My Position on Tongues Is Changing After This! | Church Gone Wild #19
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- Speaking in tongues is one of the most divisive issues within the body of Christ today. Christians are divided over the issue. Can everyone speak in tongues? Do Christians who speak or pray in tongues have more power than those that don't? Can you pray for the gift of tongues? Can you pray in tongues without an interpreter? Is tongues promised to every believer? These and many other similar questions will be explored and answered in this 4-part mini-series on 1 Corinthians 14.
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What's up BEAT fam? So, as you all know, we are in a series going through 1 Corinthians called Church Gone Wild. Well, as we approach the very controversial chapter 14 involving tongues and prophecy, I decided to do a mini-series of 4 videos addressing this ever so complex subject. So, this is video #1 of 4 in this mini-series on tongues and prophecy. Let me know your thoughts. Enjoy!
No one person can get the bible correct for all of mankind. This is the nature of the book. When I see you trying to do the impossible I unsubscribe, but, I come back because you want to do good
Chapter 12: God assigns the roles. The Holy Spirit matches the gifts to the roles.
Chapter 12: The gifts are for building up each other.
Chapter 13: The gifts are tools of love (for others, not self).
There’s more to the context of 14:4 than verse 5.
Verse 5: Tongues, properly used, serves the same purpose (defined in the previous two chapters) as prophesy, edifying the church.
Brother Allen I’m looking for a response from you concerning the Pentecostal faith, which I have left, but concerning their belief that you don’t even have the Holy Spirit unless you’re speaking in tongues I strongly disagree and would like to know your take on that according to scripture. They claim it’s the only evidence you have God‘s Holy Spirit in you, negating any other fruit of the spirit’ of the which tongues is not even a fruit of the spirit ,that’s what bothers me.
The "tongues" that were spoken by the disciple's, on what is called Pentecost, were known languages of the day, to the people from various countries that came to Jerusalem to the Passover feast. The people were amazed that they were being spoken to in their own language. Acts Chapter 2, verse 3 through 13. In 1 Corinthians Chapter 12, verses 29 through 31, and especially verse 30 "All do not have the gifts of healing, do they? All do not speak with tongues, do they? (NASB). The verses here in Corinthians say not everyone is gifted with everything, it says "all do not"...and ends with, "do they?" So we can conclude that "speaking in tongues" is not what every believer is gifted to do. Then comes the question, is speaking in tongues speaking in a known language, or can it be gibberish, known only to the person speaking and to the Lord? The Bible says if one is not there to interpret, then it is best to keep quiet. The disciples, at Pentecost, spoke in known languages, not gibberish. So...fasten your seatbelt, here comes the discussion, I am sure.
I am loving this whole series, looking forward to #2 for this subject.
My brother was in Germany 45 yrs ago ,went to a service on the base with a friend ,was in the Army ,my brother was from The USA.,a woman got up and Started singing ,he said the most beautiful, deeply touching. Song praising and worshipping Jesus, my brother wasn't walking with Jesus yet, he was so drawn to the words and worship to The lord, he looked at his friend next to him and said that was the most beautiful music, worship to God he had ever heard before, his friend looked at him puzzled and said yes if only she weren't singing in a language you could understand ,my brother said ,I understood every word clearly, then he was told she was singing in tongues . God used it to get my intellectual brother to know it was super natural , never forgot it ,couldn't explain it , but knew it was from God. Eventually gave his life to the lord.
Wow, thank you for sharing, wow thank God, praise God for that encounter 🙌🏼
That is awesome! God knows just how to reach everyone! Praise God!❤
This is not Biblical tongues.
@@wendymitchell8245What is biblical tongues?
@@joolspools777 First prophesied by Isaiah 28 v11 This is quoted by Paul in 1Cor. 14 :21. Then Isaiah says v14 that the people he is referring to are the unbelieving leaders in Jerusalem .This refers to the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost when Jewish men from all over the Empire were listening and heard the message in their languages .
It says in ch.14 :22 they are a sign not to them that believe, but to them that believe not. As Isaiah said it was for unbelievers in Jerusalem it means JEWS . This was present while there were Jews listening .It is also a sign and signs have meanings ,this is about languages and marks the time when the church age to the non Jews is starting.
“Come in a Honda! Leave in a Lexus” lol brother you made me laugh with that one. Thank you again for your content sir. Some “Christian” pastors preach that if you not speaking in tongues than your not saved. It’s ridiculous
@ The Sheep That Hears , YES , many People have been DECEIVED into thinking that they are NOT Saved because they don't have the Gift of Speaking in Tongues ---- as we know this isn't TRUE. ---- the Fact is GOD the HOLY SPIRIT gives each of us HIS gifts ----- YES , there are many FALSE PREACHERS Teaching people A error of doctrine. ---- we have seen on the web.& RUclips these FALSE PREACHERS , with their Babblings & People in the congregation falling down backwards , sitting there Laughing , Rolling over on the Floor etc.etc. --- *** we know that we are thus SAVED by GOD 'S GRACE , Mercy , LOVE , thus HE sent HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON into this Fallen Sinful world to save us from ourselves ( Eternal death ) --- To offer US Forgiveness of OUR SINS ---- HIS Sacrifice on the Cross / Tree at Calvary/ Golgotha , the Shedding of HIS BLOOD for the remission , forgiveness of SINS , HIS death, burial , Resurrection on the third day according to the Scriptures ---- 1 Corinthians 15 VS. ---- as we see in the Scriptures --- Ephesians 2 VS. 8.9 & 10 ----
@ Allen Parr , The Beat ---- YES , MANY thanks for this VERY IMPORTANT issue , the assembly of God /Pentecostals Believe that a Person is ONLY ---- SAVED if they "Speak in Tongues " ---- * we know that this isn't True !! ---- YES , it is good that you are speaking the TRUTH as re. All the misconceptions that many People have on this. ---- Plus all these FALSE PREACHERS Teaching their Satanic doctrines to their Flocks in Many of so - Called denominations /churches ,Plus all those who have been on the web.& RUclips " Babbling " on --- who are NOT " Speaking in Tongues " ---- Fortunately , some Brothers / Sisters in CHRIST have Exposed them !! ----
I’m a Pentecostal; and even I don’t affirm that. I believe a proper exegetical study of the text will prove that as well. However, I do take your statement to mean “many Pentecostals”, and in that case I would agree too sadly. Let us pray that the Lord will guide them to a better comprehension of scriptures, and that we too may not be tempted to believe ourselves “higher” due to what He has revealed to us thru his word. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 God bless
@@luisandino7486 I have a teacher who came from a pentacoastal background and I came to realize that the doctrine is strong for most of all of the teachings… move of the spirit, the authority of the believer, foundation principles etc… I will pray right now for us too brother
@@johnpearce3714 that is not true. You clearly don’t know what Pentecostals believe lol. What you described are Apostolic’s. Pentecostals don’t believe you have to speak in tongues to be saved lol. There may be some weird denomination that calls themself Pentecostal who thinks that but that’s not the norm at all lol
I have “spoken in tongues” for almost fifty years. It is a very personal gift that I do not share with many others especially since I am Catholic. It comes as easily as breathing in and out. There is no hysteria involved. I can pray that way while driving, shopping, etc. When I had a difficult delivery, I prayed that child into the world. I am the least worthy of the Lord’s servants and sometimes have many doubts along the way. But this is something that I could just never explain away, and I am so blessed to have it in my life!
Inspired to hear a catholic saying this. Am catholic ac well
You should leave the Catholic church. The Eucharistic faith is against the gospel of Jesus Christ
The is idiotic. The true faith believes the Eucharist is Christ. False Christians do not.
Amen! They are known by their fruit, and I see yours. Keep on following the Lord where He leads you.
Was Jesus a Catholic or would Jesus have been one?
When I went to Africa , Ghana I was asked to say a prayer in front of the church. I was around 25 at the time. I felt this mighty power (God, Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit take over in a powerful but gentle way!) I started to speak in "tongue" aka (to me sounds gibberish or unknown) I had a translater there who was suppose to translate for me (english to tri, I cant remember the language) All of this sudden he stopped. All of the village started shouting and raising their hands to God! After my prayer I asked "why didn't you translate for me?" The Pastor said because you spoke their language!!!! Hallelujah!!! I will NEVER forget that powerful experience, ever!!! ❤❤❤
what did you say?
