Interpretation of tongues

coherently communicate the inspired word of God; as opposed to, for instance, the gift of speaking in tongues which can only be understood by those blessed with the spiritual gift of understanding tongues. Today many Christians still

spiritual gift of tongues still continue today. To understand this fully, we need to remind ourselves of the primary purpose of the spiritual gifts and the spiritual gift of speaking in tongues. Donald W. Burdick refutes the argument of the cessationists using I Corinthians 13:8. According to him, “we must notice, however, that this verse does not say that tongues were to cease at the end of the apostolic age.” However, he also concluded that healings, tongues, interpretation of tongues, prophecy, and

over the world and Chapter 14 of 1 Corinthians mainly talks about worship practices and about the differences of “speaking in tongue” and “prophesies”. Paul talks about these two kinds of communication. Speaking in tongue is a form of communication that “does not speak to human beings, but to God”, and it would be useless to other people without them having an interpretation of the conversation with God since the person talking to God “utters mysteries in spirit”. On the other hand, prophesies are

Nevertheless, the debate is still on going if the office of the apostles and prophets ceased during the “Apostolic Age” or if it has continued on to the present day. This research paper will offer the Charismatic Movement opinion that advocates the interpretation of modern day apostles and prophets. A history of Charismatic theology will be provided. A survey of modern-day apostles and prophets will be examined. An assessment of these viewpoints will be explained and the conclusion will close out the

The way in which the gift of tongues is viewed by the modern Churches does not reflect the same view of the Early Churches. The debate over tongues is one that will not be settled in one session of writing, discuss or debate; men will continue to have their say on the subject until the day we meet Christ face to face in heaven. In the modern sense, this spiritual phenomenon is closely associated with the Pentecostal movement which originated in Bible amongst the Apostles and has caused a severe split

SPEAKING IN TONGUES IN ACTS INTRODUCTION Speaking in tongues has been a very controversial subject for many churches for decades. The Pentecostal Churches have a positive outlook on this subject, but many other Churches believe speaking in tongues is not for today’s believers. THE DAY OF PENTECOST “When the day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind

To understand the meaning of the passages about tongues and prophecy, it is important to first discern the reason Paul wrote concerning them. The central idea to 1 Cor. 14 is that God is a God of order, not disorder (1 Cor. 14:33). Paul writes this because the Corinthian church was lacking order in their congregation. For this reason, they were comparable to a symphony in which all the members were playing their own tune and therefore producing a cacophony rather than beautiful music. Therefore,

have people prophesy, than speak in tongues (unless someone can interpret them). Paul say that prophesy is for believers. If an unbeliever comes into a place where prophesy is happening, then they will become convicted by their sin and be led toward repentance. Paul also addresses what should happen if there are many who come to prophecy or share words of encouragement.

wide array of congregations and faith believers. Are these gifts just natural everyday abilities or miraculous one’s on par with what Jesus showed on earth? Scripture gives some insight into these questions but with the power and flexibility of interpretation these answers are also obscured. Before any external analyses and opinions are examined, spiritual gifts should be explained in its original context of Scripture. When looked through the span of four specific New Testament Bible passages, spiritual

particular the charismatic and or Pentecostal churches have taken a new approach, that of “speaking in tongues” as it is known. Millions around the world have come to believe this to be a compulsory sign for the presence of the Spirit whenever they pray (or preach). Due to space allocated for the article, we will not be able to deal with the subject in great detail. Both words i.e. language and tongue mean nothing more than what is spoken by a nation or race and the organ of speech or a dialect. There