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Introduction:
This is a great question and one that is the topic of many debates and strong opinions and one that genuine christians disagree over.
I think we will see that a proper understanding of scripture will give us our answer.
1.) What is speaking in tongues?
A.) First Occurrence
The first time anyone spoke in tongues occured on the day of Pentecost in the book of Acts.
The disciples went out to the Temple and shared the gospel with the crowds and were able to speak to people in their own languages even though the disciples had never learned those languages in order to share the gospel.
This was a sign gift given to help advance the spread of the Gospel around the world in the early church.
B.) Defintion
The word translated as “tongues” means languages.
Acts 2:6-8 make it clear that the apostles were speaking in actual human languages.
In mulit-cultural areas, like Corinth, for instance the ability to speak in tongues would have been very valuable.
In 1 Corinthians 12-14 Paul discusses this gift in detail.
According to Paul and the examples in Acts, speaking in tongues is only valuable when it is done to aid someone in hearing the Gospel in his or her own language,
but it is useless to anyone else unless it is translated.
C.) Interpretation
The gift of interpretation is when a person could understand what a tongues-speaker was saying even though he did not know the language that was being spoken.
The tongues interpreter would then communicate the message the tongues speaker was saying in order that everyone else, who didn't speak that language could understand.
Now notice what Paul says in
2.) Is the gift of tongues for today?
In 1 Corinthians 13:8-10 it is mentioned that the gift of tongues will cease when, the perfect is come.
There is much debate over what “that which is perfect” means.
Some say, it refers to the completion of scripture and therefore is no longer needed in areas that have the complete scripture.
Others say, that the phrase is referring to the return of Christ.
But, the fact remains that the Bible never explicitly says that the gift of tongues has ceased.
However, at the same time, if the gift of tongues were active today, it would be practiced in agreement with scripture.
it would be real and intelligible languages not ecstatic utterances and fibber-jaber.
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