Speaking in tongues

Can someone explain to me the uniqueness of this gift of speaking in tongues which most congregations in my neighbourhood insist on acquiring? Is it in any way superior to or more edifying than other gifts?

The Apostles were given this gift in order to prove to the Jewish people they were not fakes. This was only one of the many gifts given. All to prove the apostles were in fact the originals.

Having said that, there are Gifts given to people today. All kinds of gifts. While the Gift of Tongues "MAY BE" one of them, it is not the gift that is so widely seen in certain denominations of the Christian religion.

The Gifts of tongues was used to speak to many different languages at one time. Today, it is giberish in most cases and is not biblical.

Biblical definition of Tongues = a Specific language.

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Can someone explain to me the uniqueness of this gift of speaking in tongues which most congregations in my neighbourhood insist on acquiring? Is it in any way superior to or more edifying than other gifts?

Non of the so called tongues spoken today is real- for the kingdom of God doesn't come with observable signs so that people can say, "look, here it is or there it goes.." or "you see the people at corner blabbering a new language, they belong to the kingdom.."
NO NO NO.

All these things ceased in the 1st century- we are not only talking about tongues, the raising of the dead/ the laying of hands to heal/ the doing of miracles/ the interpretation of tongues, all of them.

Not that i'm guessing, i know what i'm saying, it is all about a timeline, there's times and seasons for everything as prophesied by Daniel. It is at the time of disciples/Apostles/1st century church that the antichrist was being held so that the mandate of spreading the gospel to all nations (before the end times) could be achieved. At that time, all signs and wonders were genuine and they helped the people (Jews & Gentiles) to believe the gospel. The Apostles and disciples under the leadership of Paul & Peter were the two witnesses that Revelation talks about. As long as they witnessed, nothing could touch them hence the miraculous escapes from prisons. Until they finished witnessing then the antichrist takes reign of the world and the first order of events was to pursue them and kill them, then from that point on every sign and wonder has been fake because antichrist comes to deceive.

2 Thess 2:5 Don’t you remember that when I was with you I used to tell you these things? 6And now you know what is holding him back, so that he may be revealed at the proper time. 7For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way. 8And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming. 9The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan works. He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders that serve the lie, 10and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie 12and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.

Rev 13:11 Then I saw a second beast, coming out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb, but it spoke like a dragon. 12It exercised all the authority of the first beast on its behalf, and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed. 13And it performed great signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to the earth in full view of the people. 14Because of the signs it was given power to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived the inhabitants of the earth. It ordered them to set up an image in honor of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived.

And i'm not speaking as an outsider, i 'spoke in tongues' for some time and all along i thought it was God but it is all fake. Let no body say there are some genuine tongues and some fake tongues. If two men speaks incomprehensible words, there;s absolutely no reason to say one is genuine and the other is fake based on the church they come from or based on how well they behave- that's why i say it is all fake.
The signs and wonders ceased because the antichrist took reign and there can not be a genuine sign here and a fake sign there, it would bring confusion and people would have excuses, it is all fake now so that whoever believes in them have no excuse and God gives them a powerful delusion because they hated truth.

phd , hmm.... I was a Post Hole Digger once upon a time.
the prayer language gift is still available to pray as Holy Spirit gives utterance. A very valuable and precious gift for doing His Will.

Miracles? raising the dead? Well those gifts are really HARD to fake...so you don't see those as much!

No you do not know what your saying. But I think it is time for you to go. You do not know anything about this topic and to continue to suggest the anti-christ has full rein . Wrong .

can you explain how this works, how exactly is the prayer language prayer different than praying in your own language?

I'm i the only one going/getting banned or everyone else who thinks the tongues today are fake?
If it is only me, don't you think it's a little discriminating?

https://christianchat.com/testimonies/these-signs-shall-follow-them-that-believe.177190/

I'm i the only one going/getting banned or everyone else who thinks the tongues today are fake?
If it is only me, don't you think it's a little discriminating?

Great and an uplifting testimony. I have also been healed from diabetes but i just don't believe that there are people with the gift of healing today. God heals, just like that and we give praise.

I'm i the only one going/getting banned or everyone else who thinks the tongues today are fake?
If it is only me, don't you think it's a little discriminating?

Tongues means, language. But the people of ancient times used the word tongues. Whereas today we would use, language. It was a manner of speaking a language the Apostles did not already know. And that's why God's Holy Spirit gifted them with that capacity. So that in bringing the Good News into all the world, they could speak the languages of the people they'd find across the globe.
γλῶσσα (glōssa)
Strong: G1100

GK: G1185

the tongue, Mk. 7:33, 35, et al.; meton. speech, talk, 1 Jn. 3:18; a tongue, language, Acts 2:11; 1 Cor. 13:1, et al.; meton. a language not proper to a speaker, a gift or faculty of such language, Mk. 16:17; 1 Cor. 14:13, 14, 26, et al.; from Hebrew, a nation, as defined by its language, Rev. 5:9, et al.; lit. a tongue-shaped flail, Acts 2:3

Tongues do happen today. But if it is gibberish, it's fake. If it is a language that is not understood, it is fake. This is a great short instructional video that utilizes scripture to inform about true Tongues.