Recently after talking with someone about speaking in tongues sharing a number of Scriptures with him, I received the following response: “Well, I am not sure about this; and there are many pastors who do not believe in speaking in tongues; so I guess I will have to search the Bible on the subject to see if speaking in tongues is for me.”

Mark 16:17: And these signs shall follow them that believe; …they shall speak with new tongues; [Jesus speaking].

I Corinthians 14:5: I would that ye all spake with tongues…

I Corinthians 14:2: For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God:…

I Corinthians 14:39: …and forbid not to speak with tongues.

I Corinthians 14:4: He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself;

As you can see the Scriptures encourage everyone to do it and commands no one to forbid it! And really how many Scriptures do you need to realize how wonderful and acceptable speaking in tongues is to our Heavenly Father. (And there are many more!).

It gets down to this: Do you believe God’s Word or man’s word?

God used speaking in tongues to usher in the Church age that started on the Day of Pentecost. All through the book of Acts, speaking in tongues was the evidence of the reality of the gift of holy spirit living in the believer.

Once the Heavenly Father declares a truth, that should be it for us to believe it and walk out on it.

Agape,

Bob

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