I realized on this trip (the trip to NC in October 2006) that ecstatic is not the way we ought to describe speaking or praying in tongues. Ecstatic has implications of emotionalism. In my experience I have come to see as non-emotional and non-ecstatic the praying and speaking in tongues. The spirit of the prophet is subject to the prophet and therefore what comes out of us is subject to us. The expressions we use to describe our experiences disclose our view of God, the world, sin and the devil. The new creation man is responsible to build with nonperishable materials like gold, silver and precious stone. Our position in eternity will be established by how we build on the One Foundation. Why is it that in the unredeemed (unregenerate) man we speak freely of his psychic life and ability but once he is regenerate there is no talk. I don’t believe that man is any less psychic after the new birth.
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