Pentecostals ! Speaking in tongues?

modern-day speaking in tongues is very different from the gift of holy spirit given to Jesus’ early followers. In fact, there is no reliable record of anyone receiving that same miraculous power since the death of the apostles.

This is not surprising to Bible readers. Regarding the miraculous gifts, including that of speaking in tongues, the inspired apostle Paul prophesied: “They will cease.” (1 Corinthians 13:8)

How, then, can one discern who has the holy spirit today?

Among those ‘speaking in tongues’ today are Pentecostals and Baptists, also Roman Catholics, Episcopalians, Methodists, Lutherans, and Presbyterians. Jesus said that the holy spirit would ‘guide his disciples into all the truth.’ (John 16:13)

Do the members of each of these religions believe that the others who also “speak in tongues” have been guided into “all the truth”?

How could that be, since they are not all in agreement? What spirit is making it possible for them to “speak in tongues”?

In the first century, when Christians ‘spoke in tongues,’ what they said had meaning to people who knew those languages. (Acts 2:4, 8)

Today, is it not true that ‘speaking in tongues’ usually involves an ecstatic outburst of unintelligible sounds?

You first need to receive the Holy Spirit to have the gift of speaking in tongues, which not everyone can. Plus once you have the Spirit of God living inside you, you get other gifts, encounters with God.

Most of the people who can speak in tongues they do it in the moment we are looking for the Holy Spirit in the church, they call him to come and tell how much they love him. <3

Listen to Paul is saying about speaking in tongues (1 Corinthians 14:14-19) For if I am praying in a tongue, it is my [gift of the] spirit that is praying, but my mind is unfruitful. 15 What is to be done, then? I will pray with the [gift of the] spirit, but I will also pray with [my] mind. I will sing praise with the [gift of the] spirit, but I will also sing praise with [my] mind. 16 Otherwise, if you offer praise with a [gift of the] spirit, how will the man occupying the seat of the ordinary person say “Amen” to your giving of thanks, since he does not know what you are saying? 17 True, you give thanks in a fine way, but the other man is not being built up. 18 I thank God, I speak in more tongues than all of YOU do. 19 Nevertheless, in a congregation I would rather speak five words with my mind, that I might also instruct others orally, than ten thousand words in a tongue.

Pentecostal churches have everyone in their congregation speaking in tongues, the more you jump around and shout meaningless words that no one can understand the more holy spirit you got, is that what Paul said, no, Paul said he spoke more tongues than they did but he would rather say words of understanding than speak in all the tongues he knew, what are these tongues Paul speaks of? Well lets see;

(Acts 2:4) and they all became filled with holy spirit and started to speak with different tongues, just as the spirit was granting them to make utterance.

Now look at what is said at:

(Acts 2:5-8) As it was, there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, reverent men, from every nation of those under heaven. 6 So, when this sound occurred, the multitude came together and were bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in his own language. 7 Indeed, they were astonished and began to wonder and say: “See here, all these who are speaking are Gal·i·le′ans, are they not? 8 And yet how is it we are hearing, each one of us, his own language in which we were born.

The pouring out of Holy Spirit with the speaking in tongues meant they were able to speak other lauguages, Paul spoke many languages, so speaking in tongues didn't mean to babble foolish nonsense words it meant you would be able to speak another langauge, this was nessary because a great preaching work was to begain, it was the start of the Christian belief!

Spiritural ignorant clergyman started the babbling of unknow words and called it being filled with holy spiit and now there's a religion that speaks in babble, words that no one can understand not even themselves and they ignore Pauls words at 1 Corinthian 14:19; Nevertheless, in a congregation I would rather speak five words with my mind, that I might also instruct others orally, than ten thousand words in a tongue.

the gift of speaking in tongues or different unlearned languages is something which only God can give a person.

he does it in different ways. first of all, the person must be born again and have repented of sin and asked God to forgive them.

then they have to ask God to fill them with his Holy Spirit and to give them whatever gifts he chooses to give them.

sometimes it happens through one person who has that gift laying their hands on a person and praying for them to receive the gift, but it also sometimes happens spontaneously where God just gifts the person without anyone else involved.

it can happen anywhere....at church, at home, or on a street corner. in the bible, the first time it happened was in the upper dining chamber of a local inn. for me, it happened when i was at home alone in my living room praying. my son had it happen to him when he was just sitting next to me at a revival service and my husband had it happen to him as a result of his parents laying hands on him and praying for him when he was a teenager.

anyone who has had the experience can be used by God to pray for a person to receive this gift, not just someone who is a pastor or priest or in church leadership.

but God can and does also give it to those who are seeking him with pure hearts in which ever way he sees fit to do.