Tonight, while praying for guidance from the Lord on what to write about, speaking in tongues immediately came to my mind; Before I could even finish my prayer. So, here we go. I really haven't seen anybody speak in tongues except on TV and I really don't understand it. I know that in Acts 2 they were all speaking in tongues but it was other known languages. Later Paul says in 1 Corinthians that someone speaking in unknown tongues is speaking to God and not man. But a few verses after that he says that he wishes all could speak in tongues but even more, that they could prophesy, unless they could interpret so the entire church could be edified. Later in the same chapter (14) of 1 Corinthians Paul says that he, himself speaks in tongues but it is better that he speak five words that are understandable than ten thousand in tongues.
It seems like this is more of a stumbling block than a gift to me. What I mean is some churches look down on a person if they don't speak in tongues and some churches look down on people who do. Personally, I think that a lot of people pretend to be speaking in tongues so they'll be accepted. They say it's uncontrollable but I often wonder why it only happens in churches or around others who accept it. Why don't people just break out speaking tongues in at work or the mall or while driving down the road? Like I said, I just don't understand.
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