11/26/23
Acts 2:5-11 These verses describe clearly what speaking in tongues is. It is not glossolalia, speaking in gibberish. It is the miracle of speaking in a spiritual language which all people can understand in their own language . Interpretation of tongues is the explanation of what was said. An example; if you speak in tongues to a group of people who all are of different languages they will hear what you say in their own language but not necessarily understand the message. A tongues interpreter is then needed to reveal what the message is. If no one is available to do this then the one to whom the message was given should keep silent. If you said in tongues, “ If I had known that there was so little time I would have made every second count “. What does this mean ? If you are able to interpret this message then you may say, “ In my mortal life with Christ that is so brief I must not waste a second. “ This is only an example but I hope it suffices.
Tongues is not needed today because the church is so scattered that the small groups of saints are of the same nation and language, also the Holy Spirit is the teacher through Jesus the mediator and you have no need for anyone to teach you. If one in the group receives an understanding and shares it with the others the Holy Spirit will enable them to understand the same thing that was revealed to you. In this way the Holy Spirit of the Father is the only teacher and God receives all the glory.
People in some of the false churches attempt to imitate tongues without knowing things of the Spirit of God and make a pitiful spectacle of themselves. They do this with all the things of the Spirit.
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