27 November 2024
Benefits of speaking in Tounges
●Speaking in Tounges is inital evidence of the Holy Spirit’s infilling presence in a person.
●Several passages mention this, including Acts 2:1-4
Acts 10 and Acts 19
●In all these chapters, we see people receive the Holy Spirit ,and then they start to speak in tounges.
●Isaiah 28:10-12 is the only place in the Old Testament that speaks about speaking in tounges.
●In the New Testament in Mark 16:17 ,it says
And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues ;
● This gift becomes highly prominent from the day of Pentecost ,which is described in the book of Acts Chapter 2 onwards.
●1 Corinthians 14 speaks about the gifts of the Holy Spirit and discusses mostly on speaking in Tounges .
●1 Corinthians 12 says
to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.
●1 Corinthians 14:2 says
For he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God,
First Benifit of speaking in tounges.
- By speaking in Tounges, we are, in fact, allowing our spirit to come in contact with the Father of spirits.
●God is a spirit .
●He has infact provided a supernatural way by which the Human Spirit can be in contact with God.
●Hebrews 12:9 reads
Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live?
●This verse mentions God as the Father of spirits, so in the spirit ,we can talk directly to him.
●1 Corinthians 14:14
if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful.
●This language rises from your spirit and is not a natural language.
●This language does not arise from our intelligence.
●Romans 8:26
Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
●Holy Spirit intercedes to God for us through our human spirit .
●Groaning is actually inarticulate speech
●The Holy Spirit enables our human spirit, apart from our understanding, to pray to God and to commune with Him. *Second benifit : speaking mysteries
●1 Corinthians 14:2 says that as we speak in tounges, we are actually speaking mysteries.
For he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God, for no one understands him; however, in the spirit he speaks mysteries
●Mysteries, according to the Bible, signify hidden wisdom of God
●Prayer in our natural languages is mostly based on our human understanding. Such a prayer is really never complete.
●One’s intelligence may not really understand the real reason behind certain issues.
●Speaking in tounges helps in expressing supernaturally the real reason behind certain issues.
●With the gift of tounges, we can talk to God supernaturally .
●Here, your spirit ,by the Holy Spirit, speaks to God supernaturally.
●The third benefit of speaking in tounges is that no one understands, even the devil does not understand other tongues .
●When you do things with the carnal mind and flesh, the devil can easily understand what one is up to !
●If you want to confuse the devil, speak in other Tounges!
●So, one needs to act, speak, and walk in the spirit to effectively confuse the devil.
● Fourth Benifit of speaking in Tounges – to Magnify God.
Acts 10:45,46 And those of the circumcision who believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles also. 46 For they heard them speak with tongues and magnify God.
●So when you speak in Tounges, you magnify God.
● Fifth Benifit , edifying ourselves.
1 Corinthians 14:4
●When you speak in other tounges ,you are edifying yourself.
Edifying means to build oneself up.
●1 Corinthians 14:18 Paul says
I thank my God I speak with tongues more than you all.
●Here ,Paul actually says that he thanks God for enabling him to edify himself more than all the rest .
●Jude 1:20 says , “But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit.
● So praying in the Holy Spirit results in building up yourself.
●In Ephesians 6:18 With every prayer and request, pray at all times in the Spirit
●What does it mean to pray in the Spirit?
●1 Corinthians 14:2 says
For he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God, for no one understands him; however, in the spirit he speaks mysteries.
●Here too, Paul says Mysteries
● When you pray in the spirit, that prayer is not one in a natural language but in a supernatural one.
●When you pray in tounges, you pray in the Holy Spirit.
●You end up receiving energy needed for your body, too.
●For the spirit to be edified, spiritual energy is needed
●Through edification of your human spirit, you can energise your body.
●Your mind will come under the subjection of the Spirit.
●Sixth benefit of speaking in tounges is Spiritual Refreshing
Rest and Refreshing- you can refresh yourself and also experience rest
●Isaiah 28:11-12 spoke about speaking in tounges in the Old Testament
For with stammering lips and another tongue
He will speak to this people,
12 To whom He said, “This is the rest with which
You may cause the weary to rest,” And, “This is the refreshing”;
●So speaking in tounges brings rest and refreshing .
God bless