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I asked "why didn't you translate for me?"
I don't doubt the experience, but how did you expect the translator to translate an 'unknown tongue'?
THIS is the Gift of Tongues!!! AMEN what a blessing!
Makes no sense, you had a tri translator and expected him to translate a language he didn’t know
This was a very balanced and informative intro to the topic of tongues. As a person who is both intellectual and spiritual, I believe in a balance of the two. Problems arise when we lean too much one way or another and it can cause serious divisions in the church. We get puffed up thinking we have the answers and the others are blind or ignorant. Come, let's reason together! Because unity is what God cares about first and foremost. I, myself, have charismatic leanings on this topic, but that wasn't always so. But I have seen the benefit of exercising a personal prayer language, and now God has called me to a Baptist church that does not often raise this topic and I feel the Holy Spirit has asked me to remain silent on this topic in corporate worship for now. We have to be sensitive to the spirit because doing things for our own ego's sake will not be blessed by God or used for his glory. And isn't that the ultimate goal? We must be discerning and obedient. "My brothers and sisters, God called you to be free, but do not use your freedom as an excuse to do what pleases your sinful self. Serve each other with love." (Galatians 5:13)
Amen!
Well said my friend!
Thank you for admitting your new stand of the topic of tongues and sharing it with us all!
It only takes humble yet brave people to change there original stand and now speaking about their new “stand” with such a freedom! Love it!
Praying in tongues has been monumental in my life. It has helped me to live so much closer to Jesus, love Him so much more, and care so much more about what He wanted from me.
Have you yet found in scripture any instructions to be "praying in tongues " when exactly zero men of God in the Bible did that?
What about God? John 17.3
@@MichaelTheophilus906 Neither God the Father, nor the Son, ever commanded or even suggested that any believer "pray in tongues." No biblical prophet, patriarch, or apostle is recorded as doing so either. The Corinthians started doing it, and Paul rebuked them in his letter. Now the Pentecostals have the same issue of abusing tongues with a thousand useless glossolalia "languages" that babble into the air without understanding.
The apostle Paul claimed to pray in tongues more than anyone of his time, so you’re wrong. 1 Corinthians 4:18. The issue is that people want to glory in it or do not understand when to keep it quiet. Also some say if you don’t do it, then you don’t know God at all. Stuff like that either demonstrates a lack of knowledge (failure to study or new to faith), false teachings, pride, or some such issue that’s causing confusion. It’s more a private gift than a public one, but if interpreted (either by native speakers, like in Acts, or by the same Spirit that gives the utterance of the words). Either way, when in doubt keep it quiet so and personal. It’s not something you “learn” and it’s not something you present, it’s something God does. If you learned “how to,” as in took lessons from a person, then it’s not from God. There’s a place for the gift of tongues. It doesn’t say choose tongues OR prophecy. It says to desire prophecy more than tongues, because prophecy builds up the entire church. It makes sense to build up yourself at home and prophecy in church. Some people act like the gift of tongues is the “it” gift, meaning you know God. Scripture doesn’t consider it as such, it’s a lesser gift. NOT an unimportant one or one to discard. In fact if it is from God you can’t discard it, because you’re not the one producing it. Yes, you have control over how loud you speak it or whether you open your mouth or not, in that respect you may allow Him to do so or constrain Him from doing so by being unwilling. Why would anyone put away a spiritual gift God gave them and then expect a greater gift to be given? The Scripture doesn’t say don’t desire to speak in tongue, it says find it in yourself to desire to prophecy to the glory of God so that the entire church can benefit from congregating together and prevent confusion when unbelievers show up.
Even Jesus said they will speak in new tongues
I have experienced this with the holy ghost only once. I was speaking to an African woman and her child. As I was thinking in English I was talking in fluent swahili. The strangest sensation.
This!!!! I think this is what happening in that passage. They knew what they were trying to convey.
Same thing happen to a friend of mine in a foreign country on missions trip
Thanks for sharing your experience! That's really cool.
Wow!!
that's so awesome!
I am so blessed by this video! Thank you so much for this. I am a born again believer since 16yrs old and am now 61yrs old ( a long time lol). Over the years I have been told by friends and a few pastors that I was not spirit filled cuz I didn't speak in tongues. It would make me feel so bad and confused because I know the Holy Spirit guides me and leads me! I would see people in church speak in tongues in the middle of the pastor preaching but no one knew what they were saying. At times my friend would just start speaking in tongues just because but I would always wonder how does this glorify God? Is there something wrong with me? I've struggled with this issue for years! I know the Holy Spirit lives in me but your video helped confirm it. Thank you so much!
THANK U BROTHER Parr r THIS awesome teaching on tongues. I thought something was wrong with me ALSO. I desire IT, but if the HOLY SPIRIT DONT give it 2 ME, I know I still have Him. LOVE ur teachings. 💘
A pastor actually looked at you and told you that?? That is sad. If you believe Jesus Christ is Lord and Savior and you know in your heart that you trust Him, then you have the Holy Spirit and are saved. How do I know this? Because without the Holy Spirit, you wouldn’t even believe. It takes the Holy Spirit in you to bring your carnal flesh mind to any sense of faith in the first place. Some may argue and say “Oh but the devil also believes in Jesus.” However, the devil does not believe Jesus is Lord Almighty because if he did then he would submit himself to the Lord. Instead, he chose to rebel and go against the will and plan of God.
@@user-hn9qg5qm3o I was at a church conference once where they tried to cast demons out of students if they couldn't speak in tongues. Our church was one of many invited to this conference, and needless to say, we did not go back and had no further dealings with them.
@@chozzy721 That’s really sad. I don’t understand why it has to be that complicated. I’m all for tongues and miracles, and I believe God can do anything. All is possible with God, but it’s not our place to try to act on His behalf. Our job is to pray and have faith, and just trust Him.
Very sorry that you (and thousands of other Christians) had gone through that in your own church. I hope the Holy Spirit eventually “humbled” those people.
Finally a Pastor who teaches this correctly . Been waiting to see this text openly taught rightly for years
I saw a channel that states that I should unsubscribe from Allen Parr I think I will do it. Allen is cutting both sides and you cannot have it both ways.
Thank you for this balanced perspective. I've been in full time ministry for almost 40 years at Charismatic and non-Charismatic churches. So I've seen and heard it all. I appreciate how you've gone through the Scripture and shared what you believe the Scripture is speaking not just your opinion or your experience. Blessings.
Grew up in a non tongues speaking church. Never considered it until a few years ago when I was pouring my heart to God in deep despair and I received the gift. It charged my walk with Christ. But I only use it when I feel lead and as a private prayer. But it’s real. And I thank the Lord for allowing me to receive that gift.
@christas2863 Hi there Christa ^^. I do agree that there are those who have been given the gift of tongues as the Spirit moves, but at the same time, there are many more who are speaking in tongues who do not have the gift, in order to fit in. There are many charismatic churches who tell you that everyone can speak in tongues and if you don't then you are not baptized or filled with the Holy Spirit. If you didn't speak in tongues then you lack faith and are not as holy as those who do. So I spoke in tongues, copying the others and developing a fluent "fake" tongue, fooling everyone, including myself, but NOT God. It wasn't until God convicted me that what I was doing was actually contrary to His word, that I realized that He had NOT given me the gift of tongues, and that this progressive church's teaching was wrong. I realize now that I don't need the gift of tongues to be a born-again spirit-filled servant of God. The Spirit has given me other spiritual gifts that allow me to do the work God has called me to, and I am sure that if I ever need to speak in a different tongue to spread the word of God to someone who doesn't speak English, that the Holy Spirit will impart that to me, if even for the one time that I need it. I have heard that happening to those in the mission field. :)
@Robert Right you are. That has actually happened, and have run across real authentic tongues, but most are fake tongues, people who have been convinced by the false teaching that unless you speak in tongues you are not baptized or filled with the Holy Spirit, forcing people to fake a gift they have not been given in order to be accepted. That just makes that church a works based church. doesn't it?
So Robert, you don't believe? If you saw and experienced the miracles I have seen in my life, and had your life miraculously saved on many occasions all as answers to prayer, then you would believe. Trust me, you cannot expect anything from a God you don't believe in. I know that from first hand experience. Pray you chose to believe for your sake, you will never regret it!!!
