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NASB | Acts 2:4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit was giving them utterance. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 2:4 And they were all filled [that is, diffused throughout their being] with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues (different languages), as the Spirit was giving them the ability to speak out [clearly and appropriately]. |
Subject: No speaking in tongues, no Holy Spirit? |
Bible Note: Steve angels do not usually speak to men and when they do, I don’t know if they speak in an unknown language or not but I do know the men understand. For us to speak in an unknown language your right would be fruitless and here is one of the abuses of tongues in the church today people speaking in tongues without interpretation. If it is authentic it will not happen. For me to pray in the my prayer closet in unknown tongues is nothing more than me allowing the Holy Spirit to pray though me. Even then I should have an general understanding of the prayer. By that I mean we don’t just go into the our prayer closet put our minds in neutral and allow gibberish to come from our mouths. We should be praying in tongues with reasoning. Why God chooses to use tongues in prayer closet situations is debated, some say it is to confuse Satan, I don’t buy that. I think sometimes we are praying about a situation and just don’t know how to pray and Holy Spirit intervenes and prays through us in unknown tongues so we don’t know all the details of what is going to take place. I do not believe we should pray for anybody in tongues unless we are willing to provide an interpretation of what we said. We see this a lot with TV evangelist praying for people. When we pray for people it should be with their understanding so they can say amen as instructed by Paul. Do not discount the gifts of the Spirit because of the abuses and misuses. Search the scripture and you will see it real and for today. |