Title: Speaking in Tongues
Text: I Corinthians 12:28
What are they?
- Another world language like Spanish or Chinese
- Apostles, by the Spirit, were able to speak these without learning Acts 2:1-12
- Purpose – To spread the Gospel quickly
What are they?
- Groanings too deep for words – Romans 8:26-27
- Purpose – to express to God what we cannot say but which validly reveals the content of ourselves to God
What are they?
- A language from Heaven – I Corinthians 13:1
- Often unintelligible – I Corinthians 14:27-28
- Might be hyperbole
- Purpose – Self-edification – 14:4 – sometimes we need it!
Lessons
- We often major in minors… the Corinthian Christians did.
- We should seek to build up the body – I Corinthians 14:12
- We should always remember what is most important – I Corinthians 15:3-5