Praying in Tongues Vs. Prophesying in Tongues
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Before we get started with the scripture verses, I would like to ask a couple questions and make a couple statements: how many people like being a part of a Spirit filled church?
In a Spirit filled church, the Holy Spirit must be allowed to move or else, the Spirit of God will be quenched.
The Spirit of God can be quenched by the leader of the church, but the Spirit of God can also be quenched by the vessels that the Spirit is moving upon to use at that moment? The Spirit of God could be quenched by the music ministry if they are unaware or uncertain whether or not somebody is giving a word of prophecy or a word in tongues vs they are just praying or singing in tongues, which is a valid form of worship.
Nothing needs to be changed in the way we as a church are worshipping. We just need some clarification. It’s not out of order for people to come to the front and worship the Lord. This is something that the Holy Spirit is leading our congregation to do. I can tell you that the Lord loves it when our people are drawn towards the front to worship God and let me say this: most of the people coming to the front aren’t even looking for prayer, most of them are just wanting to sit in His presence and worship, “but that’s not what they do at other churches people come to the front they get prayed for”… but this isn’t other churches, this is His church, and if His people want to come…
I don’t know what you’re doing, but for me, I’m trying to be like the woman with the alabaster box— I don’t want to be like a woman. I just want to worship like her. Why? Because Jesus said of her, “To whom much is forgiven, they love much.” He gave much forgiveness; therefore, I want to love much, and I want to sit at His feet, drink from the cup in His hand lay back against Him and hear His heart beat… did you hear that heart beat? Lub dub, lub dub, lub dub, more souls, more souls, press in, press in, seek me more, seek me more, ask for more, ask for more, keep inviting my presence, invite my presence….
Even if no one else in this church ever comes to the front to worship Him, I am going to worship Him, ain’t no rocks crying out on my shift my friend!
I think Jesus would say, “Do you see what I’m doing to you, in you? You come here and you empty yourself out to me, and I fill you up with more of me, and then I send you out there and pour you out and then you come back in and pour out, fill up, pour out, fill up.. this is a beautiful thing, and ain’t nobody gonna tell me different. The Lord says, I love your worship Crossway! I love the way you love on me and let me love on you and don’t you let anyone steal what is going on here. If the altar gets too full and we have the people and the money, we will either build up or knock the back wall out so we can expand the altar space. Or if we don’t get more money and people, then we will just take a row out and make more space for more people at the altar, as a matter of fact, let’s move this row now, it’s been a little cramped up here.
Now, let’s go a little bit deeper with this altar worship. If you want to sing in tongues, you sing in tongues, be mindful not to be so loud that you cause confusion to the music ministry and they think you’re giving a word, if you want to sing in your natural language sing, sing, sing… Maybe be mindful that you not be so loud, I mean you can sing out loud, let’s get this straight, but don’t sing so loud that they think you’re trying to take Niya’s job. If you want to pray up here out loud, pray, just be mindful that if your praying gets to a certain decibel range they may think that you are giving a prophetic word and while we are on that, let’s say this. If you are praying in tongues or singing in tongues out loud or you are praying in your natural language out loud and then you’re suddenly moved upon by the Holy Spirit and you have a word of prophecy or a word in tongues then you need to make sure that there is a difference in the delivery, if you’re praying out loud and then it is now a word, then you need to pray louder so that the music ministry knows what is going on, and then they need to bring their sound down and yield to the gift— why? because the Holy Spirit is speaking now. They didn’t The music yields the the voice of the Spirit.
Well, if they’re praying out loud singing out loud and praying in tongues out loud and singing in tongues out loud, how will they know the difference. That is going to be out of order, No, it’s not for two reasons: 1) discernment 2) discernment
The music ministry has discernment and the prophetic vessel has discernment, Somebody says, “I don’t even know what discernment is”
Well, Hallelujah, you better pray to get filled with the Holy Ghost, because you’re going to need it where we are going. Somebody says, “I don’t know, this sounds like chaos and disorder.” No, chaos and disorder was Corinth. Well, that’s what I kind of feel like that’s what you’re trying to get us to do preacher— act like Corinth.”
