Were New Testament tongues real languages for a limited time? Explore what Scripture actually teaches and how it differs from modern charismatic claims.
Is Speaking in Tongues a Biblical Teaching?
Was it Only the Apostles Who Spoke in Tongues at Pentecost?
While it is widely held that all one hundred twenty in the Upper Room received the gift of tongues on the Day of Pentecost, Scripture nowhere says this. In fact, there is good evidence to indicate that the gift of tongues was limited only to the apostles or to those to whom they gave the gift.
EARLY CHRISTIANITY: The Sermon of the Apostle Peter at Pentecost and its Result
The astonishment of the well-disposed hearers at these wonderful proceedings, and the mockery of the unbelievers, who ascribed the speaking with tongues to intoxication, called for an explanation and apology; and this first independent testimony of the apostles, poured forth from the fullness of the Spirit, was the effective signal for gathering in the first fruits of the new spiritual creation.
EARLY CHRISTIANITY: The Speaking with Tongues
The speaking with other or with new tongues, or simply speaking with tongues, which, along with miraculous powers, the Lord had expressly promised to his disciples before his ascension, (Mk. 16:17), marks, in its first appearance, that creative act of the Holy Spirit, in which he for the first time broke through the confines of nature, took forcible possession, so to speak, of the human mind, and solemnly consecrated human language to become the organ of the gospel.
The Birth of the Christian Church
Next to the incarnation, death and resurrection of the Son of God, the outpouring of the Holy Spirit and the birth of the church is the most momentous fact in history.
COUNTERFEIT MIRACLES: Patristic and Mediaeval Marvels
Explore the intriguing world of supposed miracles from the early Church to the Middle Ages. Discover what was real and what was not.
The Ceasing of the Spiritual Gifts of the New Testament
Discover the truth about the disappearance of spiritual gifts: Are they gone for good?
Why Is Speaking in Tongues After the Apostles Not Biblical?
Speaking in Tongues was an extraordinary gift conveyed through the Holy Spirit to a number of disciples starting at Pentecost 33 C.E. that made it possible for them to speak or otherwise glorify God in a tongue in addition to their own.
What was the reason for the speaking in tongues and has it ever ceased?
