Is The Gift Of Tongues Around Today?
Sermon Date:
October 3, 2010
Scripture:
1 Corinthians 13:8-13
Series:
Misinterpreted Bible Passages
Speaker: Dr. Donald McKay
1 Corinthians 13:8-13: “Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away. When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known. And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.”
We are dealing here with a very controversial issue, namely that of tongues, or tongue speaking. And the reason this subject is so controversial is because a...
I speak in tongues – many Christians today will make that claim. Yet is their claim valid, or is the gift of tongues a gift that, having served its purpose, is no longer operational?