Speaking in tongues is a phenomenon in which people speak in languages previously unknown to them.
The language maybe the choice of communication to the locals but not to the speaker.
The first occurrence of speaking in tongues occurred on the day of Pentecost in Acts 2:1-4. The apostles went out and shared the gospel with the crowds, speaking to them in their own languages: “We hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!” (Acts 2:11). The Greek word translated tongues literally means “languages.” Therefore, the gift of tongues is speaking in a language a person does not know in order to minister to someone who does speak that language. In 1 Corinthians chapters 12–14, Paul discusses miraculous gifts, saying, “Now, brothers, if I come to you and speak in tongues, what good will I be to you, unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or word of instruction?” (1 Corinthians 14:6). According to the apostle Paul, and in agreement with the tongues described in Acts, speaking in tongues is valuable to the one hearing God’s message in his or her own language, but it is useless to everyone else unless it is interpreted/translated.
All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
What we see today as speaking in tongues is mere Mockery of the Grace received from the Holy Spirit, when people pretend to be endowed and shout aloud gibberish, to have others believe they are the chosen ones and hence gifted.
The language maybe the choice of communication to the locals but not to the speaker. The first occurrence of speaking in tongues occurred on the day of Pentecost in Acts 2:1-4. The apostles went out and shared the gospel with the crowds, speaking to them in their own languages: “We hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!” (Acts 2:11). The Greek word translated tongues literally means “languages.” Therefore, the gift of tongues is speaking in a language a person does not know in order to minister to someone who does speak that language. In 1 Corinthians chapters 12–14, Paul discusses miraculous gifts, saying, “Now, brothers, if I come to you and speak in tongues, what good will I be to you, unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or word of instruction?” (1 Corinthians 14:6). According to the apostle Paul, and in agreement with the tongues described in Acts, speaking in tongues is valuable to the one hearing God’s message in his or her own language, but it is useless to everyone else unless it is interpreted/translated.
All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
What we see today as speaking in tongues is mere Mockery of the Grace received from the Holy Spirit, when people pretend to be endowed and shout aloud gibberish, to have others believe they are the chosen ones and hence gifted.
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