Part 7 There is a difference between the gift of the Holy Ghost and the gift of tongues.
The gift of the Holy Ghost is a promise when we repent of our sins and are baptized in the name of Jesus for the remission of sins. (Acts 2:38-39).
The gift of the Holy Ghost (the Spirit) is necessary for salvation.
"But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his." - Romans 8:9
When people receive the gift of the Holy Ghost they speak with other tongues. (Acts 2:4, Acts 10:45-46a, Acts 19:6).
The gift of tongues is different from the gift of the Holy Ghost. It is one of the nine gifts of the Spirit given to believers for the edifying of the church.
“Edifying” means, “(the act of) building, building up, a metaphorically, edifying, edification, i.e. the act of one who promotes another's growth in Christian wisdom, piety, holiness, happiness” (Thayer’s Greek Lexicon)
It is not necessary for salvation to have the gift of tongues or any of the other nine gifts of the Spirit.
In the following verse, Paul is speaking to the Corinthian church about two of the gifts of the Spirit. He is talking to them about the gift of tongues, and the gift of prophecy.
"I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying." - 1 Corinthians 14:5
“Prophesieth” means, “to break forth under sudden impulse in lofty discourse or praise of the divine counsels, or (for the above verse), under like prompting, to teach, refute, reprove, admonish, comfort others (Thayer’s Greek Lexicon)
It is necessary for the gift of tongues to be used with the gift of the interpretation of tongues, in order for the church to be edified. If there is no interpretation of the message in tongues, then no one understands what has been said, and the church is not edified, which is the purpose of the gifts of the Spirit.
"If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret." - 1 Corinthians 14:27
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