THE PURPOSE OF TONGUES
9/6/07
THREE PURPOSES
1. ONE OF THE NINE SPIRITUAL GIFTS OF ADRESSING THE CHURCH-
2. THE WITNESS OF ATONMENT OF SIN- EVIDENCE OF H.S. INFILLING.
3. PRAYER LANGUAGE-
HAVE TONGUES CEASED?
1 Cor 13:8-10
8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
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1. THE WITNESS- EVIDENCE OF H.S. INFILLING.
1100 glossa (gloce-sah’);
of uncertain affinity; the tongue; by implication, a language (specially, one naturally unacquired):
KJV-- tongue.
Exod 28:34
34 A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about.
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Exod 28:35
35 And it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and his sound shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before the LORD, and when he cometh out, that he die not.
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John 3:8
8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
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Acts 2:4
4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
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Acts 10:46
46 For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter,
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Acts 19:6
6 And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
Mark 16:17
17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
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*** Is it any wonder that Christians speak praises and adoration in other tongues since praises flow from the heart where Jesus now lives?
Luke 6:45
45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
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*** This language of the spirit is a truly undeniable initial sign that one has received a new heart.
*** Everything that God created has a communicative language.
*** Wind has a language, Water has a language, Is it hard to believe that the spirit has a language.
2. ONE OF THE NINE SPIRITUAL GIFTS OF ADDRESSING THE CHURCH-
1 Cor 14:13-28
13 Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that he may interpret.
14 For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.
15 What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
16 Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?
17 For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.
18 I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:
19 Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
20 Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
21 In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord.
22 Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for them that believe not, but for them which believe.
23 If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?
24 But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or one unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all:
25 And thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so falling down on his face he will worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth.
26 How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.
27 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.
28 But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.
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1 Cor 12:10
10 To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:
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1 Cor 12:28
28 And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.
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3. PRAYER LANGUAGE-
Rom 8:26-27
26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
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A. Doorway to the gifts- and their operation because it is a gift itself. It builds faith and the gifts operate according to faith.
Rom 12:6
6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;
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B. Prays the will of God- The most effective form of prayer is to pray the will of God.
I Jn 5:14-15
14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
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C. Authority- comes through overcoming or resisting.
Jude 1:20
20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
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*** From the stage of your initial deliverance- the thing comes back-But this time you RESIST- every time you resist you gain more authority over it.
*** If you are not built up you will not have strengh to resist anything.
1 Cor 14:14
14 For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.
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1 Cor 14:15
15 What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
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1 Cor 14:28
28 But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.
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*** We are starving to death.
*** If I’m not eating and drinking Jesus, then I end up filling it with something else.
Matt 5:6
6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
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*** So we get just enough to keep from dying, and yet still getting hungry enough to crave the world.
“ WHEN YOU GET BUILT-UP”
1. You will not get offended at the word.
2. Nobody will have to beg or coax you to church.
3. You can resist and defeat.
James 4:7
7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
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D. The devil cannot understand it-
1 Cor 14:2
2 For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.
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*** It is a language He gave you, He wants you to speak to Him in it!
