Is speaking gibberish considered speaking in tongues?
Paul said: … 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 (I Cor. 14:19). It is quite obvious that the Messiah didn t send his disciples or Apostles out to speak nonsense or a language that people could not understand (Mt. 28:19). The disciples were messengers of truth and had to have the ability to convey the truth in a manner easily understood by common men. The intent of this article is to define tongues and explain the misinterpretation and misunderstanding of speaking in tongues according to the scriptures. What is the definition of the word tongue? The word tongue in the context of communication is defined as: …4. A spoken language or dialect (The American Heritage Dictionary of the Spoken Language, p. 1353). Language is defined in the same source as: … vocal sounds … to form, express, and communicate thoughts and feelings (p. 736). Thus, ‘tongues’ would be the plural which me
