"The Sign of Tongues"

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The SIGN of Tongues

“And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. Whatever could this mean? I will show signs in the earth.” (Acts 2:4, 12, 19)

You might be wondering, “Why should hearing about tongues interest me?” If you consider yourself a Christian, for at least two reasons. One, it’s in the Bible. You want to, need to understand for yourself God’s word. The Bible was written to you and for you! There is one whole 40 verse chapter in the Bible devoted to the subject (1Cor.14). It’s mentioned as one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit, which makes it good news. Tongues were spoken all over the book of Acts. The church of which you are a member (There’s no such thing as the Early Church – there is only The Church.) was birthed with the experience of speaking in tongues.

Two, your experience in the Lord should match what is in the Bible, our textbook for Christian faith and practice. The Model Church began with this experience of speaking in tongues (Acts 2:4). Personally, I don’t want them to believe anything I don’t believe or experience anything I don’t experience.

So, whatever you believe and experience, you must admit this subject is important to God and it should be to you. Every person in the beginning of the church in Acts spoke in tongues. Maybe you should at least consider knowing about and even speaking in tongues yourself.

What is speaking in tongues? It is a Spirit-filled person speaking in a language he has never learned. The KJV Bible translates it “Unknown Tongue.” It is unknown to the speaker and to everyone else unless it is interpreted by the same Holy Spirit.

Tongues are simply the Greek word glossa meaning languages or dialects. Languages are nothing to be afraid of, any more than being afraid of going to Germany and hearing someone speak German. The difference here is, by the Spirit the language is spoken by someone who never learned that language! It’s a supernatural, spiritual thing. But it is still a language and we do not need to be fearful about it. When you are speaking in tongues you are doing what the Bible says, “speaking the wonderful works of God.” (Acts 2:11)

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