Speaking in Tongues Prophesied in Old Testament

 

 20: Brethren be not children in understanding howbeit in malice be ye children but in understanding be adults 21: In The Law [nomo] it is written With other tongues and strange lips will I speak to this people [2] ^{Isaiah 28:11} and yet for all that will they not hear me says the Lord

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[2] Speaking in tongues was prophesied in the Old Covenant. Isaiah wrote that God would speak in other tongues to his people. In 1 Corinthians 14:21, Paul defined Isaiah 28:11 as a prophecy of speaking in tongues.

This is an excerpt from The Hungry Hearts Bible Commentary edited by this author.

Speaking in Tongues Builds Faith: 1 Corinthians 14:16-18

Else when you shall bless with the spirit how shall they that occupy the room of the unlearned say Amen at your giving of thanks seeing they understand not what you say For you truly give thanks well but the other is not built up [1] I thank my God I speak tongues more than you all[2]

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[1] In terms of faith building (Jude 20) and praying the perfect will of God (Romans 8:26-27), much good comes from praying in the Holy Ghost (tongues).

[2] Paul clearly did not discourage speaking in tongues. How could he when he just boasted that he spoke in tongues more than anyone? Yet some persist in missing the point that this chapter of Paul’s letter is meant to address motives and method. It is not meant to disparage the gift. Those who oppose the gift of tongues, tend to do away with the gifts of the Holy Spirit altogether by teaching that they were only for the early church, but that teaching is not found in this chapter, nor anywhere else in scripture.

This is an excerpt from The Hungry Hearts Bible Commentary edited by this author.

1 Corinthians 14:14-15: Tongues of Angels

For if I pray [in] tongues my spirit prays but my understanding is unfruitful What is it then I will pray with the spirit and I will pray with the understanding also [1]  I will sing with the spirit and I will sing with the understanding also

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[1] Praying in the Spirit is not the same as praying with our understanding. Praying in the Spirit is praying in heteroglossos, strange unknown tongues of a different sort (a language but not any earthly dialect), “for no mortal understands." 

That is because we are speaking to God and not to mortals. (1 Corinthians 14:2).” Paul mentioned speaking in the tongues of angels (1 Corinthians 13:1). That is heteroglossos. One of the benefits of praying in tongues is that our faith is built up. 

Jude wrote that we build up “our most holy faith praying in the Holy Ghost.” That is not silent praying. That is praying in heteroglossos. 

Romans 8:26-27 tells us that when the Holy Spirit prays through us, we are praying the perfect will of God. The passage in Romans refers to spoken prayer. The text supports an audible, though not linguistically understood, utterance. The “groanings which cannot be uttered” are audible but inarticulate speech.

This is an excerpt from The Hungry Hearts Bible Commentary by Jocelyn Andersen

Praying in Tongues: 1 Corinthians 14:14-15

 

 For if I pray [in] tongues my spirit prays but my understanding is unfruitful What is it then I will pray with the spirit and I will pray with the understanding[1]

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[1] Since praying in the Spirit is not the same as praying with our understanding Romans 8:26, we can infer from this verse, that praying in the Spirit is praying in tongues. Jude wrote that one of the benefits of praying in the Spirit is that our faith is built up Jude :20. 

This is an excerpt from The Hungry Hearts Bible Commentary