Perhaps a second reason is, this is a universal sign. A person of any nationality can speak in a tongue that they do not know, which the Spirit of God is giving them the utterance.
Perhaps a third reason is, that the tongue is “unruly” (‘can not be restrained’). The Bible says, "But the tongue can no man tame…"
"For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body. Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth." - James 3:2-4
"Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell." - James 3:5-6
The tongue, although a small member of our body, can corrupt our whole body, taking us to hell.
"For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison." - James 3:7-8
The Bible says no man can tame the tongue. When we speak in tongues as the Spirit gives us the utterance, we are allowing God to take control and tame our tongue. This is a step in which we allow God to have control in our life. When we speak in tongues, it is the sign that we have allowed God to fill us with his Spirit, his Holy Ghost.
It makes sense that God would choose the seeming impossible, taking control and taming our tongue, to show that with God all things are possible. We receive God’s power to do things that are impossible for us to do as mere humans when we give God control in our life. We give God control when we receive his Holy Ghost.
To allow God to take control of our tongue to change our words into words we don’t know the meaning of, takes a big step of faith and a big step towards trust in God.
When we surrender our tongue to God, that no man can tame and is an unruly evil, it is a sign that we are surrendering our whole self to him. It seems the tongue is the last part of our body we surrender to God.
The Bible says if we repent of our sins, are baptized in Jesus name for the remission of our sins, God promises he will fill us with his Spirit. (Acts 2:38)
Through his Spirit, his Holy Ghost, God can transform our sinful nature into a new life.
Instead of being conformed to the world and sin, God can transform us into a new person, and we can walk in the will of God. (Rom.12:2)
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