Speaking in Tongues – A Biblical View

You may or may not have ever heard of this thing called “Speaking in Tongues.” However, the term is used for something that happens in a lot of churches in America as well as around the world that claim to teach the Bible. These churches often look very similar to ours and they may even teach the same things we teach on a lot of subjects. As you get older you are going to meet people, if you haven’t already — some who are Christians and some who are “Christians” (that is they claim to be, but are not) — who believe that they are following what Jesus wants them to do by “Speaking in Tongues.” But, in actual fact, they are either lying or have believed a lie. We generally call these people, “Charismatic.”

There are also other errors in the teaching of these churches, many having to do with other spiritual gifts, such as healing, predictive prophesy, special revelations called “a word of knowledge,” and etc., but we are going to just going to focus on “Speaking in Tongues” today.