There’s a common misconception about the BIBLICAL FUNCTION of TONGUES that has hidden a REAL GEM from many

 

 

There’s a common misconception about the BIBLICAL FUNCTION of TONGUES that has hidden a REAL GEM from many.

Let’s uncover it:

𝐈 𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐀𝐍𝐒 𝟏𝟒:𝟐
𝟐 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐧, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐆𝐨𝐝: 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐦; 𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬.

This verse was about a person speaking in tongues, in Bible times.

Notice:

1. His tongue was 𝘶𝘯𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯, not known.

It simply wasn't the case that in Bible times tongues were always known by the hearers.

Therefore:

2. He was speaking 𝘵𝘰 𝘎𝘰𝘥 not to men.

In other words, 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 - he was praying in tongues.

"...𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘮..." it says.

Tongues weren't only for the purpose of directly preaching the gospel to unbelievers.

Even in Bible times, a tongue might be 𝘶𝘯𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯; and 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 in that 𝘶𝘯𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 tongue was an entirely valid function of the gift of tongues.

3. He was speaking mysteries in the spirit.

As Paul said:

"𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘦, 𝙢𝙮 𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙩 𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙩𝙝, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘧𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘧𝘶𝘭.

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯? 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰" (𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘴 14,15).

(And Acts 2:4 says they spake with other tongues 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦.)

When we speak in an unknown tongue, our spirit is praying, even though we don't understand it. In the spirit we are speaking mysteries.

"𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘮𝘺 𝘎𝘰𝘥, 𝘐 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭," Paul said, talking about praying privately in tongues (verse 18).

"𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴," he said (verse 5).

Speaking, praying, singing, giving thanks, blessing and praising in an unknown tongue is Biblical, it’s New Testament, authentic, effective and edifying.

𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴!

It's a great way to be "𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵" (Ephesians 6:18)!