That jibberish is NOT speaking in tongues. Speaking in tongues is people of other languages can understand you. Thr jobberish was created by idiots in one church in the 1970s. You fell for it
actually it is not a gift and it didn't change your life. You got deceived and no longer trust reason as something given by God.
@@FutureNotFixed Well, to be frank, you have no idea about me. So your comment has no use to me.
Thank you for letting the scriptures speak!! This has been my understanding for 21 years now!! No backlash from me!!
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I have heard Justin peters say that having a prayer language isn't real. But I had prayed for an awakening of the Holy Spirit within me and had also read the book "9 o'clock in the morning" about an episcopal priest out on the west coast who had experienced that and experienced having a prayer language. I believe mine is real and I feel supernatural things happening when I am praying in my prayer language… It's not for me to understand it... it is the Holy Spirit doing the praying and I am accommodating in faith. I feel things lifted off of me when I'm doing that. I also feel like the Spirit within me is trying to reach out to heaven during those times. I don't do it in front of other people because praying in an unknown language doesn't edify the church and it doesn't edify anyone. It's personal… It's private between me and God. but it's real and I have found myself delivered at times while praying in this way.
Thank you me also
Me too
I thank God for you and your even handed interpretation of the Bible. You seem to always be looking to the word and leaving your personal feelings of things out of it. Your demeanor and search for the truth is inspiring ( even if it contradicts something previously said).
I love this! So awesome to hear the journey God is taking you on as he leads you into a deeper understanding of His word! ❤ 🔥 I was a cessationist, and the Holy Spirit took me through the same scriptures, with new eyes, & it changed my entire perspective! There's NOTHING God can't do!
I'm curious to ask you, since you're one of a minority of people who go that way (cessationist to continuationist - it's more often the other way around:)... Do you agree with Allen that the gift in Acts 2 was actual human languages, and if God can do anything, why is that not still happening (people miraculously speaking real languages they haven't learned, like Russian, Japanese, etc) instead of ecstatic speech that anyone can do without the Spirit being anywhere around (as evidenced by the fact that non-Christians have done it all over the world all throughout history)?
I have been having a crisis of faith because many Bible teachers, well known, well educated, say that the way I hear God is wrong and untrue. This segment you have given me a light to my path and I thank you for that. I have been praying, seeking, crying, speaking to other believers, the whole 9 yds. It's a crisis to me because I am an old woman, single, never married nor have I any children. We seem to be the least addressed in the Bible. I always believed I was connecting to God by conversing with Him. He has given me micro-visions lasting only a second or two but the teachers and the bible say nothing about old women having visions, nor conversing with God (yes, two way communication). He has never told me to do anything that would contradict His Word and our conversations are like two friends speaking. Does He ever tell me I am wrong about things? Yes. He explains how He feels about my anger toward someone else or my denigration of another. I believe He has used you to help me through this pain of confusion by saying that how we speak to Him in the privacy of our own homes can be edifying and that lets me know that this is my private language with Him.
Thank you.
God loves you! I wanted to say more. But im gona leave it at that. God really loves you and He smiles at the thought of you. When you pop into His mind, He smiles.
"In the last days, God says,
I will pour out my Spirit on all people.
Your sons and daughters will prophesy,
your young men will see visions,
your old men will dream dreams.
18 Even on my servants, both men and women,
I will pour out my Spirit in those days," - that includes 'old women'!
I speak in tongues but I've never had a thought of being better than anyone else! having this gift is my go-to every day or when I need decerment in an area. I'm an intercessor and GOD often gives me the burden to pray so that's my calling. but when I don't have the burden. I pray in tongues because I know I'm speaking what the holy spirit has given me to pray
Genuine question. When Jesus instructed us how to pray (the Lord’s Prayer), how does that line up with a “Pentecostal” version of prayer where you don’t know what you’re saying?
@@kevinkent6351the answer to that is simply you are still going to be praying in your normal everyday language but then when you feel to pray in tongues you do that as well so it's not like it's only in tongues 100% of the time...that's not what she saying. I agree with her and I too am the same way. Anyway I hope that answers your question. ❤
@@TangibleTania I still don't understand how an entire denomination can be built around a version of prayer that Jesus never spoke about or acknowledged and is hotly debated. Jesus literally lays out HOW TO PRAY. Why would we seek to pray in any other form than the one in which Jesus lays out in the SERMON ON THE MOUNT?
We don't know if Jesus spoke in tongues when he prayed the Bible never states whether he did or didn't. I am going to assume it was possible.
However Pentecost did not happen until AFTER Jesus ascended into Heaven. This represented the Comforter that Jesus spoke about in John 15 and several other scriptures.
As fotlr the Lord's Prayer Jesus was teaching us HOW to pray. How we approach Father God, this was an example not something we have to recite verbatim. We CAN do that.
Our Father who art in Heaven ....... go before God recognizing WHO he is, giving him glory and honor, believing he is the ONLY Living God. Worship him with your whole being.
Give us this day our daily bread: Make your needs be known,
Forgive our trespasses as we forgive others...... ask for forgiveness of sins, confess weaknesses and sins, forgive others and pray for them also
Lead us not into temptation..... asking God for guidance and direction, and protection, for EVERYONE not just yourself.
For Thine is the kingdom...... Father God I KNOW that you have the power to do this, this is Your world....
Amen, hope this helps. Have a beautiful day
@@terryvest906 so when Jesus spoke through time to tens of billions of future people, a personal prayer language was not mentioned or even alluded to. That seems like a major oversight considering entire Christian denominations use personal prayer languages as a key tenet to their faith practices and even suggest lack of salvation for anyone not gifted with the tongue.
Amen! I’ve been on both sides of the fence of this subject but now I’m in the position of where ur going with this video after studying Gods word on tongues. Please study Gods word on this and the moment you feel confusion set in pray pray pray read read read. God is good He will lead you into the truth if you allow Him too❤
The Holy Spirit entered me during prayer. After I spoke in a detailed sign language as I spoke for three days. It was the freakiest thing I have ever experienced.
Amen Brother Allen! Yes totally agree! Ive had people telling me you’re not saved if you’re not been baptised in the Holy Spirit and one of the signs is that you must be able to speak in tongues. If you don’t then you didn’t receive the Holy Spirit (insinuating that you’re not good enough). I was like what? God says you are saved by faith and believe in Christ, not whether you can speak in tongues. Thank you for showing and sharing the Bible verses now I know where to find them 😃
Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved Rom 10, Acts1.
I've encountered this idea as well, though thankfully not at any church I've been a member at. Sadly it's so incredibly easy to defuse that bomb. One simply needs to read the rest of the book of Acts and pay attention. There are several passages describing people being 'Baptised in the Spirit' and the manifestations hence are Not the Same. Some receive Tongues, some do Not.
Throughout the whole of scripture God shows himself in Unique ways, rarely doing the same thing Twice or in the same ways. Yet we seem to constantly want to assume a Conformity to his ways. I suspect it's steeped human insecurities that we want God to manifest in us and others in the same way so that we Know it's Him. Fearful of deception we have more faith in the deceiver than we do in The Truth so we seek to strip away his character of Creativity!
trust what God says...not man. thats the devil trying to make you think your not saved....if any man call on the name of the Lord you shall be saved. who ever told you that...they may need to get resaved if they believe that. the bible has all authority and doesn't lie...believe the Bible...not man
I have had so many people say this to me too! One time at our old church they were literally trying to force me to speak in tongues...it all felt soooo wrong, needless to say, we are at a new church.
Mark 16:16-17
King James Version
16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
1 Corinthians 14:39
King James Version
39 Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.
Jude 1:20
“But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,”
God gave me the gift of tongues when I was 10 and another little 10 year old prayed for me. Not right then. But about a year later, when I had depression, but didn’t know what to call it, by faith, I said, if I was prayed for I must have it. And that was it. It brought huge comfort to me and kept me together through difficult years. I knew I could always go to God in this private language and find his comfort in my heart.
So relieved to hear your opinion on this! I grew up cessationist, but my high school friend invited me to a church where I experienced the gift of tongues and falling out! I believe in a healthy medium. I’m against the theatrics in public because we should use the spirit of self control. Yet, I’m also against others peeping into somebody’s private prayer life to deny them a moment with God. My cessationist church stunted my spiritual growth because of denying the existence of these gifts today!
You communicate with such clarity. Thanks for all you do. It's so helpful.
Smooth talk for itching ears. PARR is a dirty slanderer of any denomination not in agreement with HIM. Accusing the brethren for pay and clicks is not ok with Jesus.
