Image by Ylanite Koppens from Pixabay In our Seek the Gifts series on the gifts of the Spirit, we have been talking about the subcategory in the spiritual gifts in 1 Corinthians 12 of the utterance gifts. In part 1, we discussed the background of speaking in tongues in the…
Image by Ylanite Koppens from Pixabay We have been talking about the gifts of the Spirit in our Seek the Gifts series. Last time we discussed the power gifts of faith, healings, and miracles. Now we turn to some of the most controversial gifts, the utterance gifts. Of all the…
How is the gift of interpretation used? The gift of interpretation is used alongside of the gift of speaking in tongues. Its sole purpose is to interpret the message that is given in tongues. First, the message is given by the Spirit through someone with the gift of speaking in…
What’s the difference between the baptism in the Holy Spirit and the gift of speaking in tongues? Let’s make some clarifications and define our terms to make it easier for us to answer this question. Definitions The baptism in the Holy Spirit is the initial encounter a Christian has with…