SPEAKING IN TONGUES IS IT FROM GOD?

Speaking in Tongues Today-A Sign of God's Backing?

Where would you post a sign to benefit as many individuals  as possible in your community?  Inside a small building? Of course not!  The account of the day of Pentecost tells us that a "multitude" of passersby observed the sign provided by the disciple's miraculous speaking in tongues.  Why, as result, "about three thousand souls were added" to the Christian congregation on that day!  (Acts 2:5, 6, 41) If people today claim to speak in tongues but do so within the confines of a church building, how the practice serve as a public sign to multitude of unbelievers? 

God's Word mentions fornication and other "works of the flesh" as being opposed to the operation of the holy spirit, adding that "those who practice such things will not inherit God's Kingdom."  (Galatians 5:17-21) If you observe people of questionable morals speaking in tongues, you might rightly wonder, 'Would it not be inconsistent -even misleading-for God's holy spirit to be bestowed on individuals who persistently engage in conduct that God's own Word condemns?' That would be like installing a street sign that directs traffic the wrong way.

Next time: SPEAKING IN TONGUES IS IT FROM GOD?/Speaking in Tongues Today - A Tool to Spread the Good News?

From the Watchtower magazine