Praying In Tongues?
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- 00:12
- What you're hearing is commonly referred to as speaking in tongues, but it's not. It's just gibberish.
- 00:18
- Nowhere in the Bible are we told to pray like this. In fact, there's not one verse in the Bible that encourages praying in tongues.
- 00:25
- What about the book of Acts? Well, the gift of tongues was given to share the gospel so everyone could hear it in their own language.
- 00:31
- What about 1 Corinthians 14? Well, it's there Paul says, if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful.
- 00:38
- What am I to do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will pray with my mind also. He doesn't encourage praying in tongues.
- 00:44
- He's discouraging the practice. But verse 39 says don't forbid speaking in tongues. Right. And the context is to prophesy, not private prayer.
- 00:52
- What is the gift of tongues for? It is a sign not for believers, but for unbelievers to hear the gospel spoken in their own language.
- 00:59
- Read every passage on tongues with that understanding. It's not a prayer language, and it's especially not incoherent babbling.
- 01:06
- Jesus said, when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the pagans do. Pray then like this.
- 01:12
- Our father in heaven hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
- 01:19
- Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our debts as we have also forgiven our debtors and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.