Subject: Has speaking in tongues ceased? |
Bible Note: Please read the entire chapter 14 and you will see that Paul was teaching this young Corinthian church the proper use of tonges. Read it, there is no way you can interpret that 14:18 Paul is talking about languages he learned by study. 14:1 Follow the way of love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, 14:2 For anyone who speaks ina tongue does not speak to men but to God. INDEED, NO ONE UNDER STANDS HIM; HE UTTERS MYSTERIES WITH HIS SPIRIT. 14:4 HE WHO SPEAKS IN A TONGUE EDIFIES HIMSELF, 14:5 I WOULD LIKE EVERY ONE OF YOU TO SPEAK IN TONGUES, but I would rather have you prophesy. He who prophesies is greater than one who speaks in tongues, UNLESS HE INTERPRETS, so that the church may be edified. 14:13 For this reason anyone who speaks in a tongue should PRAY THAT HE MAY INTERPRET WHAT HE SAYS. 14:14 For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, BUT MY MIND IS UNFRUITFUL. So what shall I do? I will pray WITH MY SPIRIT, but I will also pray WITH MY UNDERSTANDING. 14:16 iF YOU ARE PRAISING gOD WITH YOUR SPIRIT, how can one who finds himself among those WHO DO NOT UNDERSTAND SAY AMEN. 14:18 I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you. BUT IN THE CHURCH I WOULD RATHER SPEAK FIVE INTELLIGIBLE WORDS TO INSTRUCT OTHERS THAN TEN THOUSAND WORDS IN A TONGUE. I could go on with the rest of the chapter but I want you to study the scriptures. Their is no way you can interpre this chapter as Paul talking about human languages. Next I will encourage you to read chapter 10 of the book of Acts when the out pouring of the Holy Spirit came upon the Gentiles and they spoke in tongues. And from their on in church history to this day God has given this gift to win the soul of lost humanity. God Bless |