Are Tongues For Today? What Are The Biblical Guidelines For Speaking In Tongues? “In the NT, the baptism in the Holy Ghost is always accompanied by inspired speech, and that inspired speech tends to be tongues and/or prophecy.” Disclaimers First, because this is a very controversial subject, I do not…

This year your elders have asked me to talk about spiritual gifts and the fruit of the Spirit. I have more to say about these subjects than time will allow. I hope that you will pardon me if I leave something unsaid, and I trust that you will benefit from what I do say. Our first subject is spiritual…

Are Tongues For Today? What Are The Biblical Guidelines For Speaking In Tongues? We are in the midst of a short series of messages entitled: “Are Tongues For Today?” I believe that God has impressed upon me that it is time to bring this teaching to the Sunday morning crowd. In this short series of messages,…

John Macarthur and further back the SBC have made Women’s roles in the life of the church a front and center issue. The SBC had knuckle heads making statements like… a women in my pulpit… never . Then a couple of weeks ago, John MacArthur made the satement about Beth Moore… stay home. Unfortunately today…

The wait for the promised Holy Spirit was over: Jesus had told the disciples to stay in Jerusalem and wait for the baptism of the Holy Spirit, and on the day of Pentecost, the wait was over! Now believers would have the Holy Spirit and His power living in them forever. (Lk. 24:49; Jn.14:16) 1 When the…

Introduction: I. Tongues and Interpretation A. About the Gift of Tongues 1. The Greek word tongues “glossa”. glossa translated "tongue," is used to mean the physical tongue in a person's mouth & "language." In the New Testament passages where speaking in tongues is discussed, the meaning "languages"…

God's Sovereignty Over Spiritual Gifts, Healing And Deliverance And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness…

1 Pursue love, and desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy. 2 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. 3 But he who prophesies speaks edification and exhortation and comfort to men. 4 He…

Spiritual Gifts III: Tongues, Healing, and Miracles 1 Corinthians 12:8-10; 14:1-40 November 15, 2009 Main Point(s) of sermon: · Tongues is still for today, but only given to some (few?). · Healing and miracles still happen at God’s discretion. · It is not necessarily our fault if he doesn’t act as we…

The world is full of false worship Today’s text is one of the hardest chapters in the Bible. It’s a difficult chapter. There’s certainly plenty of controversy and confusion regarding this chapter. It’s a chapter written by Paul, and it’s hard. In , Peter said of some of Paul’s writings, “And count the…

Introduction On March 14 of this year Chrisma magazine published an article titled “What Every Believer Should Know About Receiving Spirit Baptism” Near the close of the article they stated (quote), “If you want to receive the baptism with the Holy Spirit so that you will be an empowered witness and…

D.A. Carson, Showing the Spirit, A Theological Exposition of I Corinthians 12-14, Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1987 Xenoglossia = speaking in unlearned human languages. Glossolalia = speaking verbal patterns that cannot be identified with any human language. p, 79 Noncognitive utterance = without…

Confusion is a weapon the enemy uses to kill people!

TONGUES INTRODUCTION: 1. The subject of speaking in tongues is one many people believe in. (1) Amazes me when I see someone on television claiming to “speak in tongues.” (2) Many claim they have this ability. They say it is evidence of their salvation. 2. Regarding the text: (1) In Chapters 12, 13, and…

Spiritual gifts should build up the body lovingly, clearly, and orderly.