“Don’t be Confused About Speaking in Tongues”
Sunday Morning, November 4, 2012
scriptures: 1 Corinthians 1, Acts 2, 1 Corinthians 14,
keywords: word, map, guide, confusion, lying, Pentecost, language, spiritual gift, tongues, amen
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God gave us the word for a map or guide. 1 Corinthians 1:10 God gave us the word to help prevent confusion and from people thinking their own way. It is not how you think but whether what you think is in line with the Lord. If one person says that God said one thing and another person said that God said someone else then someone is lying.
Acts 2:2-13 Pentecost- 50 days after Passover. It was a feast day. Verse 4- tongues means actual languages- people speaking in actual languages like Spanish, Chinese, Hebrew and etc. Verse 6: the word language is a word that means that they spoke in their actual dialect. What was amazing was that they heard people who didn’t know their languages speak in their own language and dialect. There were not just saying a bunch of gibberish. So many people are confused about speaking in tongues and this is why it is important to see what the word says that this actually is..
1 Corinthians 14:1-33 Spiritual gifts were for edification. Verse 8- If the trumpet sounded but did not have the appropriate sound or did not sound like a trumpet then people would not know how to prepare themselves. The gift of speaking in tongues (other languages) was so that other people could understand what was being said. So many people want something that they think is spiritual but it is actually confusion. Verse 16- If people can’t understand what you are saying then how can they say,”Amen”. Don’t say amen to everything especially if you don’t understand it. If someone spoke in tongues than a person was supposed to interpret so everyone could have an understanding. Verse 19- It is better to hear some someone hear you speak in words that you can understand instead of having spoken a lot of unknown languages. Verse 22- God said that he was going to speak to people through people who spoke a different language. Verse 23- The verse says that if a person was to come your church and all the people were speaking gibberish then they would think that the church was crazy. Verse 24- Prophesying was designed so people would know what was being said. Verse 27- The Lord set up things to be in order- they were supposed to prophesy one by one and no more than by three so there wouldn’t be confusion or choas. Verse 28- If there was no interpreter then they were supposed to be quiet. Even if you were so excited to say something or even if the Lord revealed it to you then you need to be quiet.