Others believe that speaking in tongues refers to some kind of spiritual or heavenly language. This is supported by Paul writing in 1 Corinthians where he refers to speaking in the tongues of angels. Today some Protestant churches believe that speaking in tongues is still a gift from the Holy Spirit.
However, other Protestant churches reject this idea, believing the gift of tongues was only for the time of the early Church.
Surely, then, we should not expect all to speak in tongues either. Secondly, according to 1 Cor. In other words, Paul seems to suggest that the Spirit sovereignly differentiates among Christians and distributes one or more gifts to this person and yet another, a different gift to this person and yet another gift to that one, and so on.
Then there is 1 Cor. In Greek there is a grammatical structure that is designed to elicit a negative response to the question being asked. Paul employs it in 1 Cor.
All are not prophets, are they? All are not teachers, are they? All are not workers of miracles, are they? All do not have gifts of healings, do they? All do not speak with tongues, do they? All do not interpret, do they? The same Greek verb is used in these texts that we find in 1 Cor. Furthermore, in 1 Cor. But in 1 Cor. Some but not I insist that 1 Cor. Not everyone is gifted by the Spirit to speak in tongues during the corporate gathering of the church.
But the potential does exist for every believer to pray in tongues in private. Jack Hayford argues that the gift of tongues is limited in distribution 1 Cor. The difference between these operations of the Holy Spirit is that not every Christian has reason to expect he or she will necessarily exercise the public gift; while any Christian may expect and welcome the private grace of spiritual language in his or her personal time of prayer fellowship with God 1 Cor.
Not everyone will minister a prophetic word, not everyone will teach, and so on. Why could not the same be true for tongues? The NT never uses this term to describe speaking in tongues. The individual is perceived as losing self-control, perhaps lapsing into a frenzied condition in which self-consciousness and the power for rational thinking are eclipsed.
There is no indication anywhere in the Bible that people who speak in tongues lose self-control or become unaware of their surroundings. Paul insists that the one speaking in tongues can start and stop at will 1 Cor. Tongues is often highly emotional and exhilarating, bringing peace, joy, etc. Article originally published on SamStorms.
Used with permission. Sam Storms is an Amillennial, Calvinistic, charismatic, credo-baptistic, complementarian, Christian Hedonist who loves his wife of 44 years, his two daughters, his four grandchildren, books, baseball, movies, and all things Oklahoma University. This article is part of our larger resource library of terms important to the Christian faith. From heaven and hell, to communion and baptism, we want to provide easy to read and understand articles that answer your questions about theological terms and their meaning.
What is Blasphemy and Why is it So Deadly? Speaking in tongues is a characteristic expression of Pentecostal Christianity, like in the Assemblies of God and Church of God in Christ Cleveland, Tennessee denominations. In some cases, especially when someone speaks in tongues in front of a group of people like a congregation, there is someone else who has been recognized with the spiritual gift of interpreting tongues that can translate the utterances in order to make them understandable and edifying for everyone who hears them.
Some Christians believe that speaking in tongues is speaking another human language, which is just unknown to the speaker, others believe that speaking in tongues is speaking in another language, which is not human, but divine. Other Christians, especially those of a Pentecostal persuasion, believe that tongues is still operational today, having experienced a revival at the beginning of the 20th century.
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