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10 Facts About Tongue Speaking
Aaron Erhardt
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Tongues are mentioned in only
three books of the New Testament (Mark, Acts, and 1 Corinthians).
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Tongues allowed speaker to
communicate in a language never studied before (Acts 2:4-8).
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Tongues were one of many
spiritual gifts in the early church (1 Cor. 12:8-10).
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Tongues were known languages,
not gibberish (Acts 2:4-8).
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Tongues, like other gifts,
were confirmatory (1 Cor. 14:22).
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In the assembly, tongue
speakers were regulated (1 Cor. 14:27-35).
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All spiritual gifts, including
tongues, ceased with completion of NT (1 Cor. 13:8-10).
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Chrysostom, Augustine, and
other early writers considered tongues obsolete.
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Tongues were not necessary for
salvation; not all Christians spoke in tongues (1 Cor. 12:30).
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Those endowed with spiritual
gifts did not lose control of themselves (1 Cor. 14:32).
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Footnotes
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1 Corinthians is the only
Pauline letter in which tongues are mentioned. He never mentioned them in
any other epistle. Peter, James, John, and Jude never mentioned tongues.
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The gift of interpretation
(translation) presupposes that what was spoken by the tongue speaker was
intelligible.
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In Acts 2 tongues confirmed
that the apostles were divinely inspired. In Acts 10 tongues confirmed that
Gentiles were acceptable to God. In Acts 19 tongues had confirmatory value
as well.
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There were four regulations:
(1) No more than two or three tongue speakers in any service; (2) had to
take turns; (3) had to have an interpreter; and (4) women could not speak.
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Sometimes so-called tongue
speakers claim that the Spirit sends them into an uncontrolled frenzy, which
is contradictory to 1 Corinthians 14:32. Therefore, the fact they lose
control of themselves proves that they are not really moved by the Spirit.
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