[teejay]

>According to the bible, the gift of "tongues" is a gift of the
>Holy Spirit. This is one of the reasons I am careful when
>commenting about matters of tongues since the only sin that is
>unforgivable is the sin of "grieving the Holy Spirit".

Thats Right and am with you on that one.

>I remember a preacher saying something which somehow clarified
>this issue. He said that the gift of tongues is manifested in
>two different forms, which are;
>
>1. Talking in Tongues
>2. Praying in Tongues

>Of the two, Praying in tongues is one of the signs of a
>christian who has been filled by the Holy Spirit. The gift of
>Talking in tongues goes hand in hand with the gift of
>Interpreting Tongues. Therefore its only prudent for one to
>talk in tongues when someone else can interpret this strange
>tongues to the congregant such that the word of the Lord is
>passed along.

To add on to that,must say that Tongues is just another word for language. A person can be sent to teritories where for instance only Kikuyu is spoken but the Minister himself is lets say is Kalenjin. It is only pruden that When he speaks in tongues the Kikuyus who are there, will understand what he is saying.In short the tongue he will speak is Kikuyu with the help of the Holy spirit. Praying in tongues is also the similar to talking in tongues. And this is what the Book of acts of the apostles 2 brings out clearly.

It is therefore important to understand that anything that is poken that cannot be interparted here on earth in any language is void and definately not the work of the Holy spirit, but an invention of the speaker of the strange utterence.