I am so thankful that our Father has given you this teaching.
I am so glad that someone has finally said this! This is something that I have consistently walked back and forth with the Word and with the Holy Spirit. EVERYTHING that was said today down to the the fact that they were speaking actual languages is what the Lord showed me. It is so sad to see ministers/teachers of the word making real believers feel as though they aren't filled with the Holy Spirit because they don't speak in tongues when it is a GIFT.
One of the things the Lord said to me was this (a paraphrase because it was a while ago):
My Holy Spirit gives you everything that you need. I have given you certain gifts for your purpose in My kingdom. Just like the members of the body of Christ all have different roles, so are the gifts that are given.
I sincerely pray we are students of the word and really take what we read back to God for wisdom, clarity, and understanding.
Glory to God for the gift of prophecy he has given you 🙌.. Your videos contributes so much to the believers! God bless you more!
but he is in error from lack of the knowledge of God.
I believe the Bible shows this as the ability to speak a language such as Spanish/ French etc. and if someone has the ability to translate this from the language or tongue to the language everyone can understand and be edified. I am glad you took on this topic, it seems to be a big problem in church today!
This is the most comprehensive, yet understandable position I have heard on the gift of tongues. God's Word is clear. Not extreme. Not one sided. Just beautiful.
Thanks Brother Allen! Your advice at the end was very much needed. This topic is dividing people in the church and I appreciate your humility in studying the scriptures and presenting it to us.
Most clear and unbiased expository video I've watched on Speaking in Tongues ; And I watched all the major Theos ! Thank you 👍
I dunno, 20 mins is short to me. Eager to hear your take on this.
I spoke in tongues when I first received the baptism of the Holy Spirit. I have always believed that in a worship service I can speak to my Father however it pleases Him. But I have never thought myself better than anyone because I speak in tongues as that would not be loving. But I believe in tongues and that tongues is for everyone.
Tell it like you know it! It is the promise of the Spirit by the Father and given by Jesus Christ.
And keeping it in context Acts 2:39 makes it unmistakable that the gift of the Holy Ghost accompanied with speaking with other tongues was promised to all future believers and the epistles wasn’t an amendment to the promise of God’s gift!
Amen! Many Christians aren't baptized in the Spirit and may never heard of it. It's game changing not just in praying in the Spirit but understanding spiritual things by the Holy Spirit, not just by what your logic and brain can comprehend because everyone is limited in their understanding. We can't lean on our own understanding and logic because our mind can't comprehend spiritual realities...they are beyond our mind, unless we have been baptized in the Holy Spirit, which positions us to be like the early church who waited for the Spirit to be poured out in the upper room and on pentecost they baptized and filled with the Spirit! To be filled means to be overwhelmed. Ephesians 5 says don't be drunk with wine but be filled with the Spirit. Paul is saying, don't fill your mouth with alcohol, fill yourself with the Holy Ghost! If you haven't been baptized and received the heavenly language, which by the way, you can speak in other languages as you speak in tongues and not know it, it happens all the time!!!
It’s talking to demons, in their language. You just get possessed by the angle of light.
No control.
@@davidhughes5564 Mark 16 vs 17-18. It's very clear in that too
Paul says that the one who speaks in a tongue “speaks not to men but to God” (1 Cor. 14:2).
I used to feel so sad that I didn't receive the gift of speaking in tongues until I read that same exact scripture the Lord lead me to it, and I felt relief that I wasn't left out lol....
Amen! I have the gift of prophecy dreams and was told by some Christians, I don’t have the Holy Spirit gift if I don’t speak in tongues. I just laugh inside myself and say if you only knew.
God has no favoritism keep asking thr Holy Spirit for thr gift of tongue
@@Shawney-jf6kc I have the same dreams/visions gift
@@Shawney-jf6kc ur lying to urself
You will definitely receive it
EXCELLENT video, Allen, thank you! You've shown just one example of how vital good references such as a Hebrew dictionary and a Greek dictionary are for studying Scripture. And those are just for starters. There is so much reference material available to help us! Anxious to watch the next video in the series!
Amen, Amen and Amen! Thank you Pastor Allen 🙌🏾 ai do have the ability to pray in tongues, however, I have seen so many others feel as if they were not ‘Christian enough’ based on the fact that they could not speak in tongues based on what we were taught at Church. This has also given me a greater understanding and I pray that given the opportunity I can also support another brother or sister to be set free in the Truth ❤
can you not see that after every prayer you are telling yourself that you are praying to a man!
in jesus christ name (A,MEN!)
my RUclips channel is (Cis ofC!)
Playlist is (Creator is the truth!)
you need to know the truth!
Save your praise for someone who l know what they are talking about.
@@ddmound if this directed to me! i nolonger praise or pray! i speak! Creator i speak to!
with the sound mind that has been restored and given back to me! that had been and was corrupted by this demonic beast system the the whole world has been under serving God from since the beginning of the corruption of the creation! and i have no need for arguments or debates! i was only ask if i would be willing to give the truth of information to as many as possible! and was also told there will be those that will receive and except the truth! and there will be those that will not!
this is there choice!
im only giving the truth of information so that the life in the creation can listen to this information!then take it upon themselves to research and study for themselves!if they truly want to know the truth!but like I said!this is there choice!
stay up,focused,and on point! the truth comes to that that truly want the truth!
Also check out the Smart Christian Channel/Corey Minor. Good content on tongues.
@@miltonkendrick1098 speaking in tongues means that you have excepted a different spirit!and we are clearly told in the books do not speak to the dead or conjure up spirits!
and Creator of all existence! gave us a sound mind a sound body!
so why would you invite a different spirit into you!we your a spirit yourself!
and why would you bable nonsense that you don't inerstand yourself? when you have a sound mind!! but wait!!! you don't because you have invited another,a different spirit into yourself! and that causes conflict and confusion!!
it's just like if you meet someone! but yall don't get along!! are you going to stay with that person that you don't get along with? no your not!!! but since they have tricked you into calling another different spirit to yourself, and tricked you into thinking that it's a good thing!! you do exactly what we are told not to do in the bible!! we are not to call any type of spirit to ourselves!!! because we ourselves are a eternal spirit in this body of our own! but when you invite a different spirit then there is more then one spirit! and if that spirit that you called to yourself had a body of it's own!!! it wouldn't have to perisitie on your to drain you of your eternal life energy!!!!!
stop being dumb!! and stop misleading the life in creation to follow the way of the fallen ones that kept not there places appointed to them!called God the fallen one,the elohim, the evil spirits of the earth ! it clearly tells us in the bible even without the translation from the Hebrew!! that if a spirit is down here dwelling in the creation!it is a evil spirit!
stop misleading the dna,the life in creation! turn from your evil and wicked ways!!!!!
Another well read word.
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Sir, with this series, you are crushing it. Father Lord in Jesus name I thank you for Brother Alan and please continue give chances and opportunities for all to see enough, understand enough and believe enough to give the glory to You and seek You and Your will evermore. In Jesus name. With a soft heart I say thank you Alan. Praise Jesus.
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Thank you for sharing this. I’ve never spoken in tongues but did dream I was speaking in tongues a couple of times.
Soon you will
I dreamt I was speaking in some eastern Slavic language the other night. In the dream I was singing a lullaby and the words were being interpreted in the dream as I sang them into English so I could understand what I was singing.
I spoke in tongues when I was 1st born again of the Holy Spirit. When I pray, I pray in tongues and it's never is to lift myself above another. People who have it will never lose it. 💯
Amen! I have always understood this aspect of speaking in tongues and agree with you .
Either you do the work to find your spirit protected in light or you do the work that invites in foriegn spirits, becoming two in one body. They who do no works repeat lies and hate against the truth, in favor of lies.
This was a blessing for me, just plain truth. In my church I do feel like some kind of push tongues down your throat. I mentioned that it appears to divide us into the "have's" and "have nots". People speak in tongues all the time, but I rarely, if ever, hear an interpretation. That always makes me wonder.
