Subject: Is speaking in tongues for today? |
Bible Note: When the apostles were gathered together and first spoke in tongues they spoke in discernable languages. The Bible says, "every man heard them speak in his own language." (Acts 2:6) Paul later tells us that some speak in an unknown tongue. Is the gift of speaking in tongues for today? This is hard to say. All the gifts of the Spirit were given to fulfill the purpose of spreading the gospel - and to cause others to believe. I have attended pentacostal meetings that claimed to speak in tongues -- but did they really? I sensed a spirit of confusion and not the Holy Spirit whom I know personally. I saw pentacostals act in ways unbecoming and disorderly. I saw them live like devils all week and become holy on Sunday. I saw them claim to heal sickness that was never truly healed. I saw them ask for healings for headaches. If I were the pastor I would have said take an asprin. Can God do all these things. Yes! Will he do it to glorify man? No! Through a truly humble man who ministers in humility, and when there is a need to further the gospel, He will do these things. But to the proud and the arrogant and the haughty he will allow them to be caught up in their own folly and foolishness. Because of this, these things, if present, will be seen seldom in today's church. |