Hi, this is Pastor Jones with Shield of Faith Baptist Church in Boise, Idaho.
We're going to make a series of videos about speaking in tongues.
Now, what I've got here in my hand is a little fact sheet that we give out to
all of our soul owners at church, and it's got 10 different points on it.
And so what this does is just kind of helps to guide you through
the conversation you might have with somebody who goes to a Pentecostal church
or somebody who's confused about speaking in tongues
and the different activities that go on inside most Pentecostal churches.
Now, I learned these about 15 years ago when I was stationed in Louisiana.
So we went through this period down there where it just seemed like we just couldn't find
a church that didn't, you know, have any kind
of tainting by the Pentecostals. It seemed like even
a lot of the Baptist churches that we would go visit, you know, would still
they wouldn't maybe speak in tongues. They'd have people running through the aisles and stuff.
You know, a lot of that stuff's just kind of lumped together. And so we were just getting discouraged.
And then one day I was listening to the AM radio
and a Baptist pastor got on there and he
went through this same fact sheet and I thought it was awesome.
And we wound up going to that church for a couple of years for the rest of our time there.
But this has been a huge help to me and it's been a huge help to people in
our church. And over the years I've used these things
to actually teach people the truth, what the Bible says about speaking in tongues.
And so hopefully this helps you out. If you're interested in this fact
sheet we're going to put a link in the description down below so
that you can download this and laminate it and use it
through your discussions and things like that out solely.
Alright, so what we're going to do is for this video we're going to go through two
of these points on here. Now the first one that's on here says
speaking in tongues is not biblical when it's taught to be a heavenly
prayer language. And the references that we have for that
are Genesis 1-1 through Revelation 22-21. And we're going to come
back and explain that in a later video. But basically
there's no such thing, the Bible knows no such thing as this heavenly prayer
language. And just by even teaching that you're giving
the devil too much credit because here's what these Pentecostals will say. They'll say, okay well
you know we have this heavenly prayer language that only God
and our spirit understands and the devil can't intrude upon that.
Like I said, that's not biblical. There's no such thing. We'll come back later on
and take an entire video and explain that one. So what I want
to do now is I want to show you guys a video clip of a Pentecostal church service.
And what we're going to do is we're going to go through one of these points on here and we're going to
audit that and we're going to see if that is true, if that is biblical.
Praise the Lord!
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Okay, so what you just saw there was typical
Pentecostal church service where people are
you know supposedly speaking in tongues and if you
notice during the video clip it was a whole lot of people in there that were
just blabbering and supposedly using their
gift of tongues, whatever it is. Now let's say you're talking with somebody
this is their background, this is where they're coming from and you're trying to explain
the truth to them. Okay, let's just assume that
you have this gift, you can speak in tongues,
maybe you're even bilingual, okay? What does the Bible say? When would
speaking in tongues violate scripture? So, 1 Corinthians
chapter number 14, look down at verse number 27
the Bible says, If any man speak in an unknown
tongue, let it be by two, or at
the most by three, and that by
course, and let one interpret. So what is that verse saying there?
It says, If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by
two, or at the most by three,
and that by course, so meaning one at a time.
So there has to be order to this service.
So understand what's being said here, at any given church
service, from the time that service starts to the time that service ends
if more than three people speak in an unknown tongue,
okay, and they are out of course, so they're not taking
turns, then you are in a church service that violates
scripture. And you might think to yourself, well, why is that?
Why put that in there? You know, what's the point? Well, if you back up to
verse number 23, it says this, If therefore the
whole church be come together into one place, and all
speak with tongues, and there come in those that are
unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that
ye are mad? So what's Paul saying there? He's saying, hey, the reason why
I don't want more than three people speaking in
an unknown tongue, and why they have to take turns is because if everybody
comes together and speaks in an unknown tongue, and people come in
and they're not learned, or they're not saved, they don't understand the Bible,
then guess what? They're going to say, are you guys not insane, not crazy?
Now, just to show you an example of this, let's take a look at the
comment section. Okay, so here's a comment.
It says, sheep barn at the country fair for real.
This other guy says, speaking in tongues is reading the crossword puzzle
from left to right. That's pretty funny.
Okay, here's another one. This is insanity.
Here's another one.
I heard something that sounded like a goat.
And here's another comment, I can't stop laughing and being sad at the same time.
So I mean, there's a lot of comments on this video, and if you just scroll through it,
you know, the common consensus is that people are saying, these people are
crazy. They are mad. They are literally insane.
Okay, now after reading those comments, does it make sense why Paul
is saying what he's saying here in verse 23? If therefore the whole
church, we come together into one place and all speak with tongues
and there come in those that are unlearned or unbelievers, will they not
say that you're mad? That's exactly what you find in the comment section.
And now, keep in mind, when you see the word
tongues or tongue in the Bible, it's referring to a known
language on this earth or the organ in your mouth.
Okay, so again, don't let anybody come up to you with that. Oh, but what about
if they're all using their heavenly prayer language? How can you limit God
and things like this? No, there's no such thing as a heavenly prayer language. Again,
we'll come back to that at a later time. But again, just to
recap here, so if more than three
people at any given church service speak
in an unknown tongue, that church is violating
scripture. It's violating scripture. Now,
also think about this. So Paul said, if in verse
27, if any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two or at the most
by three. That means there even has to be people in the
congregation that speak that language, because what is the end of the verse there in 27
saying? It says in that by course, and let one interpret.
And then of course, verse 28, but if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence
in the church. Let him speak to himself and to
God. Okay, so we're going to move on here
to the second point. I'm going to show you another video clip, and then we'll come back and
talk about it. In the name of Jesus, in the name of Jesus,
let every idol order, let every false order that has been erected,
let it come down. Let it be burned by the fire of God right now in the
name of Jesus. Let every
idol order.
All right, number two, number two,
let's take a look at First Corinthians chapter 14, verse 34.
Let your women keep silence in the churches
for it is not permitted unto them to speak. But they are commanded to be
under obedience as also sayeth the law.
All right, so Miss Paula White
okay first of all i mean just listening to that is hilarious but the second point that i want to
bring up is speaking in tongues violates scripture when women do the speaking what did paul tell the
corinthians here let your women keep silence in the churches for it is not permitted unto them to
speak but they are commanded to be under obedience is also saith the law so what does that mean well
that means as the religious system was in the old testament so it is in the new testament so when
you're going through and you're reading the old testament and you're studying that form of worship
and how they operated and how they taught the people women were not allowed to teach they were
not allowed to get up and speak during any of their services and paul saying just like it was
back then so it is now in the new testament in these new testament churches here so again if
you attend a church service and women are speaking during that service keep in mind from the time the
service starts till the time that that service ends if women do the speaking you're in a church
that is violating scripture so again i hope this helps you out again if you want that fact sheet
it'll be in the link below the video god bless and have a great day