Agreed. I used to go to a church that did this. There was never an interpreter. It was all gibberish to me and it felt forced. One day, I was praying by myself, in my car and I couldn't think what to pray suddenly. I then felt this urge, not forced, but an urge to speak and when I did, gibberish came out of my mouth. Because of the church I went to, this scared me because I thought it was bad. But as I kept speaking, I felt this warm fuzz (best way I can describe it) came over me from my head, and felt like it was washing down over my entire body. Afterwards, I felt a peace and joy fall over me. Many church leaders (kenneth copeland....who even makes a mockery of it and says "its easy to speak in tongues, starts speaking gibberish and then laughs like a lunatic) and others try to force this gift and forge or counterfeit, speaking in tongues to make themselves "look blessed". And it ruins tongues for honest believers.
Yes. Many of these churches are out of order, and I don't go to churches that operate like that.
If you read 1 Cor. 13:8-10 you will see what I think is Paul telling us of the end to some of the gifts. In 1Cor. 13:10 he speaks of "when the perfect is come". I used to think, is he speaking of the Lord? No, if he was speaking of the Lord the word perfect would be capitalized. So what is this word perfect speaking of... the completed word of God, the Holy Bible, completed scriptures? Makes sense, right? So now there is no need for those original gifts. You can also see where Paul himself lost the gift of healing. Php. 2:25-27
I speak and sing in tongues. It is a wonderful experience. Sometimes i can interpret what im saying or singing.
YES I worship in tongues... its amazing.. Brings me soo much closer to GOD
What tongues do you speak in? Are they known tongues, used to convey the gospel to other language groups? Do you have an interpreter, or do you speak directly to your audience in their languages?
@@CameraEBurnsTongues were given to bring OTHERS to the gospel in their native languages, NOT to bring YOU closer to God.
Im sorry, but there is no biblical precedent for speaking an unknown language in the presence of other believers and then also being the translator of the language.
@@VernHestandIII Biblical precedent doesn't seem to be important to those who are into random glossolalia experiences.
I left the church 28 years ago as an infant Christian being told by a congregation that if I didnt speak in tongues, I was going to hell.
Fast forward 22years, the Holy Spirit turned my life around and became a member of the body again. And have had the Spirit give me His words during worship as my relationship continues to deepen with Him. The congregation I dwell with dont believe in tongues as a gift and I dont disturb others’ worship when it happens. The Lord works in mysterious ways. I dont know anything else except to praise Him beyond human confines.
Guys pls pray for me😢
What would like prayer for?
I’m struggling to be a good Christian I want prayer on that
@@yeamlakfikadu321 praying 🙏🏻
Yeamiak...Salvation is not about a religion.
Salvation is not about a denomination.
Salvation is about a RELATIONSHIP
with Jesus Christ who died on that cross for your sins and mine.
Ask forgiveness of your sins.
Repent (turn away from these sins)
Ask Jesus into your heart/life to be your Lord and Savior.
From this day forth your salvation is secured Ephesians 1:13
And write the day you are saved down bc satan will come and tell you it never happened.
I have 5 grandchildren and I celebrate their spiritual birthday every year. I give them a 5 dollar bill.
5 means grace. I never want them to forget the date they turned their lives over to Jesus and prayed the prayer of forgiveness 🤗🙏❤👑🙌🕊🕊
@@yeamlakfikadu321 none of us are good, only God is good. We're not called to measure that but to trust in Jesus for salvation and repent. I don't think you'll understand salvation until you understand your depravity and that's a good thing so consider what Jesus has saved you from and rejoice that you've been saved. Your good works will flow from that knowledge. Praying for you
I appreciate the clarity, Brother Allen! Thank you and God bless your family. I love your channel! I acknowledge the excellence and great quality of content and visuals... Speaking in tongues in private has always been precious to me but recently encountered uncertainty. Your explanation and sound doctrine are clear. I thank the Lord for your ministry.
Speaking of tongues benefit our own spirituallity, it's edify us ,so we can't ignore speaking of tongues.
Thank you Pastor Allen for this.
I am now using this sources to prove the people that their view on speaking in tounges is erronious and giberrish.
This is an excelente explanation. Thank you ! I have christian family members/ friends that did not speak in tongues but they are active in other gifts , and fill with the Holy Spirit! By His Grace I speak in tongues according to the need, angelical in private time with the LORD, natural dialect in emergencies like teaching kids. I remember once when the Holy Spirit gave me the ability to speak in French / Creole in class; I did not understand creole but one student did, he obey the command necessary to keep the class safe. In occasions, when I pray for specific requests ,the LORD gives me tongues and interpretation to encourage that person or for giving directions , all of them because of HIS Grace.
Yes! You are exactly right about who speaks in tongues....not everyone will have this gift. Those churches that tell u that you have to do it or those ridiculous churches that actually teach you to speak is tongues (impossible) are false doctrines. We always moved on from those churches.
I have never met a “charismatic” that didn’t think they were better than everyone else because of the “gift of tongues”.
I have seen this behavior as well but that has nothing to do with whether the gift is real and relevant for today. We can't read things into scripture or reject gifts from the Holy Spirit just because some charismatics are prideful.
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I am sorry for you, in my charismatic Church are a few speaking in tongues ( Not me) and they would never look down on someone who doesn't. God bless
It probably part of the deception, to pull people in by feeling guilty, like they have something, and you don't. So beware, and stay far away as possible.
This video is so good! Very biblically sound. I agree 100%. Love it. So many people need this video, because there is so much misunderstanding about spiritual gifts, especially tongues and prophesy. Thank you for your contribution to the kingdom brother. 🙏🏼
Basically true or not. There is no need to speak or pray in tongues today. Amen ?
I love how sober you are about this topic! Thank you really for sharing! This topic kind of scared me, I don’t know, maybe because it feels like something uncontrollable haha, but this was a great explanation and a great start of introduction to ‘speaking in tongues’ and what that means. Again, thank you!
Amen! Surrender all to the Lord and He will consistently amaze you with abundance of love and understanding
There's someone I know of. He was a teacher by profession and he's a christian. While he was still teaching he had referred a student for disciplinary actions which the student finally got expelled from school. Everything went well after that for sometime untill one day later on while the teacher was on his grocery runs he came across this particular student with a group of thugs whom began to follow him closely. At first the teacher didn't know how much danger he was in untill they were a couple of feet away that he realised and began meditating in tongues for a few good minutes. When he finished meditating and turned around, to his surprise they are no longer there, they had gone and the place was empty.
When I was young I prayed for the gift of tongues. God told me I would never speak in tongues and told me what my gift was and also he has given me visions and dreams of future events. There's also the gift of speaking in an angelic language. The gift of tongues of speaking in other languages is to help spread the gospel
"come in a honda leaf in a lexus" had me choking on my tea😂😂 awesome video as always and this NEEDS TO BE HEARD.
Thank you Brother Allen Parr for taking the time to talk about this concept of “speaking in tongues”. You have pointed out that it is not wise to use this spiritual gift in corporate prayer meetings. Paul was also trying to draw a line between what should be done in the church and what should not be done. But it is clear that you have already made up your mind about whether or not we should speak in tongues. You've definitely done your research, but some topics require experiential knowledge, not theories. If you read the same chapter from verse 14 to 18, you will understand that it is better to pray in tongues than in our mother tongue (I don't mean that the prayer of those who pray in their own language is a lesser prayer). No wonder Paul wanted us all to speak in tongues. The 14th chapter of 1 Corinthians does not speak of the superiority of prophecy over speaking in tongues, but rather of the gift that is most beneficial in church meetings. I would suggest that all who are committed to having a strong relationship with the Father seek the gift of speaking in tongues. Ask God to give it to you and He surely will (Luke 11:13). From experience, every Christian should leverage the gift of speaking in an unknown tongue. So beneficial for a personal walk with God. Once again thank you Brother Allen.
*This is the best video on this topic I’ve seen.*
I skipped it when it first came out, as I thought I knew what Allen was going to say. Something along the lines of a 50’s rock song shama lama ding dong, then interpret for himself, God says you are unsaved if you don’t speak like this.
1. This video is the best explanation of speaking in tongues. God scattered people and confused their languages at the Tower of Babel. Now, after Christ has given His life, been resurrected, and ascended back into heaven; the last commandment has to be started, preach the Gospel to all nations.
2. What Allen hasn’t gotten to yet, Paul very clearly states; when someone speaks in an unknown tongue (not the native language of the current culture) another is to interpret; *NOT THE SPEAKER* In the Old Testament, and it should still be this way today as it would start removing a lot of junk from churches, a prophet that claimed to speak for God and it didn’t come to pass or be verified - they were to stone them to death.
