What is Speaking in Tongues? Is this experience needed for everyone?
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Biblically, it’s speaking languages. Today, it’s babbling. And, no. It is definitely not needed for everyone since today’s form of tongues is not biblical.
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It’s a gift that not everyone has
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I’d like to put 1 Cor. 14:1-6 into context…focusing on verses 4 and 5.
1.The one who speaks in a tongue builds up himself.
2.The one who prophesies builds up the church.These two points are made in contrast to one another as we can see frome vv. 2 and “on the other hand” beginning in vv. 3.
Now read verse 5 in proper context… “Now I want you all to [build yourselves up], but even more to [build up the church]. The one who [builds up the church] is greater than the one who [builds up himself], unless someone interprets so that the church may be built up.”
The next verses go on to speak against mindless gibberish and unintelligible speech as being nonsense…in context.
So, how does this work into the NAR belief structure built on these verses in an attempt to back up (what they consider) speaking in tongues with no interpretation for the church?
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The Christian view on spiritual gifts is divided, nevertheless, it is a secondary issue
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The times I’ve heard people claim to be using it, I didn’t understand a word and it was nonsense. I’m not denying that it can be a gift, but I think some folks wanna feel important
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GOD WILL GIVE GIFTS ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT.
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I have never seen it done scripturally or biblically.
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During the biblical days, it was a gift used to help the spread of the gospel. People would be able to speak different languages they otherwise wouldn’t know themselves.
The Bible talks about this gift ceasing as it would no longer be needed.It’s certainly not a gift all Christians would have at that time, and certainly not one we would have today.
What people do today when they claim to “speak in tongues” is incoherent babble that makes a mockery of the Holy Spirit.
I’ve known personally people once believed with their whole heart they were speaking in tongues, then later admitted they had no idea what they were saying and were simply being lead by emotive cues. -
For those saying they don’t understand the language being spoken, unless you’re a linguist, that’s not a strong argument. For example, Turkish sounds like “gibberish” to us because it has many words that have repetitious sounding syllables but we don’t say “man that must be fake cause I don’t understand it.” Food for thought
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1 Corithians 14 speaks very plainly about this subject.
I believe that spiritual gifts still go on today. I speak to God sometimes in a tongue only he and my spirit recognize. I have spoken in tongues while praying over people. When the Holy Spirit prompts me, I do as he asks.
Not all have this gift. It is not needed for salvation. You will get many that don’t believe in it. And wouldn’t any language you speak sound like gibberish to someone else if they did not recognize it or know that language?
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Today’s “speaking in tongues” is just babbling nonsense. In Biblical terms, it meant speaking in languages that one wasn’t fluent in or familiar with, in order for the audience members to understand what God, through the speaker, wanted to tell them.
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Not necessary for salvation and neither is baptism
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Speaking in tongues is s confirmation that they have received the Holy Ghost. The apostles said can any one refuse these to be baptized in water for they recieved the Holy Ghost the same as we have. With evidence of speaking in tongues. It’s an act of obedience to jesus’s COMMAND to not leave until they recieved the gift of the Holy Ghost.
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Gift of Speaking in tongueS is an supernatural ability to speak foreign languages unknown to us for the edification of unbelievers.
The gift is not for All. Holy spirit distributes all gifts according to his will. -
Some think it doesn’t happen anymore, some think it does, nevertheless, it’s not a requirement for salvation.
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“But in the church I would rather speak five intelligible words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue.”
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Absolutely not and today it’s only a sign of the devil
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Follow the way of love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy. For anyone who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God. Indeed, no one understands him; he utters mysteries with his spirit. ✝️
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It’s biblically not correct and shouldn’t be done
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I personally don’t think it is a valid gift anymore. People who speak in gibberish/not a real language are not speaking in tongues.
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There is no where in scripture where it say that it ended.
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Speaking in tongues would be best explained as , in biblical terms, if you were to go to a foreign country & met people that spoke a language you never heard before but wanted to preach to them the gospel, the Holy Spirit would fill you & work through you & allow you to speak that language & communicate the gospel. It’s not some heavenly language & not some gibberish language that the spiritual movement made up. It doesn’t make you any more Christian to be able to do it, it’s completely the work of the Holy Spirit and God using you to preach to the gospel to people of a foreign language !!
