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200 Examples I Cor. 14:18 Paul is thankful that he speaks in tongues more than all others. Paul Tuttle, a United Methodist minister and former professor at Fuller Theological Seminary shares what “private” tongues means to him: “There are times in my devotional life when I can no longer find words to express my ‘innards.’. . . At that point I allow the Holy Spirit to pray through me in a language that I did not learn. I struggle with the biblical languages every day . . . I say a language because I believe it to be a language. My vocabulary is growing. I know enough about language to be able to identify sentence structure. My ‘unknown’ tongue or prayer language has periods, comas, and exclamation points. It is a marvelous gift.” 89 It should be pointed out that not all students of spiritual gifts agree that the tongues-gift of I Corinthians is a real language. Some professional linguists have tape-recorded persons speaking in tongues and said they found no linguistic structure. Therefore many of them believe they were “ecstatic utterances.” Whether tongues is ecstatic utterances or known languages the function is the same: express prayer, praise and worship to God. 90 Harold Bredesen, Pastor of North County Christian Center in San Marcos, California, gives the function of “private tongues”: 1. “Tongues enables our spirits to communicate directly with God above and beyond the power of our minds to understand. 2. “Tongues liberates the Spirit of God with us.” 3. “Tongues enable the Spirit to take its place of ascendancy over soul and body.” 4. “Tongues is God’s provision for catharsis, therefore important to our mental health.” 5. “Tongues meets our needs for a whole new language for worship, prayer and praise.” 91 Paul defines the purpose of tongues as a means of addressing God (I Cor. 14:2, 16) and thereby sets the gift in the context of worship (I Cor. 14:25) as opposed to an enjoyable thrill, an interesting mystical experience or a means of showing off to others. It was universally accepted that some people in especially close touch with God would have unusual spiritual endowments. Trances, ecstatic speech and miraculous powers were generally understood to be evidences of such spirituality. Because the Corinthians were impressed and fascinated by such so-called supernatural abilities they played down other gifts that were less spectacular. This is why Paul carefully sets the
201 gift of tongues in the context of worship and service. The test is not how the exercise of our particular gift makes us feel, but whether it makes our worship more real and meaningful and whether fellow believers are strengthened by it. This function of tongues as a means of worship is confirmed throughout the book of Acts. On the Day of Pentecost the Jewish pilgrims in Jerusalem heard the disciples telling in their own tongues “wonders of God” (Acts 2:11). At Cassarea the Jewish believers who had accompanied Peter to the home of Cornelius were amazed when the Holy Spirit was poured out on the Gentiles, “for they heard them speaking in tongues and praising God” (Acts 10:46). The dozen believers at Ephesus who had been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus “spoke in tongues and prophesied” (Acts 19:6). Although it is believed that speaking with tongues occurred on each of these three occasions to confirm that the Holy Spirit had been given, it is still significant that the New Testament records that the phenomenon was linked with bringing glory to God and encouragement to fellow believers in accordance with the principles taught in I Corinthians. The ultimate test of any gift is whether it brings honor and glory to God Almighty and whether it strengthens fellow believers. If a gift does not meet these tests it falls short of God’s intention no matter how spectacular it may seem. CHARACTERISTICS OF THOSE WITH THIS GIFT 1. Ability to speak a language (or in “ecstatic speech”) never learned. 2. Faith in God for the miraculous. 3. Tends to have an active prayer life. 4. Tends to pray with authority. 5. Tends to have a child-like faith. 6. Tends to be emotional. 7. Tends to become easily frustrated and irritated with discussions and arguments over doctrinal intricacies (minor details or complicated issues). 8. Tends to approach Scripture in a devotional manner emphasizing the heart over the mind. 9. Openness to the Spirit of God. 10. Allows room for mystery in the Christian life. 11. Expects God to work supernaturally. 12. A deep sense of awareness that God is building up the body when bringing a message in tongues. 13. Sensitive to the inner promptings of the Spirit of God.
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1 The Gifts of the Holy Spirit: God
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7 WHY STUDY SPIRITUAL GIFTS? YOU ar
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11 THE MINISTRY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
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11 II. THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT
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33 Qualifications for the Twelve 1.
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44 Female Prophets: Miriam (Ex. 15:
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55 PROPHET (PROPHECY) Proclaims God
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55 Purpose: Salvation of the Lost T
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55 have any one gift. The spiritual
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66 2. To Feed—A shepherd’s main
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66 TEACHING A strong desire to stud
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77 V. SERVING GIFTS
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77 THE GIFT OF EXHORTATION (Rom. 12
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88 Purpose: Advancement of God’s
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88 R. G. LeTourneau, the Texas indu
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88 15. “Not self-willed” (Titus
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99 THE GIFT OF MERCY (Rom. 12:8) Pu
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111 The Giftedness of Others—Ques
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111 MINISTRIES Boards & Committees
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111 VI. ARE “SUPERNATURAL” GIFT
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111 God said His name is "I am," no
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127 1. In the first one hundred yea
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129 Donald Bridge and David Phypers
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131 VII. “SUPERNATURAL GIFTS”
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135 The Giftedness of Others—Ques
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137 Examples John Wimber, who is th
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139 12. Sometimes a person in the t
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141 The Giftedness of Others--Quest
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143 The Greek word “savior” (so
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147 In Scripture there is also a ca
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251 Fee, Gordon. The First Epistle
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