Also, unlike today, guilt was established by the word of two or three witnesses, not one. This goes with speaking in tongues where Paul said another is to interpret. Of all the comments I’ve read, only one stated they were in service and felt the Holy Spirit give them the interpretation for what someone else had said.
3. Along with what is stated above, just blabbering gibberish, for the sake of claiming a gift God has not bestowed upon you is sin. If someone starts speaking Hungarian for example, I’m not going to understand. However, I believe if such a thing were to happen, someone else there may not understand the local common dialect; but be of Hungarian descent; and God is giving them what they were not getting - His Word for redemption unto salvation.
Glad you made this video. Can't tell you how insecure certain Christian youtubers made me feel early on after getting saved when they were out preaching a message that "if you don't speak in tongues, you're not saved." Even at the time, I knew that sentiment was nonsense because my baptism in the Spirit was by no means subtle at all (I KNEW I was saved when I got saved). At any rate, I did end up praying on it to God and simply ask Him "If the gift of tongues is really something that you want for my life, Lord please bless me with it." About 2 weeks later, God gave me a dream revealing to me that He'd actually been trying to speak through me for a while and He showed me how to surrender my tongue to Him. Nothing more really happened with it until a few months later, the night I found out my Mom had passed away, when I called for the Lord to "be with me", it was the first time that I started speaking in tongues (I just assumed it was a prayer). Since then, I've learned that I can pray in tongues for just about anything. I simply think in my mind in english what I want to pray for (for example: "Lord, I pray you'd take away my anger.") and Holy Spirit then puts the words in my mouth and I speak them.
PS: Something very important about the gift of tongues that I feel like no one really knows (or at least never speaks on) cause it was revealed to me by Holy Spirit: If you desire the gift of tongues, you must first repent and refrain from using your tongue to curse, slander, and generally speak evil. Holy Spirit pointed to James 3:9-12. James allegorizes the tongue and human speech as a spring producing either salt water (profanity) or spring water (wisdom/righteous speech). He closes by saying a salt water spring can't produce "fresh" water. The hidden meaning behind this is that God (through Holy Spirit) will not use a person's tongue that's still given over to speaking evil (AKA a salt water spring). If you want the gift of tongues, first clean up your speech and allow your salt water spring to become a fresh water spring.
Love everything you said, but the initial sign of having the Holy Ghost is speaking in tongues. In every verse on the subject, that is made clear. I don't know how that could be "nonsense".
Beautifully stated, Michael!
Could you explain how someone is still able to use this gift supposedly enabled by the Holy Spirit when such person commits sexual immorality and other abominations against God?
@NTZch Kinda feel like there was a question that belonged before this one. Not sure what you're even asking me about.
@@Cinnjerm24 Thanks for your time. I did get my answer from your response.
I believe speaking in tongues is truly the ability to speak a language such as Spanish, French, German, Cantonese etc. This being said, I think it is so others can speak the gospel in another language and to have an interpreter that is able to confirm or negate. Most of the time people are just babbling in church seeking self glorification, just as well as the practicing of slaying in the spirit does not profess a spirit of self control. I think that is why Paul says, " I wish you all spoke in tongues, to further the gospel throughout the world. Thanks for your teaching and have a blessed day!
I have been a believer for around two years. Last year I encountered someone who asked if I had “second baptism” this lead me to go down a rabbit hole for this topic in the scripture.
Many will reference acts 19 as proof of the second baptism when Paul asks Johns disciples “have ye received the Holy Ghost since you believed.” They say no and then Paul lays hands on them and then they speak in tongues. This only happened because those particular believers did not have the full gospel of Jesus at the time.
The second thing. In John 16 Jesus specifically says that the spirit “shall glorify me”
Those two things along with all of the scripture in 1 Cor leads me to believe that people placing emphasis on speaking in tongues in church is a huge issue and can cause harm and division in the body of Christ.
People even go so far as to say that tongue speaking is a prerequisite of salvation or receiving the Holy Ghost. Is the work of Christ insufficient then? This is insanity.
Jesus said that the Holy Ghost will glorify him. Any statement that says that you need tongues to receive the Holy Ghost or salvation cannot be a statement made in truth.
Christ and his work is sufficient. We do not need to add to it.
Hi Allen. I really appreciate this video. I have been prayerfully considering this same point of view for a while. I was raised Pentecostal and was taught that tongues were the initial sign of receiving the Spirit. I have never had this experience, and it makes me wonder if I have the Spirit. The Foursquare church is the only Pentecostal denomination that agrees with you. Please pray for me as I continue to consider this. Thank you.
Thank you brother Allen!
Thank you Brother Allen, God bless you. I'm glad that I providentially bump into your channel. I feel isolated sometimes when this is discussed amidst my friends who are pastors.
The Holy Spirit distributes the gift as needed.
So why do so many pastors just babble incoherently & claim they're speaking in tongues ?? I've yet to witness ANYONE in the church speak a different language they don't understand but is a REAL language
There’s a difference in speaking in tongues and praying in tongues. Praying in tongues is so helpful in intercessory prayer when we don’t know what to pray for but sensing the urge to pray. It keeps us on track with a prayer than aligns with God’s will. Biblically speaking, tongues would follow being baptized with the Holy Spirit and was the evidence of it.
When he says I wish you all spoke in tongues, it was a hyperbolic rhetoric because he definitely knew all couldn't speak in tongues. He used it to make his point of prophecy being a greater gift. It wasn't a prescription
Thank you!
Took me a little more than 9 years to find your name.
You can't mimick GOD'S gift. Only the HOLY SPIRIT of Almighty GOD can bless a person with the gift of tongues📖🙏🏽💙💜❤️
You are Right on my Brother in your understanding of Gifts and Tongues ....The Living Bible (by Tyndale) explanies that chapter so clearly that anyone can understand exactly what Paul was talking about...I was not raised Penicostal and the Living Bible explained it clearly to me in the mid 70's ...I know this may sound dumb but a LOT of people do NOT know what the word "EDIFY" means, ...it's not a word we use every day...To me, it simply means it "Helps" someone or something ... EXAMPLE: Praying in Tongues (in private) HELPS the Individual whereas Prophecy HELPS the whole Church... SIMPLE as pie.
I was got baptized with Holy Spirit in September 2018. That's the first time I speak in tongues. I turned life to Jesus in February'2018.
Now I work on the field. Speak in tongues is really important especially when you pray alone, or when you around people who love pray speak in tongues together.
I have testimony. One lady got baptized with Holy Spirit when she sat with us while me and friends speak in tongues.
After that she decided to do water baptism. Now she's doing Discovery Bible Study with us and she has a heart to open her house to service women who has been abused.
Speak in tongues is powerful!
When I don't have enough words to pray ( in long time) I just pray in tongues. And sometimes a friend can interpret it for others.
What language do you speak other than English?
Came to church in a honda left in a lexus. Blessing for sure.
The is one thing teaching under the influence of the Holy Spirit and human wisdom
I’m glad to hear you say this
1 Corinthians chapter 14 verse 14,15
For for if I prayeth in an unknown tongue my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful. What is it then. I will pray with the spirit and I will pray with the understanding also,
Since I speaking in tongues I become demon process and 10 years nightmare. So difficult for me. I truly believe Holy Spirit gives many people gift of tongues, even me, but there is dangerous there. Some people don’t know they got lots of evil spirits inside of the flesh, when speaking in tongues can also open a door to dark kingdom. I also experienced God’s peace flow on me. But I won’t speak tongue anymore.
I absolutely believe some churches do this. I left a church in Seattle years ago because I think they had fleshly desires more than Godly desires.
I had a pastors son say “ If you don’t speak in tongues that means you are not close to God”
Also they would preach on tithing a few times a service, serving in the church 4 times a week, and even preached “ You should give your entire tax return to God we have roofs and things to fix. We want to be a mega church”. They were focused more on money and giving all of your time to grow their church over anything else.
Nope, NOpe, NOPE I left that day.
Great teaching, I did prison ministry and forcing tongues to new converts s was very damaging.
"Shoulda bought a Honda."
If you get it-you get it.
based on my Catholic school training some a revelation of the Holy Spirit , and others a temptation of the devil, it up to you how you respond...
Edification also is also a cleansing feeling...like a refreshing gentle spring rain. Speaking in tongues must have some purpose when the heart of a person is dedicated to the worship of Almighty God, not a "look at me" attitude. God hates a prideful heart.