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It was the gift of speaking where other people of Luther languages could hear one speak in their own language, when the speaker was speaking his own language. This went on during the early days of the church, as in the book of Acts, this gift has now left, and is no longer needed, people today who claim to speak in tongues are not really speaking tongues, it is just gibberish
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I am an English-speaking person if I was in the United Nations and I was speaking English to all the nations and they were understanding every word that was coming out of my mouth Yes I would be speaking in tongues.
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No, it’s one of the Gifts of the Spirit. Not everyone will speak in tongues.
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you may or may not get tongues when you are baptised in the spirit.Have you been baptised in the spirit ? if not ask for it , you can sit and wait on God , also if you have been baptised in the spirit and don t have tongues you can ask and see if he l give you that. Paul says tongues are useful for building OURSELVES up-so theyre particularly handy when worshipping-they literallly strenghten your spirit. When I received them I was overcome with God s prescence , I an amazing love for him like I d never known but ALSO an amazing love for MYSELF too like I d never known too. It s impossible to forget him after that-lol.
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gifts of the spirit are for service ! so we need any he s willing to give.
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Speaking in tongues is a spiritual gift from God. It is a desirable gift even though it is not a requirement of Faith. It is less important than prophecy and teaching. The apostle Paul himself spoke in tongues, but he stresses prophecy (preaching) because it benefits the whole church, while speaking in tongues primarily benefits the speaker. But public worship must be understandable and edifying the whole church.
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I have my prayer language but I only use it privately while praying.
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Here are some scriptures on the different types of tongues mentioned in scriptures.
1. Tongues for Personal/Private Prayer
* All believers have access to tongues for private and personal prayer
In 1 Corinthians 14:2,4,5, & 14 tongues are mentioned as a personal prayer language
2 For he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God (private prayer language), for no one understands him; however, in the spirit he speaks mysteries.
4 He who speaks in a tongue (private prayer language) edifies himself, but he who prophesies (public ministry) edifies the church.
5 I wish you all spoke with tongues (private prayer language), but even more that you prophesied (public ministry); for he who prophesies (public ministry) is greater than he who speaks with tongues (private prayer language), unless indeed he interprets (tongues for interpretation/public ministry), that the church may receive edification.
14 For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful. (Private prayer language)
Quote from Olympia Mornin Hernandez
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Read the book of acts and it will tell you the purpose of tongues and what happened when those who waited on the Holy Spirit and how they were able to speak in the language of others that’s biblical facts not some mindless mumbling and chant
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So, I spoke in tongues in church, one time. It got interpreted. The Holy Spirit prompted me to do it. After service, a person came up to me and said, you know how to speak my language. ? I asked what language that would be, and he told me it was a dialect from his village in Africa. How very humbled I was.
What the Holy Spirit prompts you to do, you do. It is all about obedience. I will say it again, it is a gift, not for all and has nothing to do with salvation.
But it does exist. Be ever vigilant in what the Bible teaches.
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Speaking in tongues is a gift of the Holy Spirit. In the New Testament it was an audible sign someone received God’s Holy Spirit. It is a private prayer language between you and God. No, everyone does not speak on tongues. Paul gives specific instructions about its use in a church service with gifted interpreters. It is not necessary for salvation and if you don’t have it you don’t need it.
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Santhosh Levi Speaking in tongues is required according to the Protestant Pentecostal denomination as evidence of the in-filling of the Holy Spirit. This is not explicitly taught in scripture. Further, many Pentecostals believe that when they speak in tongues, they speak in an UNKOWN language.
In the new testament, the word for tongues, glōssais, can mean a literal tongue or, figuratively, a language. On the day of pentecost, Jews from all across the world were able to hear the disciples and followers of Christ testify in their language due to the gift of speaking in tongues.
Paul agreed with this use of tongues and wrote: “So then, tongues are a sign not for believers but for unbelievers. Prophecy, however, is not for unbelievers but for believers.” 1 Corinthinans 14:22
Further, in chapter 14 of 1st Corinthians, Paul encourages believers to seek the gifts of the Spirit; however, above all, they were to seek the gift of prophesy above tongues since prophesy edified the church but tongues only edified the individual speaker without an interpreter.
