The Order of Tongues: Tongues in Order

 

Praise the Lord everybody! This is Minister Novice. The title of the message this week is "The Order of Tongues" or tongues in Order. The scripture text is 1 Corinthians 14:18. Apostle Holcomb proceeded to teach the people of God in reference to the 2 operations of tongues. We were strongly encouraged to continue to study chapters 12-14 of 1 Corinthians in our private devotion with the Lord. The question that was posed according to 1 Corinthians 14:23, is should we as a church pray in cooperate tongues publicly or in a church setting. We acknowledge that God is not the author of confusion, but He is the author of peace. First of all, we have discussed that there are two operations of tongues. Number 1 is The Gift of Tongues. This is God speaking to man through man by the Holy Spirit with the companion gift of Interpretation of Tongues. In this manifestation, God is giving a message to the church. God is speaking, therefore we need an interpreter. Secondly, there is the operation of Praying in Tongues, which is also called praying in our Spiritual prayer language or praying in the spirit. This is the manifestation of being baptized in the Holy Ghost with the initial evidence of speaking in tongues. When we pray in tongues, we are speaking to God, spirit to spirit. Please remember that we are spirits. We live inside of physical bodies and we possess a soul. In this operation of tongues, there is no need for interpretation because God understands all languages. According to 1 Corinthians 14:2, "For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue, speaketh not unto man but unto God for no man understands him; how be it in the spirit he speaks mysteries. Therefore as we continue to study and rightfully divide the Word of Truth, we come to realize that in 1 Corinthians 14:23, Paul was speaking about the Gift of tongues. This was not a reference to our spiritual prayer language. Accordingly, to answer the question, "Should we pray in cooperate tongues publicly?" The answer is yes! It is a beautiful experience as the whole church comes together and blesses the Lord in many different languages. We are ambassadors of Christ and of Heaven. Therefore when we pray in tongues, we identify who we are, where we're from, who we support and who we represent. We have been given a charge to pray in tongues more! As always, please remember to remain in the place of grace. Remain in the place by Jesus.

Tongues Accessible to the Supernatural: Why Tongues and Controlled Tongues

 

Praise the Lord! Hallelujah! Glory to God! This is Minister Novice. We, the Body of Christ, the family of God at the Christian House Prayer have been tapping into the pneumanticos, which is the realm of the Spirit. Apostle Holcomb is continuing to teach in the area of Pneumatology, the study of the Spirit. The message this week is Tongues: Accessible to the Supernatural: Why Tongues and Controlled Tongues. The scripture text is found in 1 Corinthians 14:1, 2. Verse 2 says, "For He that speaketh in an unknown tongue, speaketh not unto man but unto God for no man understands him, howbeit in the Spirit, he speaks mysteries." Divine mysteries are divine secrets that the Father reveals to us when we pray in the Holy Ghost. When we communicate with God in our Heavenly language, we can't mess up the prayer and the devil can't interrupt it. We don't know what we are saying but we know what we are doing. There are times when we know that we need to pray, but we don't know how to pray about a particular situation. Paul says in 1 Corinthians 14:15, "I will pray in the Spirit and I will pray with the understanding also…" Praying in tongues transcends our own limited thinking. When we pray in the Holy Ghost, we build ourselves up on our most holy faith as we are speaking directly to God. Tongues, glossa, is a Spiritual prayer language that God has given specifically to the individual. We should pray in our Spiritual language on a daily basis. Praying in tongues positions and causes us to be accessible to the supernatural. We serve the Living God and it is in Him that we live and move and have our being. As we continue to operate in the supernatural realm, we should expect signs, wonders and miracles to take place in our lives on a daily basis. We have an expectation of the demonstration of the Holy Spirit, anticipating the inevitable, supernatural intervention of God. We expect Him to move on our behalf and on the behalf of others. Even as we realize that speaking in tongues is the initial evident sign that we have received the baptism of the Holy Ghost, it should also be a way of life for the child of God. We are ambassadors of Christ, ambassadors of Heaven. Therefore, as citizens of Heaven, we are Spiritual beings having human encounters and human experiences. It is only natural that we speak in our native Heavenly tongue. As always, please remember to remain in the place of grace. Remain in the place by Jesus!

 

Your Independence Day: Receive the Spirit’s Power

 

The message that Apostle Holcomb preached this week is entitled, "Your Independence Day: Receive the Spirit's Power." The scripture text is John 20:22. Jesus breathed on His disciples and said, Receive ye the Holy Ghost. The Godhead is the ministry of representation. Thus when we are saved, it is the Holy Spirit who brings us to Jesus. No man can come to Jesus except he is drawn by the Holy Spirit. Likewise after we have accepted Jesus as personal Savior and Lord, it is He who brings us into contact with the Holy Spirit's ministry. If you are a child of the Most High, you need to receive the power of God, which is the Baptism in the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues. This supernatural endowment from God gives us power over Satan, sin and self. The Holy Spirit gives us the ability and the strength to quit habits, to release ungodly relationships, to walk right, to talk right, and to live right; to live our lives pleasing and acceptable unto the Father. The question then becomes according to Acts 19:1-6, "Have you received the Holy Ghost since you believed?" This word since is interesting to me because it can carry a couple of connotations. Have you received the Holy Ghost because or in view of the fact that you are saved? Likewise, have you received the Holy Spirit from the time when or after you were saved? Both are indicators that the Holy Spirit's ministry is not optional, but it is necessary for the power of God from on high to flow in and through us. Acts 10:38 says that "God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with Him." Once again, this shows the ministry of representation in progress. Once we have received the Spirit's baptism, we can go about doing good, as Jesus did because God is with us. If you need to accept Jesus as personal Savior and Lord, please contact me. Likewise, if you are saved, and you are void of power; you truly love God but there are some things that you haven't been able to let go of; you need the baptism of the Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking in tongues. You need the power of God! Allow Jesus to take you into another dimension of who He is; Savior, Shepherd and Sovereign King! Acts 1:8 says that you shall receive power after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and you shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. And as always, please remember to remain in the place of grace. Remain in the place by Jesus.