I have a personal testimony. This did NOT happen to someone else - it happened to ME. I testify that this is 100% true and I apologize that explaining it fully means a few extra words. I was a new but committed disciple of Jesus when I first began speaking in "gibberish?" other tongues. I knew not what I was saying but I clearly felt prompted to do so. A few months after that began to be part of my prayer and worship life, I happened to be visiting a large church (almost 1000 people) when there was a worship time that went silent - and someone spoke out in another "gibberish?" tongue. I "FELT" like I knew exactly what they said. After they had finished the audience awaited an interpretation and my heart was in my throat with fear because I knew what it was - but I had doubt. Was this really The Holy Spirit or was it my mind? After about 30 seconds (an eternity when The Holy Spirit is prompting you and you are fighting) the pastor gave the interpretation. IT WAS ALMOST TO THE EXACT WORDS - VERBATIM to what I had understood. I apologized to God for not trusting him, and thanked him for the lesson that I learned. God's ways are NOT meant for the carnal mind to understand. They are meant for the humble servant to grow in faith in Him.
Test everything in the scriptures. The tongues in the New Testament were well documented to HUMAN languages that you never studied. Not gibberish.
@@IvanAlvarezCPACMAAbsolutely. Irs real andcits, a gift, but it must be used correctly. In the privacy of your own space, rhings are different. Amen and Amen.
But then, there is the plain reading of what Paul said. He did not stutter, nor did he forbid it in context. He said IF it happens in church, THEN let there be an interpretation. Sounds to me like the conditions were met. And I don't use a prayer language other than English. I will say there is a marked difference in what he described and the clear manifestation of Kundalini spirits and disorderly hysterical laughter that should rightly be shunned.
I agree with Ivan that it’s not gibberish but an actual language.
I can testify first hand my experience. My wife is Baptist and I’m Pentecostal. She never understood the gift of speaking in tongues or prophecy and neither did I.
One day she was by herself praying to the Lord around 12-1 am with an open heart that if the speaking in tongues are still available for today’s believers then she would love to have that gift.
Amazingly she received the speaking in other tongue which is an actual language Portuguese and after she’s done praying in tongues she interprets the tongues. How amazing is that!!!
A Baptist sister having the gift of speaking in tongues and interpreting the tongues.
The Holy Spirit is amazing! She told her mom and she was not happy about it and said that’s impossible but what’s impossible to us is possible to the Holy Spirit.
She speaks in tongues only when the Holy Spirit chooses so 2-3 times a month.
That’s my wife’s personal experience. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
I 100 percent believe you.
I love how you give us a warning…THIS WILL NOT BE A SHORT VIDEO.
It’s 20 minutes.
Some of us have sat through a 6 hour long teaching from Mike Winger about head coverings, Brother Allen 😂😂 take ALL the time you need lol
This. 😂
Very true!
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if it takes 6 hours to explain head covering then you are trying to warp the text to mean something else. that's just stupidity.
My mom shared a story when, years ago, she had asked the Lord for the gift of tongues (I think she was also wanting to confirm that she was actually speaking tongues and not just jabbering). A few months later she was praying quietly in a service and afterward a woman came up to her and said that my mom had been glorifying God in Spanish. Being that my mom’s vocabulary of Spanish was “taco” and “hola”. It was a sweet way for the Lord to reveal to her she did have the gift of tongues.
Glory to God!!! That's beautiful!!!
Praise God He is so good. God knows when the heart is sincere and wants truth.💗
I heard a story about a missionary who was able to understand and speak the local language in Indonesia even though he’s never been there before!
Another missionary had a testimony of speaking in tongues and an elderly person came up and said they were speaking an ancient Arabic language! The missionary had no idea❤
Matt 6:7
Same for me. Spanish
My husband went on a mission trip as a teen. While he was there the Spirit began to move. People began praying in tongue from the youth group and pastors. The people of Honduras began to jump in joy and were laughing and crying because they heard their language being spoken by people who could only speak English. It was the same outpouring from then, today and tomorrow. The same God, that never changes!!❤
I would have loved to have seen that!!
A guy that came to our church was asked by a Muslim in Isreal, how can you be an American and have no Hebrew accent? He spoke perfect Hebrew and the Muslim told him the interpretation.
Wow! praised be to Almighty God.
My mom was speaking in tongues and someone asked her if she spoke Spanish because they could understand her
Pray God lifts the scales from the lukewarm and lost eyes, opens their ears and soften their hearts. Pray God brings revival to the earth. Pray the Lord of Harvest send forth laborers into the harvest. Pray God strengthens His children, gives them more discernment and wakes them up 🔥
Amen
Amén
Amen 🙂🙏
Yesss in Jesus name Amen.. ALL glory to our God Most High, always n forever Amen!!!
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In Jesus name, Amen 🙏 ❤️
This was the first in-house debate I encountered as a baby Christian. It taught me the importance of going back to Scripture to find our answers, and not blindly believing everything we are told.
I totally agree, but we must also seek God’s understanding through prayer and even fasting if needs be.
I surmise why a lot of misinterpretation of God’s holy scriptures exists is because human beings are reading with their physical mind as they would a man made novel. There is the biggest mistake we make. God’s words are spiritually written, so we must arm ourselves spiritually to gain wisdom, incite and correct understanding.
Same here! My college Inter Varsity group was so divided on this issue that it became an "us" against "them" and friendships were damaged in the process. It was a heartbreaking mess. My father is a pastor and when I asked him about this issue, he sent me John MacArthur's commentary on 1 Corinthians. I found a lot of peace in studying that but just did not want to fight with my brothers and sisters over this "secondary issue"
@@RealLadyG amen yes!! The bible needs to be read with Holy Spirit guidance and not like a novel. Youre 1000 % correct. Thats why many people with degrees and titles longer than the eifel tower.. dont understand the bible. Causs they just read it. They dont ask Holy Spirit to help and reveal to them. Gods word is really really rich!
@@frikkiesmit327 Thank you. With all the plethora of people talking about God’s words written in the Holy Bible, there’s so much contention and strife about the meaning. Not to mention a gazillion different interpretations and translations. Outside of my church nobody I know ever give the key (which is to pray first and invite the Holy Spirit to bear witness of the truth) to understanding God’s words as inspired and recorded by his chosen servants, the prophets and apostles. I testify when I put it to the test of praying first for understanding and wisdom, things that i read before and didn’t grasp changed. My new and correct understanding was like a flood gate opened up for me and now I spend more time reading, studying and pondering. I just finished studying the Old Testament for all of 2022. Now I’m getting ready to do the same for all of 2023 of The New Testament which is my favorite. Stay Blessed.🙏🏽❤️
Amen!! There will be less confusion if the bible is used as the standard of belief. Whatever preachers and teachers say must be compared with the word of God.
I grew up in a tongue speaking church and for many years i couldn't speak in tongues ( prayer language). Every Friday night was a prayer night. In our prayer nights, it was more about intercession ( interceding for others most especially our communities and country for the sake of the gospel). We used to pray for hours! Starting from 10 pm to 5 am in the morning.
But for a person like me who couldn't pray in prayer language ( tongues), it was tough! I could pray for some minutes and then went out of words, but those who could pray in prayer language ( tongues) could pray for hours without ceasing!!! I really felt left out! I could see everyone in corners very focused on prayers for hours without getting tired or getting asleep.
One day i cried out to God and asked him to give the gift of praying in tongues, so that i can also be able to intercede for that long.
It was one day, when i really started to pray in tongues after really focus on the needs of others rather than my own problems and before i knew it, i was speaking in tongues!
I was always starting in my own language then switch to tongues in intercession.
What really amazed me is, i could understand what i was praying for in spirit and then switch to my normal language to pray about that issue intensively.
One day i was arrested by officers at the airport on my way to minister in a church,i was trying to ask them what i did wrong but they couldn't listen and i was about to miss my flight. Suddenly i heard a voice in my heart telling to pray in tongues ( in silence) after praying like about 5 minutes, the officers just let me go and even apologized, till now i never understood what was happening in the spiritual world.
PRAYING IN TONGUES CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE!!
Amen..Glory be to God
Amen, thanks for sharing
What a blessing!!! Thank you for sharing! This is personal, but I just told God today that I would like to pray for 3 hours straight! But how, what would I say I would run out of words to say. Then I see this video & your comment. Thank you for sharing!!!