No, let me give you an illustration of Corinth: Bill, Wade, Lily, Brennan, me on the count of 3– how do you know that’s what was happening? Have you read the letter? Have you read the internal evidences contained in the letter? They were eating all the bread and drinking all the wine. They were called carnal by Paul, because they were more worried about hearing their favorite preacher rather than hearing the truth, and the evidence of the correction is definitely that they were over talking each other to give words and not allowing other people to give a word. There is something that happens to believers when the Spirit starts to use them if they’re not careful, and the thing that happens is that they start to get a little bit spiritually prideful and start thinking that they are God’s handy man for the hour, that they are the only ones that can do it right. This results in envy, jealousy and division instead of unity and this is exactly what was going in in Corinth
Praying in tongues vs prophesying in tongues
Praying in tongues/ praying in the Spirit
What is the physical evidence that a person has been baptized in the Holy Spirit?
Tongues vs Holiness
Holy Spirit is one with our Spirit
1 Corinthians 6:17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
Praying in the Spirit
Jude 1:20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
The Holy Spirit and me are praying together. I don’t understand it, but He does
1 Corinthians 14:13-14 Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that he may interpret. For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.
Speaking/Praying in tongues edifies self
1 Corinthians 14:2-4 For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries. 3 But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort. 4 He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.
Holy Spirit prays through us
Romans 8:26-- Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
Praying and praising in the Spirit
1 Corinthians 14:15 What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
The difference between praying or worshiping in tongues to the Lord vs speaking in tongues out loud for the purpose to give a word to the church.
1 Corinthians 14:18-19 I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all: Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
Is tongues a language?
Tongues of men or angels?
Can the devil understand when we pray in tongues?
1 Corinthians 13:1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
The gift of the Spirit known as a word in tongues/ multiple gifts/ multiple members/ one Spirit
1 Corinthians 12:10-11 -- To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues: 11 But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.
Many membered body/ God told me that He wants to use His body
1 Corinthians 12:12-14 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. -- For the body is not one member, but many.
Love is the principle thing, because the love of God brings a man to repentance/ spiritual gifts are great/ prophecy is principle/ difference between prophecy and a word of knowledge
1 Corinthians 14:1 Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.
Paul wants everyone to speak in tongues but to prophesy is better when we are talking about edifying the whole church. When a word in tongues is given out loud to the church and then followed by an interpretation, the two gifts work together and become a prophesy
1 Corinthians 14:5-- I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.
He is saying that if I come speaking in tongues without interpretation, I’m not doing you any good, but if I…
1 Corinthians 14:6-- Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine?
Tongues by itself out loud as a prophetic word means nothing. Now, this is not talking about the fact that you can’t be up here worshiping and singing in tongues and we have to worry about somebody thinking we are crazy and they don’t want to come back. That’s their bad. Go find a Baptist or Presbyterian church dude. We’re Pentecostal.
1 Corinthians 14:23 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?
Everyone can’t sing a different way psalm at the same time, speak a different doctrine at the same time, speak a different revelation at the same time, have a different interpretation at the same time. The whole point to us coming together is that we would all be edified. Built up for the equipping of the saints to do the work of the ministry
1 Corinthians 14:26 How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.
If it’s going to be done, this is how it should be done. Let’s be clear here though also. How are we supposed to know if there is an interpreter in the house if no one ever releases a word in tongues. This does not mean that we have to take a poll and find out if there is an interpreter in the house before a word in tongues ever goes forth. Maybe if the tongue came forth and you had the interpretation but were apprehensive to give it and now you feel like you quenched the Spirit, one way you could try to make it right is to go to the person that gave the word in tongues and let them know. That way they can be aware to try again if they feel the word come on them and then they try again and you will be given another chance. And you say but I can’t do it… yes, you can that’s why you were given the baptism was for boldness
1 Corinthians 14:27-28 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. But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.
If someone has a word and gives it. Then someone else has a word, then the first person doesn’t start another word until the second person is done. And yes, you can stop it, if you have to, because the spirits little (s) is subject to the prophet. I thought it was the Holy Spirit… it is but the Holy a spirit is working in unison with your spirit, and He will allow you to control the move in order for there to be order
1 Corinthians 14:30-32 If any thing be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace. For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted. And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.
Two or three and one at a time
1 Corinthians 14:29-33 -- Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge. If any thing be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace. For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted. And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets. For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
Prophecy is really good for the body, because it edifies the body but do not forbid people to speak in tongues.
1 Corinthians 14:39-40 Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues. Let all things be done decently and in order.
Interesting, the two temples that had temple prostitutes and these women were oracles
1 Corinthians 14:34-35 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 saith the law. And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.
You can’t tell me that women aren’t called to speak for God or operate in the gifts.
Acts 2:14-17 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words: For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day. But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dream