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 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. We spoke about the gift of prophecy in our last post. In part…
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…
What is the heavenly language and the unknown language in 1 Corinthians 13:1? This is a great question that can only partially be answered until we get to heaven. Here is a short piece of that passage for our review to answer this question as best we are able now.…
Isn’t Latin mass forbidden according to 1st Corinthians 14:19? “Nevertheless, in church I would rather speak five words with my mind in order to instruct others, than ten thousand words in a tongue.” (1 Corinthians 14:19, ESV) This is an interesting question from our point of view. I must open…
Is speaking in tongues necessary? This question probably comes out of the understanding that Paul relegated it to lesser than prophecy because it requires interpretation in a public meeting. It doesn’t help that we can’t understand what we say when we speak in tongues. Paul did not mean for us…
How does speaking in tongues in your personal prayer language enhance your life? To answer this question, we must start with some introductory information that will help people understand personal prayer languages better. What are they and where did they come from? When a believer is baptized in the Holy…
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…
This is the final post in my miniseries explaining the spiritual gifts from 1 Corinthians 12-14. If you’ve been missing out, you can start with the first post here. Let’s pick up with the second half of 1 Corinthians 14. A God of Order (1 Corinthians 14:26-40) In many ways,…