I just knew there was a joke at the end of this 😂 religious people are funny as hell with out even trying 🤣
@@kookeluv I guess that's true to a certain degree...When I used to live in the San Joaquin Valley (California) in the late 1960's. They had a lot of signs (along the side of the freeway) that said "Jesus is the Answer." I asked some of my Christian friends, "If Jesus is the"answer," what is the QUESTION ❓" Nobody knew what to tell me.......
I’ll be honest brother Allen. This video gave me so much peace. Nearly cried because I wasn’t sure how to pray in tongues. And when I tried to it felt forced but I was trying to step out on faith. I used to watch videos and pray to God wondering why I don’t have this ability or gift. Sometimes I even thought the Holy Spirit wasn’t in me or something. Goes to show I have more studying to do in my bible because I searched everywhere but the word of God. I feel relieved. Thanks again Allen for the wisdom and understanding! 🙏🏽
God bless you!
I prayed for months for the gift of tongues (praying in a language only understood by God for the purpose of prayer// allowing the Spirit to intercede and speak through me). I thought that God would not give it to me or it wasn’t meant for me and that I’d never receive it. I realized that it was I who was lacking faith. Whoever has the Holy Spirit has access to ALL the gifts of the Spirit because it is not them who manifests the gifts, it is the Lord. Now with all the gifts we don’t have them all at the same time. I’ve heard it compared to a toolbox, you use one or two tools at a time *as the Father needs*, you don’t take all the tools out at once, or you wouldn’t use a hammer to tighten a bolt. We don’t all prophesy and heal and cast out demons and speak in known tongues and interpret all at once. The Spirit gives manifestation of the gifts as appropriate and also according to faith. For your prayer language, pray earnestly and open your mouth to speak in faith and the Holy Ghost will take it from there. Now I spend the majority of my prayer time praying in tongues, that my spirit prays. Blessings to you, brother in Jesus Christ ❤
@@miyakofugiyoka1600 I do believe this is a good way to look at spiritual giftings. The gift that’s required in the moment reminds me of Jesus’ words in telling the disciples that if they ask for bread, the Father will not give them a rock but rather what they need at that time.
Been there before bro.
@mikeprince7775 continue to search the Scriptures and the Holy Spirit will direct your path. Lean not on your own (nor anyone else’s) understanding. Consultation and conversation are encouraged, but the final word on any topic starts and ends with the Bible.
My daughter was a semi undercover missionary to Iceland for 8 years. She lived in a remote village near the Arctic Circle. She was the only Christian there. It was a very spiritually dark place and she daily encountered evil and was constantly in spiritual warfare for these people. One night she was agonizing in prayer over them. Praying and being so distraught in her heart for their souls. She was literally crying out loud to Christ to save them and it became so intense she could not form words anymore. As she was wailing over them, her wails became a language she didn’t know. It flowed out of her like a river. It ministered to her greatly. She knew this language was given to her from God . She knew God was inhabiting her petitions as she spoke. So much broke that night in Heaven and on earth for that village. The next day she looked up words she remembered speaking. It. Was. Hebrew. HEBREW ! It still fills me with awe and praise to speak of this!!
Thank you for sharing this. I was becoming confused by the amount of people talking against this gift, but have felt that witness inside me when I was praying and stuck for words.
Nice story but there simply no scripture to support this. When the full baptismal measure of the Holy Spirit fell on the apostles they spoke in known tongues not gibberish. These were known tongues by the multitude of Jew present on the day of Pentecost..
@@dsvet she said it was Hebrew she literally said it was hebrew
@@younameit1407 There were no Jews around so why Hebrew?
I'm pretty sure the outer layers of heaven speak Hebrew/Paleo Hebrew & Aramaic as the lingua franca.
I could be wrong...
I’ll never forget the pastor in front of everyone called me a demon for not being able to speak in tongues. He straight spoke to me like I was possessed. I felt so horrible but I knew something wasn’t right about what he was saying. I started studying the Word like crazy and found the truth……and it’s what you revealed at the end of this video. Thank you and God Bless
There are always going to be bad humans
What a dirty pastor...but at least he revealed his false teaching and enabled you to find the truth. Amen!
That PASTOR is controlled by demons.
I'm so sorry that happened to you!!!!
It was more like the pastor got possessed himself. He was blinded by the devil.
Sorry that happened to you. You are loved by Jesus and your brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ. God Bless.
Great video, Allen. I’ve been studying this lately and many believe that tongues aren’t for today because we don’t need them anymore. Their reasoning for this is that tongues was for spreading g the gospel and we don’t need that anymore because of the growth of technology and translators and this that and the third. But I was never fully convinced about that because Paul mentions praying in tongues and edifying yourself. That’s not evangelism. So it was brought to my attention recently that tongues were actually never used to preach the gospel. I’ve looked back through it and I can’t find an instance of tongues being used to share the gospel. People cite Pentecost but the problem with that is that the 120 were in the upper room minding their own business worshipping God when the tongues fell on them. They’re weren’t out on the streets preaching the gospel. And by the time Peter started preaching, the text seems to indicate that he was speaking in the common language that everybody understood. So again, no tongues for preaching the gospel. Then some cite the verse about these things ceasing (1 Cor 13:8), but, if you continue reading (always a good habit), it would seem that Paul is referring to a ceasing at Christ’s return, which he has not done yet. So I think tongues are still for today because it was never for evangelism. I’ve never personally prayed in tongues and I’m okay with that. I don’t need that. Might be cool. But I don’t need it. A friend of mine who does pray in tongues explained it this way: you’re praying the perfect will of God. So if that’s true, it would seem that praying in tongues is actually better than not praying in tongues because how many of y’all will confess like me that our prayers are usually pretty self-centered. So if you have the gift to pray in tongues you don’t even know what you’re praying so you may not even be praying for yourself, but you’re praying exactly what God wants you to pray. That’s my current understanding of tongues.
Years ago I attended my husband’s Pentecostal church. It made me so sad when one of the attenders was frightened that he was not going to heaven because he could not speak in tongues. It made me so sad that this church was teaching that everyone must have this gift. They were trying to force it on me as well, but it is not my gift and I am ok with that. I have a strong and real relationship with Jesus.
Yes, the gift of speaking in tongues is not a condition of your salvation. Many people ask for it because….
“He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the church.”
I Corinthians 14:4 NKJV
No one goes to heaven
they believe that tongues makes them spiritually superior and only the most righteous and mature are granted tongues by God.
So sad that people are teaching this, it's not true. I have received the gift of tongues and the only gift needed for heaven is Jesus.
As a Trinitarian Pentecostal, a believer is saved even if he has not experienced speaking in tongues. I don't know what kind of Pentecostal church the person you spoke of attended but it is an absurd claim to say that he wasn't going to heaven just because he lacked that particular faith. If you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, you shall be saved.
Thank you and God bless
I was always under the impression that tongues was a gift that enabled a Christians to speak in foreign languages so they can spread the Gospel
Not only....its a language that can be of men OR angels. It did manifest in various earthly languages at its very first appearance so that all those who didn't know God, could hear the praises to God being spoken in their own languages. But it can also be in a mysterious language of angels, a mysterious language of the holy spirit. and needs someone with a gift of interpretation in the holy spirit to interpret it.
@@BonusHole is the definition in Hebrew ?
Yeah but also no one was saved when they spoke in tongues and the people heard them talking about the wonderful words of God. They were saved when Peter stood up and preached in a known language- not tongues
@Tony Kontonasakis if it wasn't Peters native language, then it was tongues. But the heavenly language of tongues is not presented in the bible.
Or heard in ones own language
It takes great humility and courage to recant one's opinion on any biblical topic, Glory to God!
Those who speak in babble openly condemn those who do not.. thats all the evidence I need that its straight from Satan.. dont argue with me it isnt true because you regard it as proof of being Born Again.. the amount of times Ive had Christian create a senseless mob around me demanding I speak in tongues on the spot to prove I am born again, you are worse than Scientologists ranting "what is your sin?" harassing people
what was his pervious opinion?
@azguardian8156 he believed there is no such thing as a spiritual language "speaking in tongues"
1 cor 14:2
For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God, for no man understandeth him, however it may be that in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.
@@barewtnss oh ohk thx...wats that kjv i dont really understand that language.
That should be a requirement for all Christian. When we praise stuff like this, only reveals how off the path are we as a church.