Why I don't understand those who deny the Gift of Tounges

Whenever I run into a Glossolalia denier I shake my head in disbelief.

Here's the story of a man who after an accident (he couldn't speak English before) was able to converse in perfect English. Happens all the time. Read the comments under the news story. I know of people who couldn't speak any Chinese spoke a dialect of rural China who speaking in tongues and witnessed to a Chinese woman in the room. I know of another woman who couldn't speak nor had never heard Ukrainian spoke it perfectly in a message in tongues and a Ukrainian in the room heard and believed.

I have heard people speak in tongues and understood every word they were saying although the language was was unknown. I think there are some things only the gift of tongues can describe. Without it things will be less than the description could carry.

My Lutheran Pastor and friend Barry Kolb tells of a Russian from Siberia who attended a conference in Russia which was being conducted in English by some Americans. While praying and traveling on the train he became instantly fluid in English both to hear and speak. This lasted thru the whole conference and when it was done the gift departed him.

So, why in the world would ANYONE deny the power of the Holy Spirit to enable one to speak in an unknown tongue or even in a known language. More important why wouldn't anyone want and even pursue it as Paul the Apostle advises.

I don't know. Do you? Who can deny these things? Only one who has chosen out of disobedience to the leading of God to deny the reality of his gifts for all believers.