The Triumphant Churchtaught to pray against the devil in tongues. And in
practice nowhere in the Bible do we find believers doing
it.
In every instance when believers pray, they are
praying to a faithful and loving Heavenly Father who
hears and answers prayer. Jesus Himself tells us who
we are to pray to: “... Whatsoever ye shall ASK THE
FATHER in MY NAME, he will give it you" (John
16:23). This extreme "warring" teaching, however,
ignores this biblical emphasis and makes speaking in
tongues something that is done against the devil
instead of unto God.
Instead of leading saints into deeper spirituality,
this teaching and its extreme practice actually leads
believers into fleshly extremes and excesses because it
focuses mainly on experiences in prayer. This extreme
teaching leads believers into error because the
emphasis is not on what Christ has already
accomplished for the believer in His redemption, but on
what the believer has yet to do to achieve victory over
the devil.
You see, instead of emphasizing the triumph of
Jesus over Satan, the finished work of the Cross, the
triumphant position of the believer in Christ, and the
authority that is resident in each believer, this warfare
teaching portrays believers as being oppressed and
defeated and still under the lordship of Satan, trying to
"war" his way free to a place of victory.
The emphasis is not on what Christ has already
done, but rather it is on what the believer must still do
himself in order to get victory over the devil. So the
believer is instructed to "groan" and to "war" in tongues
in order to obtain victory.
Study for yourself the New Testament instruction