The Unexpected! Speaking in Tongues

The Unexpected: Speaking in Tongues

Purposing - Her Laughing - me getting nervous

Acts 2:1–13 “1 On the day of Pentecost all the believers were meeting together in one place. 2 Suddenly, there was a sound from heaven like the roaring of a mighty windstorm, and it filled the house where they were sitting. 3 Then, what looked like flames or tongues of fire appeared and settled on each of them. 4 And everyone present was filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking in other languages, as the Holy Spirit gave them this ability. 5 At that time there were devout Jews from every nation living in Jerusalem. 6 When they heard the loud noise, everyone came running, and they were bewildered to hear their own languages being spoken by the believers. 7 They were completely amazed. “How can this be?” they exclaimed. “These people are all from Galilee, 8 and yet we hear them speaking in our own native languages! 9 Here we are—Parthians, Medes, Elamites, people from Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappadocia, Pontus, the province of Asia, 10 Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, and the areas of Libya around Cyrene, visitors from Rome 11 (both Jews and converts to Judaism), Cretans, and Arabs. And we all hear these people speaking in our own languages about the wonderful things God has done!” 12 They stood there amazed and perplexed. “What can this mean?” they asked each other. 13 But others in the crowd ridiculed them, saying, “They’re just drunk, that’s all!”

Not Drunk! People!

Speaking in lounges is not salvation

Diversity of Opinion

V1 - Pentecost

1 of 3 annual festivals that all Jewish males were required to attend in Jerusalem.

Passover, Pentecost, Tabernacles

V2 - The coming of God is Unmistakable

Sound From Heaven

Psalm 29

Psalm 29:7–9 “7 The voice of the Lord strikes with bolts of lightning. 8 The voice of the Lord makes the barren wilderness quake; the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh. 9 The voice of the Lord twists mighty oaks and strips the forests bare. In his Temple everyone shouts, “Glory!””

Mighty Windstorm

Freedom, Provision, & Judgement - all showing Divine Presence

Parting the Read Sea

Num 11:31 - Wind brought Quail to feed the Israelites

Jonah’s ship blown apart

Elijah on the Mount seeking God.

Flames of Fire God’s Presence

Moses at the burring Bush

God comes down on Mount Sinai and gives the 10 commandments

God provides pillar of Fire at night

Warmth

Keeps back the Egyptian army

What’s the point?

The Holy Spirit is God

Samantha and I are one

2. The Spirit of God is in Here! Settling each of Them/Us

Because of Jesus there can be closeness like never before

The tabernacle - Moses’ couldn’t enter

Solomons Temple - the priests couldn’t enter

The judges in OT had it for a hot minute - but this is different.

2 types of Speaking in Tongues

Paul - glossolalia - utterances requiring interpretation

1 Corinthians 12-14

Romans 8:26

Ephesians 6:18

Acts - xenolalia - other recognizable languages

Babel

Genesis 11:4–7 “4 Then they said, “Come, let’s build a great city for ourselves with a tower that reaches into the sky. This will make us famous and keep us from being scattered all over the world.” 5 But the Lord came down to look at the city and the tower the people were building. 6 “Look!” he said. “The people are united, and they all speak the same language. After this, nothing they set out to do will be impossible for them! 7 Come, let’s go down and confuse the people with different languages. Then they won’t be able to understand each other.””

Tammy - A girl in Africa praying in English

Jay Mooney - Praying in Spanish

Both types of Speaking in Tongues

= Fulfill the mission of telling people about Jesus

Boldness and closeness

God is not afraid or ashamed to make a splash but when he does its about the Glory of God and his saving powers

If speaking in tongues is about anything else its taking the Lords name in vain. #3

The Unexpected: Speaking in Tongues

They weren’t looking for what happened. They were looking for the gift.

Expect the Unexpected - Oxymoronic - but God is bound to language you can understand

Samantha

Surrender our preconceived ideas

Not what you have experienced

Not what you have learned

The struggle is real for me. Hold is loosely

The spirit isn’t in the passengers seat helping me. He is in here guiding me.