Tongues of The Spirit.Part Two

Post date: 03-Dec-2012 23:24:15

INTERPRETATION

Now we might all interpret the bible in differing ways

We might interpret the book of Genesis in different ways

We realise that everyone might see a picture but all may

see something different in that same picture !

All of us can interpret our own language and some have the ability to speak in other tongues and to

interpret other tongues (Those tongues that were given by the Holy Spirit at Babel)

Some may be full time Interpreters

Some may have the ability to teach and with this ability obviously you must have the "knowledge"

Some may have the ability to "prophesy" and you might call a Prophet "someone who teaches the

Word of God"

So we see that these giftings all exist in every day life and are not assigned to the "Church" alone

But going to the Old Testament we look to the interpretation of tongues in Daniel 5

Here we see the writing on the wall (not in a Church) by the finger and none of the

enchanters or astrologers could intepret this language

Yet Daniel who was given the gift could interpret this writing and so spoke and prophesied and

at the same time taught the people

And we see that gifts are not necessarily individual but work alongside each other

A tongue can also be a prophesy yet teach and edify yet bring healing and deliverance to some

In Daniel 5 we see the gift of interpretation being used

Tongues and the interpretation of are a [b]"SIGN" or "SIGNPOST"[/b] for unbelievers

Whereas Prophesy is a [b]"SIGN" or "Signpost"[/b] for Believers 1 Corinthians 14:22

In this I may give an interpretation of something that speaks to "non believers" yet at the same time God can speak to "believers" being that the word given is prophetic, yet at the same time bring healing / warning / of the path ahead

Do not believe that a tongue / language is only for non believers in fact it has many purposes and manifold applications (once interpreted)

A tongue does not have to be "interpreted" as we see below depending on "where it is given and applied"

And so with this gift of tongues we Speak to God and not to men in 1 Corinthians 14:2.

We Proclaim the Wonderful works of God in Acts 2:11

We magnify God in Acts 10:46

We Edify Ourselves and so build ourselves up 1 Corinthians 14:4

We Give thanks to our Heavenly Father in 1 Corinthians 14:17

We proclaim that Jesus is Lord in 1 Corinthians 12:3

SIGNS

Now we keep coming back to "Signs" and we look for the "signposts" on our journey

And we see in this study that tongues are a sign for non believers but "once" interpreted are

also a sign for believers (being that a tongue can point to a future event)

And we know that "by their fruit will shall know them" Mark 16:17 the miraculous pointing to

God and being a signpost

[quote]For it is: Do and do, do and do, rule on rule, rule on rule; a little here, a little there."[/quote]

Isaiah 28:9 "Who is it he is trying to teach?

Teaching as I have implied in the study is the use of the "tongue"

So too God teaches through foreign lips and strange tongues Isaiah 28:11

God here is speaking of "His People" the Jewish nation : read 1 Corinthians 14:21-22

So here God speaks through the "tongues" I refrain from calling it "gift of tongues"

as God is the giver of Isaiah 28:11

Yes God Himself speaking in tongues

Now lets aim the arrow at us Hebrews 2:3

[quote]in Genesis 1:28 we read "Go out, be fruitful, subdue and fill the earth"

As we know later in the gospels God also said "go into all the earth and preach the gospel" Mark 16:15[/quote]

And we echo the above once more by turning to Matthew 4:18-22 and Mark 1:16-20[/quote]

But I just want to do this to once again put up a "signpost"

And here in these stories we see the fishermen who are striving to make a business, to support

their families and relatives

I imagine these would not have been the only fishermen on the shore that day, yet Jesus goes

to these individuals

[quote]Luke 4:24-25 I assure you that there were many widows in Israel in Elijah’s time, when the sky was shut

for three and a half years and there was a severe famine throughout the land. 26 Yet Elijah

was not sent to any of them, but to a widow in Zarephath in the region of Sidon. 27 And there

were many in Israel with leprosyg in the time of Elisha the prophet, yet not one of them was

cleansed—only Naaman the Syrian.”[/quote]

Now firstly look at Matthew 4:18-22 and Mark 1:16-20, both accounts are the calling of these disciples, to

"come follow me"

So we see in the above that the fishermen were casting their nets, but when we come to Luke 5:4-11

They had already been fishing all night and had caught nothing and they were washing their nets

So we see that rather than being parallel account of the same event , in fact here were the fishermen

once more going back to their bussiness

So Luke 5:4-11 is their second chance, this was the second time to put down what they knew and owned

,to put aside what they were doing and to follow Jesus Read Matthew 19:21 (the rich young ruler) who

would not "put down"

But I want to emphasis here the importance of this symbolic catch

As Peter obeyed and cast out the net we see the signs as the nets become full of fish

and the two boats are overflowing

1. This Points to Jesus who Is God

2, Able to command the sea's and even to accumulate fish in an area or even to multiply them as He

commands nature

3. The significance of this "signpost" pointing to the future Church

in Genesis 1:28 we read "Go out, be fruitful, subdue and fill the earth"

As we know later in the gospels God also said "go into all the earth and preach the gospel" Mark 16:15

Here we see Peter and the others fishing all night without a catch when they went back to their own

bussiness

But once Peter Obeyed and cast out his net the fish were multiplied

This is yet another signpost pointing to the multiplication of Gods children

As numerous as the sand on the shore and the stars in the sky

the feeding of the four thousand in Mark 8:1-9 and the feeding of the five thousand in Matthew 14:13-21

Displays the same

And so as peter and the other disciples were dispersed and went out into all the earth so the firstborn

brings many sons to glory

And so Peter and the others with him had a second chance

And through strange tongue God spoke

Isaiah 28:11

And through parables God spoke Mark 4:12

[quote]Isaiah 28:10 KJV

For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:[/quote]

And again we see metaphors being used / pictures with more than one meaning as with the blind and the lame, the deaf and the mute read Isaiah 6:9

Ever seeing , ever hearing, ever walking, ever speaking, yet never entering in

But God is a God of second chances

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One step at a time

And so lets finish this study called "Tongues of the Spirit"

By going to Acts 2:2 Here the commotion and great noise seemed to come down from heaven

and tongues of fire Acts 2:3 came down upon their heads

Here we have a symbol (Sign) of the Gospel filling the whole world

Go out into all the earth Genesis and go into all the earth and preach the gospel Genesis 1:28 Mark 16:15

Here we have the equipping of the saints

Isaiah 5:24 James 3:6 this is what the Jews called, "a tongue of fire"

Acts 2:4 Acts 2:11 Here the the babel could be heard by all around Acts 2:6

And many heard their own language as if being transported back to the "tower of babel" as

one language and understanding

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I finish with

[quote]Isaiah 28:10

For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line,

line upon line; here a little, and there a little:[/quote]

Line upon Line as children are taught , being spoonfed and weaned

A parable here a word there, a picture here, a story there a story here

Word upon word and word upon word,

The tongue of God being taught by the "Great Teacher"