DO ALL SPEAK IN TONGUES? - ALBERT ELISHA OBERDORFER - SAMPLE
From a strictly biblical perspective, the answer is clear. 'Yes and No.' Everybody who has received the Holy Spirit speaks in tongues as a sign. But not everybody also operates in the gift of tongues. In other words, in the bible, we find two types of speaking in tongues. - The accompanying sign of speaking in tongues, according to Jesus in Mark 16:17: "And these signs shall follow those who believe ... in my name ... they will speak with new tongues ..." - And the gift of tongues, according to Paul in 1 Corinthians 12:10-11: "To one is given ... to another different kinds of tongues .. one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills." Get a crystal-clear insight into this subject that has baffled many believers for centuries.
From a strictly biblical perspective, the answer is clear.
'Yes and No.'
Everybody who has received the Holy Spirit speaks in tongues as a sign.
But not everybody also operates in the gift of tongues.
In other words, in the bible, we find two types of speaking in tongues.
- The accompanying sign of speaking in tongues, according to Jesus in Mark 16:17:
"And these signs shall follow those who believe ... in my name ... they will speak with new tongues ..."
- And the gift of tongues, according to Paul in 1 Corinthians 12:10-11:
"To one is given ... to another different kinds of tongues .. one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills."
Get a crystal-clear insight into this subject that has baffled many believers for centuries.
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8 For if the trumpet makes an<br />
uncertain sound, who will prepare for<br />
battle?<br />
9 So likewise you, unless you utter by<br />
the tongue words easy to understand,<br />
how will it be known what is spoken?<br />
For you will be speaking into the air.<br />
10 There are, it may be, so many kinds<br />
of languages in the world, and none of<br />
them is without significance.<br />
11 Therefore, if I do not know the<br />
meaning of the language, I shall be a<br />
foreigner to him who speaks, and he<br />
who speaks will be a foreigner to me.<br />
12 Even so you, since you are zealous<br />
for spiritual gifts, LET IT BE FOR THE<br />
EDIFICATION OF THE CHURCH that<br />
you seek to excel.<br />
If we speak to each other in an ‘ordinary’<br />
tongue, we don’t edify one another.<br />
Because we can’t understand when we<br />
speak in tongues (as a sign).<br />
It is like when you are meeting someone,<br />
and you can’t communicate because you<br />
don’t speak that person’s language, and<br />
that person can’t speak your language.<br />
So, speaking in tongues is not for<br />
teaching.<br />
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