Is speaking in Tongue a must?

Speaking in tongue has controversial argument among christians, at the end of my notes i will brings out some scriptural verses that encourages us to speak in tongue. Seaking in tongue is a heavenly language and you can only have this gift when u received the HOLY SPIRIT. Speaking in tongue is the gift of the HOLY SPIRIT. The Bible does not make it mandatory 4 every christians to speak in tongue or declaring that prayers without tongue is not answered. Tongue speaking is a better communication with our Heavenly father and it is the highest stage in the spiritual realm. Tongue speaking stir up our spiritual realm and if u don't activate your innermost spirit to speak in tongue, u can't speak in tongue. Some people thought tongue speaking will just come as a gift when u are praying. Tongue speaking don't come like that, some pray and get distracted by other things. If your spirit is activate, it will connect with the HOLY SPIRIT in u to bring utterances of words into your mouth.

When u are praying in tongues, certains things u forgot to pray about will start coming to your spirit and sometime u will just see yourself praying for someone u haven't see for along time. It is good 4 every christians to speak in tongue but is not a must.

Jude 20 – “But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost.”
Acts 2:4 – “And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.”
1 Corinthians 14:14 – “For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.”
1 Corinthians 14:2 – “For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.”
1 Corinthians 14:4 – “He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.”
1 Corinthians 14:16 – “Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?”

Posted: at 25-05-2011 04:13 AM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac

speeking in tongues in nothing to pratice niether is a gift from Holy spirit
St. Paul, in 1 Corinthians, describes tongues as glossolalia. 2 The congregation is generally unable to understand what is being said. The person speaking in tongues is described as communicating with God. A person with the special gift of interpretation is needed to translate the words. Paul describes speaking in tongues as the least important of the possible gifts of the Holy Spirit, and implies that they are a routine occurrence in at least the church at Corinth.

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Posted: at 14-06-2011 10:30 PM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac

1 Corinthians 12:4-12: St. Paul explains how the Holy Spirit gives to each new believer a gift. This gift may be wisdom, knowledge, faith, ability to heal others, ability to perform miracles, prophecy, discernings of spirits, speaking in tongues, or interpretation of the words of a person speaking in tongues. Some see this passage as implying that each believer receives only one gift - or at most a few gifts.

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Posted: at 24-06-2011 05:17 AM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac

It is good to pray in tongues, because thats the language the devil does NOT understand.

Posted: at 24-06-2011 07:51 AM (13 years ago) | Newbie

The Word of  God states that there is no private interpretation of Scriptures. As it relates to speaking in other tongues, of course the topic is very controversial, but the Scriptures clearly demonstrates the work of the Spirit of God as shown on the Day of Pentecost. It does not take a theologian to read Acts 2:1-4 (and that's just one Scripture) and gain knowledge as to how the Holy Ghost operates. I want to add that there is a huge difference between the experience as shown in Acts 2:1-4, Acts 10:44-48, and Acts 19:1-6 and that of I Corinthians chapters 12 thru 14. First and foremost, the Book of Corinthians speaks about the gift of tongues also known as the gift of diverse kinds of tongues.  It's a spiritual gift in which, if God chooses, He will endow that gift within a person. However, the individual must first have experinenced the baptism of the Holy Ghost, which was first poured out on the Day of Pentecost.

Now, in the Book of Acts, the emphasis is the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. Speaking in other tongues is the manifestaton, or evidence that the 120 disciples received the Holy Ghost. For example, Acts 2:4 states "And they were FILLED with the Holy Ghost and BEGAN  TO SPEAK in other TONGUES as the Spirit of God gave the utterance (or ability). It is very important to understand that before a person could speak in tongues that they must be filled first. Altough there are many people that fake speaking in tongues and that there are churches that actually coach people how to speak, the Holy Ghost is nevertheless real. Many people who say that they are Christians claim to be Spirit filled, BUT where's the evidence? Have you received the Holy Ghost since you believed? (Acts 19:1-2. 

Posted: at 27-06-2011 05:09 AM (13 years ago) | Newbie