20 Reasons Why Christians Should Speak in Tongues



20 Reasons Why Christians Should Speak in Tongues

1. Speaking in other tongues foretold in the prophecies of the Old Testament.

Isaiah 28: 11-12

For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.

To whom he said, This [is] the rest [wherewith] ye may cause the weary to rest; and this [is] the refreshing: yet they would not hear.

2. The New Testament Declares That Speaking In Tongues Is a Fulfillment Of This Old Testament Prophecy

1st Cor. 14: 21

In the law it is written, With [men of] other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord.

3. In The Great Commission Christ Said That Believers Should Speak In Tongues.

Mark 16: 15-17

And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;

They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

4. All Of The Original 120 Disciples Who Were Filled With The Holy Ghost On The Day Of Pentecost Spoke With Other Tongues.

Luke 24:19

And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.

Acts 1:13-14

And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James [the son] of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas [the brother] of James.

These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

Acts 2:1-4

And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.

And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.

And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

5. The First Gentiles To Be Saved Received The Holy Ghost And Spoke In Other Tongues.

Acts 10:44-46

While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word.

And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.

For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter,

6. The Apostle Paul Spoke In Other Tongues

1st Cor. 14:18-19

I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:

Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that [by my voice] I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an [unknown] tongue.

7. Over Twenty-Five Years After Pentecost Those Who Received The Holy Ghost Spoke In Other Tongues.

Acts 19:4-6

Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.

When they heard [this], they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

And when Paul had laid [his] hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.

8. Did Believers At Samaria Who Received The Holy Ghost Speak In Other Tongues?

Acts 8: 6-7

And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.

For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed [with them]: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed.

Acts 8:17

Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:

(For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)

Then laid they [their] hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.

And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,

9. Speaking In Tongues Is A Gift Given By God To The Church.

1st Cor. 12:4

Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.

1st Cor. 12:8-11

For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;

To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;

To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another [divers] kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:

But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.

10. He That Speaketh In Other Tongues Speaketh Unto God.

1st Cor. 14:12

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.

11. The Believer That Speaks In Tongues Edifies Himself.

1sr Cor. 14:4

He that speaketh in an [unknown] tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.

12. Paul Said, “ I Would Ye All Spake With Tongues”

1st Cor. 14: 5

I would that ye all spake with tongues,

13. Speaking In Other Tongues Equal To Prophecy If Interpretated.

I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater [is] he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.

1st Cor. 14:23

If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in [those that are] unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?

1st Cor. 14: 28

But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.

1st Cor.14: 30-32

If [any thing] be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace.

For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted.

And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.

14. One May Pray In The Spirit Through The Unknown Tongue.

Romans 8: 26-27

Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what [is] the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to [the will of] God.

15. Speaking In Tongues Is A Sign To Unbelievers.

1st Cor. 14:21-22

In the law it is written, With [men of] other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord.

Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying [serveth] not for them that believe not, but for them which believe.

16. The Speaking In Other Tongues Has Sometimes Been In The Native Language Of One Present, Thereby Convincing Him Of The Reality Of The Gift.

Acts 2:4-8

And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.

Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.

And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?

And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?

17. God Said That With Stammering Lips And Another Tongue He Would Speak To The People.

Isa. 28:11

For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.

18. The Speaking In Tongues Is The Rest And Refreshing Promised From The Lord

Isa. 28: 11-12

For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.

To whom he said, This [is] the rest [wherewith] ye may cause the weary to rest; and this [is] the refreshing: yet they would not hear.

19. Paul Commanded The Church That They Should “Forbid Not To Speak In Tongues”

1st Cor. 14: 39-40

Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.

Let all things be done decently and in order.

20. Contrast Between The Tower Of Babel And Pentecost

Gen. 11: 5-9

And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

And the LORD said, Behold, the people [is] one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.

Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.

So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.

Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

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