what is Speaking in tongues
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Peter’s act of speaking in tongues in Acts 2 was not a moment of gospel proclamation but a moment of God‑directed praise. Luke says the crowd heard the apostles “declaring the mighty works of God,” which means Peter was glorifying God, not preaching a sermon. The miracle occurred in the ears of the hearers: people from many lands suddenly recognized their own languages as Peter spoke. What astonished them was not a message of repentance or faith but the unexpected experience of hearing a Galilean publicly magnify God in their native tongue. This sets the stage for Peter’s later sermon, but the tongues themselves were an act of worship that God used to gather and awaken the crowd.
Paul explains many things concerning the miraculous manifestation of tongues. And when read without denominational glasses it makes perfect sense.
Paul reveals he prays and sings in tongues without understanding what he has said. (1 Cor. 14:14-15) This is personal communication between a man's renewed spirit and the Spirit of God for personal edification. (1 Cor. 14:4) This is the manifestation he discourages in a church gathering. (1 Cor. 14:15-19)
He then differentiates between the personal manifestation and speaking a message in unknown tongues that relies upon the gift of interpretation for edification of those in the church setting. (1 Cor. 14:26-28)
Those who speak a message in tongues during a church gathering don't typically give the interpretation via that spiritual gift. It does on occasion happen; however, as Paul explained: "If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret.
The Bible does not authenticate the claims of the Pentecostals anymore than it authenticates the claims of the Mormons.
Can you show any evidence from the Bible that claims of modern day Pentecostal "tongues" are the same as New Testament tongues?
How do you know it is from God?
The Devil will come in many forms working signs and miracles.
How do you determine which spirit it is?
God's pattern was always one of order and purpose.
Talking in a strange language that no one can understand and in a way that bypasses reasoning is not God's way.
God said if no one can interpret to keep silent.
1Co 14:28 But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.
That isn't true. He didn't say that he prays and sings in tongues. He is arguing that if he did that, his mind would be unfruitful.
This is not true either. The gift of interpretation is not meant to interpret the gift of tongues.
Of course not, because the gift of tongues is in the ear of the listener, not in the mouth of the speaker.
A lot of people speak in an unknown tongue. Spanish people speak Spanish; French people speak French, and if they did so at my church, their language would be unknown to most of them. It doesn't mean they are speaking by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Again, the man speaking should pray that HE interpret.
What it called when one hears tougues And Sctually see it ?
Then to top it off Another speaks that exact same thing that was seen ,of the orig tongue s?
The classic "speaking in tongues" is nothing but babbling nonsense.
The true gift of tongues has a purpose, which is to communicate from one to another. And why would this be needed? Because someone does not understand the speaker. So, the speaker speaks, and the spirit converts his words into a language that the hearer can understand. The speaker does not do this, but speaks in his own language. Yet the words come out in a language the speaker does not understand. Like the speaker attempts to speak in English, for instance, but the words come out in Spanish. The spirit makes this transition, not the speaker.
The babblers are nothing but fools pretending to have the gift of tongues. But for the one who truely has the gift, it's use is perhaps once in a lifetime.
And what language do they hear? And why do they hear it from more than one speaker?
Way you want to know? .your set in your way its sealed like a room and there is not door to ex it. I'm no religious guy I'm a friend to The Lord. .want to know about Him. I may share .if you don't speak in tongues then you won't understand anything really ..start there do u or don't you speak in the Holy Spirit?