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In this passage, Paul makes two main points:
In the church service, prophecy is more valuable than tongues unless tongues are interpreted
When addressing the church in tongues, it should be interpreted
Why does Paul teach that prophecy is greater than tongues in a church service?
Because whilst tongues benefit you personally, prophecy benefits the whole church.
This begs the question, how do tongues benefit you personally?
This passage mentions at least 5 ways...
5 Benefits of Tongues
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You pray with wisdom beyond your understanding
2.
You strengthen yourself spiritually
If your phone is running out of battery, what do you do?
You charge it!
Praying in tongues is one of the ways we stay full of the Holy Spirit!
3.
You pray with your spirit
We are spirit, soul (i.e.
mind, will, and emotions) and body.
Your spirit is the part of you that has been born again:
Your spirit has become one the Jesus Christ:
When you pray with your spirit by praying in tongues, Jesus is praying through you!
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You worship beyond the limitations of your understanding
Notice, you can “sing” in tongues as a way of worship.
Notice, than when you do so, you “give thanks well”!
The Greek word for “well” means “beautifully”, “finely”, and “excellently”.
When you give God thanks in tongues, your thanksgiving is beautiful, fine and excellent!
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You teach yourself
Notice: Paul valued the gift of tongues - he prayed in tongues more than them all.
But he did that privately.
When he addressed the church, he did so in a language they could understand so that he could “teach others also”.
Note the word “also”.
It means “in addition to”.
In other words, he was saying, when I pray tongues, I am teaching myself, so that when I come to church, I can teach others “also”!
Praying in tongues enables you to receive revelation from God.
Tongues a ministry gift
So far, we have looked at tongues as a prayer language, a way of us speaking to God.
But there is any type of tongues that Paul mentions:
Notice, God says, “I will speak to this people”.
In this type of tongues, it is not us speaking to God, it is God speaking to us!
In this type of tongues, God gives a message in a tongue, that is to then be interpreted.
It is equivalent to prophecy:
So, there are prayer-tongues, and there are message-tongues, the two are not to be confused.
All believers can receive the gift of prayer-tongues:
Notice that Paul knew they could “all speak with tongues”.
The problem was that they were using their prayer-tongues to address the church.
However, this should only have been done by those who had a message to give in tongues, which could then be interpreted for the church’s edification.
The Corinthians were confusing the two types of tongues.
That’s why Paul had to ask, “Do all speak with tongues” (1 Corinthians 12:30)
In other words, don’t you realise that not everyone will have a message to give in tongues in a service?
This does not mean that you cannot pray in tongues quietly during in a church service:
Notice: “let him speak to himself and to God”.
In other words, when addressing the church in a tongue, there must be an interpretation.
If there is not, then the speaker should stop addressing the church, and can continue to quietly pray in tongues if he so wishes.
But he must not disrupt the service.
Practical Application
Incorporate tongues into your daily prayer time.
If you have not received the gift, ask for it!
Ask
Believe you have received
Speak in faith
Summary
In the church service, prophecy is more valuable than tongues unless tongues are interpreted
When addressing the church, tongues should be interpreted
Benefits of praying in tongues include:
You pray with wisdom beyond your understanding
You strengthen yourself spiritually
Jesus prays through you
You worship beyond the limitations of your understanding
You teach yourself
There is a difference between tongues as a prayer gift, and tongues as a ministry gift
All believers can receive tongues as a prayer gift
With tongues as ministry gift, God gives a message in a tongue, that is to then be interpreted.
This gift is not given to everyone.
We should incorporate tongues into your daily prayer time.
If you have not received the gift of tongues, ask for it, believe you have received it, and speak in faith.
Discussion / Prayer
Discuss: What stuck out to you from today’s message?
Listen to your prayer requests and spend some time praying for each other.
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