Tongues are not listed by Paul as a fruit of the Spirit. Paul describes tongues as a gift, and mentions that not all believers have the same gift. Further, he mentions that believers can ask for particular gifts, indicating that the gifts are not immediately present in the believer. So, no they are not necessary.
Tongues are typically used in popular times as evidence of one’s close relationship with God. Paul picked up on this emphasis of tongues in his own church and told them that he spoke in tongues more than all of the church of Corinth. We should seek gifts that focus on the church as a whole and not only those that make us feel better and closer to God.
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Explained in the Bible. Find the answer there, not Facebook.
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I ask everyone that before we make any conclusion on the answer to this questions, I pray for everyone’s discernment and ask the Spirit of God to give us the wisdom to reveal us the truth.
The frustrations in the use of the gift of speaking in tongues led to many to disbelief this spiritual gift. Before we nullify this gift which is from the Holy Spirit, let us hold back for a moment to avoid denying the Holy Spirit works in the lives of every believer.
Such question of whether relevance or not in the current generation or even situation, is not just a problem of churches today but even in the times of Paul. That is why he wrote a letter to the Corinthians to give his view of how we should put an order in using the spiritual gifts that we have.
Just like other Spiritual Gifts, abuse is not impossible for men. Even the bronze serpent of Moses used to heal Israelites later became Nehushtan, such human error of abuse of anything God-given Gifts, is possible for abuse. However, this does not nullify the purpose of the gift regardless of when, where, and to whom it was given. Because, the WHY came from outside of us and given for us as part and parcel of the works of the Holy Spirit in us?
Like what Paul has mentioned, speaking in tongues edify the speaker as it talks to God, the gift of prophecy edifies the church. Paul encourage order but did not nullify it’s effectiveness and relevance as God’s gifts comes and goes in accordance to His Purpose and Glory to build the Kingdom of God.
The question of relevance itself is not a generic thing that simply applies to all, only to the person who are called and blessed to receive it to accomplish his or her assigned task for building the Kingdom of God.
“Now, therefore, why are you putting God to the test by placing a yoke on the neck of the disciples that neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?” -Acts 15:10
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It’s speaking in a language you’ve never learned. And no, it’s not mandated for everyone.
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Well I speak tongues and with careful study, not everyone has the gift. It’s no biggie. You may ask to the Holy spirit as he is the giver of the gifts. Anyhow we all have many gifts. The most important thing is what are we doing with our gifts? We have to be accountable to God for all the gifts he has given to us. Remember the parable of the talent.
Let’s use our talent for the Kingdom advancement.
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Alot of opinions, let’s keep it biblical, shall we?
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Every christian knows that speaking in tounges is a gift from the Holy Spirit. Is it needed by every christian? The answer is no. Its up to God what kind of gift be given to a believer, we know there are 9 gifts. And for those people who malign the believers who has the gift of tounge, its not the believers they are insulting but the Giver!!!
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Tongue is cease, there is no biblical evidence for such practice now.
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Is the language that confuses the prince of all lies. He knows all language, except speaking in tongue.
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And this signs shall follow them that BELIEVE, in my name shall they cast out devils, they shall speak with new tounges–Mark 16:17
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There is no one who speaks in tongues today. I grew up in a church that “spoke in tongues “ and I also “spoke in tongues “. It’s just the power of suggestion and peer pressure and wanting to have Gods blessing. Today’s “tongues “ are not the biblical tongues
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It is speaking in a Holy Ghost inspired language. It is a gift of the Spirit. You can be saved and not have this gift but allow Him to give it to you
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Tongues = Language, not Babbling! NO WHERE in the Gospels, did JESUS ever “speak in tongues”! Some people try to claim that when Jesus was on the Cross and shouted, “Eloi. Eloi … “ that He was speaking in tongues, but, they fail to recall that the Gospels were written in GREEK and Jesus was simply speaking in his Native Language – ARAMAIC! Read Acts – it says that in the Upper Room when the Holy Spirit came upon them they were Speaking in Other Languages that people could UNDERSTAND … so they could spread the Gospel to other regions. That’s why people were amazed. If they were babbling people would have jeered at them! No one can “Speak in Tongues” at will – it has to be for a good reason and come upon them by the Holy Spirit and for someone to interpret it, otherwise it’s Babbling. Even Paul says that. And we don’t need a special language to communicate with The Lord. He knows our thoughts before we even say them. Jesus never said we need to Speak Another Language to communicate with The Father.
