Only one person should speak at a time, and each message should come with an interpretation. It is important to have order when allowing messages from God to be spoken in tongues, as to not create confusion among the church. The Apostle Paul is very specific in his guidelines for speaking in tongues. Tongues can also be used as a sign for unbelievers.
When an unbeliever walks in to a room where tongues is being spoken, it can be a sign to them of the power of God and bring them into His presence. Just like at Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit came onto the disciples and they began speaking in tongues, it encouraged many others to come to Christ. While Peter was still saying these things, the Holy Spirit fell on all who heard the word.
And the believers from among the circumcised who had come with Peter were amazed, because the gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out even on the Gentiles. For they were hearing them speaking in tongues and extolling God. Acts However, according to 1 Corinthians 14, praying in tongues is when your spirit prays.
Praying in tongues, as well as singing or worshiping in tongues is used to edify ourselves. We can use this prayer language when we are unable to find words to pray, because we are too weak. God knows our hearts and as we use this heavenly language to communicate with Him, the Holy Spirit can intercede on our behalf. Praying in tongues is also very useful when praying for other believers. Whether interceding on their behalf, or praying for a person directly, praying in tongues can speak to the depths of the human spirit.
It can edify their soul and spirit in ways that human words cannot, because the words come directly from the Father to touch those deep places that are aching. Many times someone has prayed in tongues over me and I just begin weeping because it touches me in such deep ways. Even though my mind has no idea what is being said, my spirit knows and is deeply affected! For example, if someone were to stand up in the public assembly, and speak out loudly to God for an hour in tongues — the prayer language — such an exercise would be entirely pointless and a waste of time.
I did recently. I went to a free zydeko — Cajun music — concert. By the end of an hour, I ranged from being nearly asleep, to almost climbing the walls and wondering when this concert would ever end. Such would be the same reaction from people forced to sit and listen to uninterpreted tongues for an hour. Paul pointed out an example like this, and said that in Church he would rather speak 5 words that everyone could understand than 10, words in uninterpreted tongues that no one could benefit from.
Referring back to the French concert I attended, I would have to say the same. So Paul gave the common sense instruction, that if someone felt they had something to say in other tongues to the entire congregation, let him do so.
It is at this point in the narrative where we begin to see tongues used for something other than prayer and praise. When there is something to be said to the entire congregation in other tongues, this is not a manifestation of the prayer language. In prayer man speaks to God.
And there is no need to interpret for the public the contents of our private prayers to God. If it is a public manifestation of tongues, then it is a manifestation of the actual Gift of Tongues — one of the nine gifts of the Holy Spirit listed in Chapter In the case where the Gift of Tongues is manifested, the contents of the message will be a message from God to men [vs.
In an instance of a message through the Gift of Tongues — from God to the congregation — Paul directed that such messages in tongues were to be allowed and accommodated in a public service, but the Holy Spirit directed him to set reasonable boundaries within which we are to stay.
Paul added that one person should interpret [vs. All Charismatics — currently numbering Million Christians — have experienced the prayer language of speaking in tongues. All born-again Christians have the Holy Spirit indwelling them.
However, there is a secondary experience that not all Christians have received. Indeed, many do not know that there even is another experience from God to be received. But the Lord desires for the presence of His Spirit to be within us, but also that the power of His Spirit be upon us. As it was in the days of the Bible, so is it still true today: When the Holy Spirit fell upon the born-again Christians back in Bible times, they received the ability to speak or pray in other tongues.
Acts , 4; ; All Charismatic Christians have experienced this prayer language. Far fewer have ever experienced the full Gift of Tongues enabling them to speak a message in tongues to a congregation that was then interpreted into English.
I was one of those people confused by this issue. However, I have found that the Bible is very clear on this topic. What is typically taught by some ministers is not consistent with what the Bible reveals. Thank you for Pastor Bill. I found your answers the most helpful. I have a few comments and questions. I was always resistant to someone telling me to just babble and repeat the sounds they made.
Would it be true to say that one cannot be taught to speak in tongues by people? Is it possible for someone to have a gift to interpret tongues? Hello, John. Thanks for writing to Pursuing the Truth Ministries. You are correct. You cannot be taught to speak in tongues. Speaking in tongues is to speak a different language that you have not learned. Therefore, if someone taught you to speak that language, then it would no longer be speaking in tongues.
Teaching someone to babble and repeat sounds is far removed from speaking in tongues and it introduces a severe problem, which I described in the article. Regarding the gift of interpretation. Great question! The Apostle Paul listed the interpretation of tongues along with other gifts of the Spirit in 1 Corinthians Therefore, it is possible for someone to have the gift of interpreting tongues. There are a couple of ways of looking at this though. It is like the converse of speaking in tongues.
I believe that the gift of interpretation is the latter not the former. The former belief about interpreting tongues opens the floodgates for people to babble nonsense and someone else to interpret that nonsense anyway they want—in the name of the Lord. Stay tuned for that. Your email address will not be published. Submit Comment. I try to daily pray in this language because every time you do the supernatural power of the Holy Spirit is working in your life.
The other speaking in tongues is a special gift given to some not all who have the ability to give a message in tongues publicly in a church or other setting for the specific purpose of this being interpreted by another, or even themselves.
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