"Biblical Tongues"

1. Prophesying/Speaking was Preferred instead of Tongues by Paul for Edifying the Church (v.19,22,31)
2. Only Two or Three People Speaking in Tongues in Each Service/Gathering (v.27)
3. Only One at a Time (v.27)
4. Interpreter Must Always be Present (v.28)
5. Must be Orderly, No Confusion (v.33)
6. No Women Speaking Tongues in the Church (v.34,35)

1. Not Generally Understood & Required Interpretation (v.2)
2. Not Edifying to Believers (v.4)
3. Repelled Unbelievers (v.23)
4. God is not The Author of Confusion (v.33)
5. Hinders Evangelism & Edification in the Church (v.19)

1. Scriptures Do Not Teach It (Ephesians 5:18,19)
2. Witnessing & Speaking the Word with Boldness are Examples of the Spirit's Filling (Acts 1:8,4:31)
3. Eight Men and Women in the Scripture Who Were Filled With the Holy Spirit But Did NOT Speak in Tongues.

   ---The Lord Jesus Christ (Luke 3:21,22)

   ---John the Baptist (Luke 1:15,16)

   ---Elizabeth (Luke 1:41-45)

   ---Zacharias (Luke 1:67-80)

   ---Stephen (Acts 7:55)

   ---Peter (Acts 4:8, 31)

   ---John (Acts 4:31)

   ---Paul (Acts 9:17)

1. A Sign to that Wicked Generation of Jews (v.22)
2. A Sign Gift not an Edification Gift (v.22)
3. A Sign to Unbelievers (v22)
4. A Sign Exercised in Public not Private (v.5,12,19,23,28)
5. A Sign from God of Judgment on Jews for Rejecting God's Message & Messiah (v.21; Isaiah 28:11)
6. A Sign from God Exercised by the Apostles During that Era for the Authentication of the Men, Message, and Method of God-which is the Church (Acts 2:43; II Cor. 12:12; Heb. 2:3,4)
7. A Sign to Jewish Believers that Gentiles were also to be equal participants in the Gospel (Acts 11:12-18)

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