1 Cor 14:1-5 About speaking in tongues

1 Cor 14:1-5 About speaking in tongues

I reworked my schedule of sermons so I could keep chapters 12-14 together. So, this week and next week I will be working on Chapter 14. Chapter 12 taught us there are gifts empowered by the Holy Spirit. Chapter 13 taught us that more important than these Spiritual Gifts is loving others by our actions. Chapter 14 singles out one gift which seemed to be causing a problem, Speaking in tongues.

1.     Three types of tongues in the Bible

a.     Acts 2:1-13 (a language known by someone present)

b.     1 Cor 13:1 tongues of men and angels, Romans 8:26-27

c.      1 Cor 14:5 tongues as a sign (with interpretation) Acts 10:44-48

2.     How does this happen

a.     Spontaneously Acts 10:44-48, Acts 2:1-4

b.     Laying on of hands Acts 19:5-7 Acts 8:17-20

c.      In prayer Romans 8:26&27

d.     Some people pray for it while others do not

3.     What is it like

a.     Some just start speaking full sentences

b.     For others, just a word comes to mind

c.      Feel the warmth and peace of God

d.     Others feel like being thrown into a cold lake (shocked awake)

4.     Not everyone receives it

a.     1 Cor 12: 27-31

b.     Now I want you all to 1 Cor 14:5

c.      It does not make you spiritually stronger or superior to someone else

d.     Not having it does not make you spiritual inferior to someone else

e.     It is a gift not a badge or right

5. What to do?

Pray

Ask

Seek

Do not get discouraged or question your faith