Being filled with the Holy Spirit is the most powerful and majestic experience a person can ever encounter. If I had to choose between going to Disneyland and being filled by the Spirit, I'd choose God's Spirit.

One of the many ways that the in-filling of the Holy Spirit manifests in believers is through one's speaking in tongues. This experience is also probably one of the most controversial topics in the Christian church today.

Some churches shun the idea of the possibility while others abuse the phenomenon by scripting and faking it to appear like God is baptizing them. Whichever the dilemma, there is one source of such problems -- that is a flawed understanding of the manifestation of the gift of tongues.

The Bible is the best tool to explain speaking in tongues. What does the Word of God have to say about it?

A functional manifestation
The gift of tongues is not something that God rewards for no reason. It is a functional manifestation that can actually be used for the edification of the church once interpreted accurately. So many churches practice it, but little seek the gift of interpretation which comes from the same God and also comes freely to those who ask.

1 Corinthians 14:27 says, "If any speak in a tongue, let there be only two or at most three, and each in turn, and let someone interpret."

A gift from God
Acts 2:4 "And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance." The gift of tongues comes from God and nowhere else. The words cannot be taught nor can it be copied, but just like any language, it takes time and practice to master and grow comfortable in.

A yardstick of faith
There are two problems that hinder the gift of tongues in the church: disbelief and fear. Both are born of a lack of faith. When we speak in tongues, we conquer both disbelief and fear, meaning our faith in God becomes unhindered.

A powerful tool
There is power behind the gift of tongues. Romans 8:26 tells us that "Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words."

When we don't have the points to pray for, the Spirit can give us utterance, which leads to us unknowingly interceding for certain points only in a different tongue.

While the gift of tongues cannot be limited to these four things, these four ideas break the most common misconceptions of the gift of tongues, and by understanding these, we can actually understand why God allows this manifestation to happen not only in the days of the early church, but up to today.

God bless you.

Article by patrick mabilong

Interesting.....

But most of these new generation churches abuses this superb gift from God thereby making it too difficult for people to believe.

Some after speaking will begin to translate it. SHM

This is what th scripture says about speaking in tongues:

According to 1 Corinthians 14:2:

For he that speaketh in an unknowntongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandethhim; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.

The issue of speaking in tongues is misunderstood and misinterpreted in most churches...
If u read ur bibles slowly u will understand what it means
Acts2:1-11 simply explains the act of speaking in tongues...
When the day of Pentecost came they (the disciples) were all together in one place (a room though) after the holy spirit descended on them; they started speaking in other tongues at this sounds the multitudes (Jews from other nations under heaven) came together and they were bewildered because each one heard them speaking in HIS OWN LANGUAGE and they were amazed and wondered saying "are not all these who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we hear, each of us in his own native language? ............. We hear them telling in our own tongues (language), the Mighty work of GOD".

Speaking in tongues means speaking in another native dialect through the inspiration of the holy spirit and not the circular rants common among church goers and pastors

Our different ways of interpreting the bible is the problem we are having today. Some will say this, and others will say that.

Shababababa maskrakotosolololo. Askramakasata kipoko minstrositolololololo!

obo, obo, toto,
toto, duri, duri,
sweeta sweeta,
open, open,
coming, coming...

God bless Mulika my bae... she can make me speak in tongues!!

Speaking in tongue stands to be the biggest scam today.

Flexherbal:
Our different ways of interpreting the bible is the problem we are having today. Some will say this, and others will say that.

Christianity is confusion.

Well am afraid that no longer holds today, since everyone now speaks in tongue. While some even go as far as getting a special training for that.

If I see you speaking in tongue, I would see you as observing your minutes of psychosis.

Its alright because we all have minutes of psychosis.

Flexherbal:
Our different ways of interpreting the bible is the problem we are having today. Some will say this, and others will say that.

With the spirit of God you will be able to discern. Did you expect the kingdom of darkness to keep still and mute .

McCarlito:
The issue of speaking in tongues is misunderstood and misinterpreted in most churches...
If u read ur bibles slowly u will understand what it means
Acts2:1-11 simply explains the act of speaking in tongues...
When the day of Pentecost came they (the disciples) were all together in one place (a room though) after the holy spirit descended on them; they started speaking in other tongues at this sounds the multitudes (Jews from other nations under heaven) came together and they were bewildered because each one heard them speaking in HIS OWN LANGUAGE and they were amazed and wondered saying "are not all these who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we hear, each of us in his own native language? ............. We hear them telling in our own tongues (language), the Mighty work of GOD".

Speaking in tongues means speaking in another native dialect through the inspiration of the holy spirit and not the circular rants common among church goers and pastors

this is the point
but they still can't comprehend the obvious
contrarily, why the need for special gift of interpretation ?

DikSin:
obo, obo, toto,
toto, duri, duri,
sweeta sweeta,
open, open,
coming, coming...

God bless Mulika my bae... she can make me speak in tongues!!

Better watch it