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.