40-Bible Teachings about Tongues - NAS

1. The Following Points Should Be Carefully Noted When Considering the Gift of Tongues.

the Gift of Tongues Was and Is a Spiritual Gift Addressing the Need for Communication in a Real Language in Order to Break the Language Barrier and Communicate the Gospel and Authentic Truth.

Acts 2:4-8 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit was giving them ________________. [5] Now there were Jews living in ________________, devout men from every nation under heaven. [6] And when this sound occurred, the crowd came together, and were __________________ because each one of them was hearing them speak in his own language. [7] They were amazed and __________________, saying, "Why, are not all these who are ______________ ________________? [8] "And how is it that we each hear them in our own language to which we were born?

2. The Word "Glossalalia" Means Languages.
Revelation 14:6 And I saw another angel flying in ________________, having an ____________ gospel to preach to those who live on the earth, and to every nation and tribe and tongue and people;

3. Acts Chapters 2, 10, and 19, Contain the Only Three Mentions of Tongues. In Each Instance, People of Other Language Groups Are Present. In Other Words, the Gift of Tongues Was Present for the Sake of Those Who Would Benefit by Hearing the Gospel in Their Mother Tongue.

In Acts 2, Tongues Are.
Acts 2:8 "And how is it that we each hear them in our own ______________ to _________ we were born?

Acts 2:11 Cretans and Arabs -we hear them in our own ____________ ______________ of the mighty deeds of God."

4. In Acts 10, Cornelius and His Household Upon Accepting Jesus Spoke in Tongues.
Peter was a Jew. Cornelius was a Greek. Cornelius spoke in a real language which Peter understood. This confirmed in Peter's mind the reality of Cornelius' conversion.

 5. Cornelius Received the Same Gift the Disciples Received.
Acts 11:17 "________________ if God gave to them the same gift as He gave to us also after ________________ in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could stand in God's way?"

Every time the Bible mentions tongues in Acts there is more than one language group present.

 6. The Corinthian Church Was Paul's Problem Church. In Corinth, Paul Attempted to Control the Abuse of the Genuine Gift. He Set Forth the Following Guidelines.
1 Corinthians 14:27 If anyone speaks in a tongue, it __________ be by two or at the most three, and each in turn, and one must ________________;

1 Corinthians 14:28 But if there is no interpreter, he must keep silent in the __________; and let him speak to ____________ and to God.

1 Corinthians 14:32 And the ____________ of prophets are ____________ to prophets;

1 Corinthians 14:33 For God is not a God of ________________ but of peace, as in all the ______________ of the saints.

7. Paul Was Appealing for Intelligent Communication.
1 Corinthians 14:9 So also you, unless you utter by the tongue speech that is clear, how will it be known what is __________? For you will be ______________ into the air.

1 Corinthians 14:19 However, in the church I desire to speak five words with my mind so that I may instruct others also, rather than ten ______________ words in a tongue.

8. The Holy Spirit Interprets Our Prayers into the Language of Heaven, Interceding for Us at God's Throne.
Romans 8:26 In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself __________________ for us with ________________ too deep for words;

Since the Holy Spirit translates our prayers, it is unnecessary to speak a language we do not understand.

 9. The Highest Faculty That God Has Given to Each of Us Is Our Mind.
Philippians 2:5 Have this ______________ in __________________ which was also in Christ Jesus,

It is dangerous to allow any power, to control our mind. The mind is the seat of intelligence. It is with the mind that we worship God. Any form of worship which bypasses the mind can become emotional manipulation.

 10. Tongues Is Only One of the Spiritual Gifts. It Is Not the Sign of the Infilling of the Holy Spirit. Witnessing Is a Sign of the Infilling of the Holy Spirit.
Acts 1:6-8 So when they had come together, they were asking Him, saying, "Lord, is it at this time You are ________________ the kingdom to Israel?" [7] He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or epochs which the Father has fixed by His own ________________; [8] but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My ________________ both in ________________, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the ______________ part of the earth."

11. The Purpose of All the Gifts of the Spirit Is to Strengthen the Church.
1 Corinthians 14:12 So also you, since you are zealous of ________________ gifts, seek to abound for the ___________________ of the church.

12. Not Everyone Receives Every Gift.
1 Corinthians 12:29-30 All are not apostles, are they? All are not prophets, are they? All are not teachers, are they? All are not workers of ______________, are they? [30] All do not have gifts of ______________, do they? All do not speak with tongues, do they? All do not ________________, do they?

13. As God Sees Fit, He Gives Gifts to Each Person for the Purpose of Furthering His Work.
1 Corinthians 12:6-11 There are varieties of effects, but the same God who works all things in all persons. [7] But to each one is given the _______________________ of the Spirit for the common good. [8] For to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, and to another the word of ________________ according to the same Spirit; [9] to another faith by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, [10] and to another the ________________ of miracles, and to another prophecy, and to another the _________________________ of spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, and to another the _________________________ of tongues. [11] But one and the same Spirit works all these things, _____________________ to each one _____________________ just as He wills.

1 Corinthians 12:18 But now God has placed the ____________, each one of them, in the body, just as He ____________.

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