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It depends on which gift of tongues you are referring to…the first is speaking in tongues which was first manifested in Acts 2 during the first outpouring on the disciples accompanied by the tongues of fire resting on their heads plus the wind. This was a very unique occurrence and was also accompanied by them speaking in diverse tongues which were known languages which the diverse multitude of Jews from the nations heard and understood…
Acts2:1 When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.The Crowd’s Response
5 And there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under heaven. 6 And when this sound occurred, the multitude came together, and were confused, because everyone heard them speak in his own language. 7 Then they were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, “Look, are not all these who speak Galileans? 8 And how is it that we hear, each in our own language in which we were born? 9 Parthians and Medes and Elamites, those dwelling in Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, 10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya adjoining Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, 11 Cretans and Arabs—we hear them speaking in our own tongues the wonderful works of God.” 12 So they were all amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, “Whatever could this mean?”13 Others mocking said, “They are full of new wine.”
If it is to be noted, this particular manifestation of cloven tongues of fire and the mighty rushing wind apart from the speaking in tongues happened on just this one occasion and served as a sign to the Jews. The second outpouring of the Holy Spirit happened in Acts 4 where the disciples prayed for another in filling and this one was characterised by boldness and utterance in proclaiming the gospel with miracles signs and wonders.
The other instances of the baptism of the Holy Spirit happen again in Acts 8 where the apostles laid hands on those that had believed the gospel in Samaria to receive the Holy Spirit but the Bible doesn’t specify how it happened just that it was something evident to the extent that Simon the sorcerer desired to receive the gift. The other instance happens in Acts 10 where Peter while preaching to the house of Cornelius witnesses them being filled with the Spirit, speaking in tongues and magnifying God. The other manifestation happens in Acts 19 where the apostle Paul prayed for the believers in Ephesus to receive the Holy Spirit whom afterward spoke in tongues and prophesied. This is the first instance where we see the gift of tongues accompanied by prophecy.
1Cor12:7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: 8 for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit, 10 to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. 11 But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills.
So we see here in this passage that the gift of tongues and interpretation of tongues included as part of the speech gifts of the Holy Spirit. In 1Cor14 the gift of tongues predominantly mentioned is that of praying in tongues not the sign gift of speaking with tongues and this particular gift Paul emphasizes is toward God first, is mysterious (no man understands it), is a spiritual language, is for self edification but can also be used simultaneously with prophecy only if there is someone with the gift of interpretation of tongues that it may be of edification to the body present and it is this particular gift of tongues that has oftentimes brought controversy either due to scriptural misunderstanding, ignorance, false doctrine or abuse. We see clearly from scripture that the speaking in tongues which is predominant in the book of Acts was mainly used as a sign to the Jews of the fulfillment of scripture and to stir up the Jews to jealousy that the gift of God had been given to the gentiles as well. Now this gift was of known languages but wasn’t used to evangelise anyone but to testify or act as a witness to the Jews in particular. The second tongues gift is a prayer language given by the Holy Spirit for self edification and can accompany prophecy hence Paul’s insistence on it’s use to be done in an orderly way, either at a personal level(between the person and God) or as a tool for prophecy with interpretation for the edification of the Church. He discourages praying aloud in tongues if not accompanied with interpretation but again still says it shouldn’t be forbidden. However, we must also face the fact that with any genuine gift of God, satan will always have a counterfeit. But that doesn’t mean the gift isn’t there or that it ceased as cessationism falsely concludes. The gift of tongues, whether speaking or praying in tongues when used as scripture recommends still remains to be very useful and powerful to the church today. -
Speaking in tongues is a gift of the Holy Spirit. The language they speak is the bridge to connect to the other people.
It is understandable and useful.Some denomination claims that they can speak in tongues, but the language they speak has no use and purely gibberish, a clear sign that it isn’t the gift of the Holy Spirit.
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