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NASB | Mark 9:24 Immediately the boy's father cried out and said, "I do believe; help my unbelief." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Mark 9:24 Immediately the father of the boy cried out [with a desperate, piercing cry], saying, "I do believe; help [me overcome] my unbelief." |
Subject: Holy Spirit baptism and tongues |
Bible Note: Richlou Let us use standard hermenuetics here and see what we come up. The Corinthians had overestimated the importance the gift of tongues in public worship. They were speaking in tongues without interpretation and Paul was bringing correction. An outline of the this chapter would be: 1 Prophecy edifies the church more than interpreted tongues. vv.1-4 2. Prophecy and tongues with interpretation are equally important to the church. v5 3. Speaking in tongues in public worship services without interpretation is of no benefit to others vv.6-12 4. Those who speak or pray in tongues in church should seek to edify the church by praying for the gift of interpretation. V 13 5. In Paul’s personal life speaking in tongues to God is an important means of worship and spiritual growth. vv. 14-19 6. Prophecy is more useful than uninterpreted tongues because prophecy brings conviction of sin and the knowledge of God’s presence. vv.20-25 7. Speaking in tongues and prophesying must be regulated so that order in maintained in the church. vv.26-40 Outline from Full Life Study Bible Publisher Zondervan Pg 1774. Verse 2 which we seem to have the most trouble with could be taken two ways. 1 Some believe that this verse indicates that the principal use of tongues, whether in the church or in private, is to speak primarily to God and not to humans. I disagree. 2 On the other hand Paul’s statement may mean that only God understands a tongue unless it is interpreted (v. 5). The implication would be that tongues, spoken about here is a prayer language. Verse 15 is a cap stone in this discussion. Paul is referring to his own experience, to his own private use of tongues directed to God. Paul used tongues not only for praying , but also for singing, praising, and giving thanks to God. Verse 18 Again the reason for this passage is correction Paul is saying he would rather speak five intelligible words than ten thousand no one knows what he is saying. But notice he did thank God for the ability to speak in tongues or those unintelligible words. Dr. John MacArthur explanation of this passage tips on the use of singular tongues and plural tongues. He bases his argument that when Paul used singular he was talking about gibberish and when Paul used the plural form he was talking about languages of man. I respectfully disagree with Dr MacArthur. I believe when Paul used the singular form he was in fact talking the language of Angels, of which there is only one, as the text states and when he used the plural he was talking of the tongues of men of which there are many. Whether Dr MacArthur be right and I be wrong or vice versa there is no way to get to the meaning of the text you came up with. |