but they were speaking in human languages. People knew what they had spoken.

But it was not the same case in Corinth Church, In Corinth church not every one was speaking in tongue, even some confusions arise from the phenomena in the Corinth church, that is why Paul wrote back to them in his epistle, and Paul laid down the rules and conditions in speaking with this tongues. Even though there was confusions in the church, but Paul wrote to them, commanded them to continue in tongue speaking, do not forbid them to speaking in tongue!

Paul would that they all spake with tongue. 1 Corinthians 14:5 I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying. And Paul was spoken this kind of tongue more than every one in Corinth. Corinthians 14:18 I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:

Remember Paul was not one of them at the upper room! Paul spoke with different kind of tongue compared with them at the upper room at Pentecost. Paul was not speaking in a human language, but an astatic one with angelic sound!

But Paul encouraged them to speak five words with his understanding.....1 Corinthians 14:19 “Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.” In the church meeting, understanding is more important than speaking in tongue! Let people know what you are speaking! The gift of speaking in tongue must be controlled. Paul wanted them to be mature in understanding. Tongue has the use for personal edification.
Paul laid down some rules, when some one is speaking in the church, Paul presumed that not every one speak with tongue in Corinth, because he said “if any man speak ....”

14:27 “If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret. “
So when the “tongue speaking rich fool” is teaching every one to pursue the unknown tongue, they are making the first mistake.

Secondly why these tongue speaker sometimes are the rich fools?

The tongues speaking rich fool one day come to me, and he said to me, you do not have money, because you do not asked money and food from God!

Matthew 7:7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

In another place it is written, Matthew 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

These tongue speaking rich fool are the one who preach that wealth and health must come before salvation! They are the one who preach the gospel of health and wealth, and they said this is the faith and word coming from God.

But what about the Lord comment to the rich fool? Should a rich young man be given more wealth?

Luke 18:22 Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me. 18:23 And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich. 18:24 And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!

Richness becomes a stumbling block to the rich fool, so Jesus Christ asked him to sell his belongings, distribute his richness unto the poor! To have the treasure in heaven he must become poorer. After that, come, and follow Jesus!

Salvation must be first, before wealth even health!
Salvation must come first, not the richness! Richness may become a stumbling block to a young rich man! Health is needed, but it is testing our faith in sickness.

Micah 6:10 Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable? 6:11 Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? 6:12 For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

What about health? The rich fool sometimes preaches health and wealth message, they replace the gospel with message of wealth and health. Sometime God let some one in blindness, the spiritual blindness is more deathly than the physical blindness!

Matthew 15:14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. Revelation 3:17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:


There is remedy for sickness for the believers, these are those who have trusting the Lord, but later fell into sickness, even Christian fell sick, James 5:14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: 5:15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

Sometimes we must take care of ourselves by taking good and healthy food!

Acts 27:34 Wherefore I pray you to take some meat: for this is for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you.
Christians are wishing every one with good health and prosperity. Some time our wishes become true, speak well of other with our mouths.

3 John 1:2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

But at another time, even faithful servant and follower of Christ may fell sick, and it is by the mercy of God, God heal him.

Philippians 2:25 Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labour, and fellowsoldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my wants. 2:26 For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick. 2:27 For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.

Conclusion

Not every one speak with tongue!
Some richness may become stumbling block for the fool in believing God.
Sometime even faithful Christians fallen in sickness.
Do not become a tongue speaking rich fool.