March 22
Is Speaking in Tongues of the
Devil?
And
they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other
tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance (Acts 2:4)
There are groups who believe that all miracles
ceased some time after the apostles died. Naturally the ability to speak in
other tongues would have gone out as well. Therefore, any manifestation of
tongues among Pentecostal and Charismatic groups is considered by cessationists to be either psycho-babble
or a demonic manifestation.
There are also other groups who would never deny
that God does miracles today but they too are skeptical of Pentecostal and
Charismatic experiences of tongues. Some of them claim to have casted demons
out of people who manifested tongues. Testimonies and statements of this nature
have made people afraid to seek God for this gift.
While we do not dismiss the fact that Satan will
often “ape” God’s work, we must be careful not to cause one to distrust the
Holy Spirit. Jesus said, “And these signs
shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they
shall speak with new tongues” (Mark 16:17). Jesus said that His signs
include authority over demons and
speaking in tongues. Some groups believe in neither and other groups believe
strongly in the deliverance ministry while casting aspersions on speaking in
tongues. Yet Jesus said that both are available.
If both have been made available to the believer
then there is no need to be afraid of getting a demon when you ask God for the
filling of the Spirit with the evidence of tongues. Jesus said, “Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer
him a scorpion? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your
children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them
that ask him?” (Luke 11:12-13)
God will protect the sincere seeker from receiving a
demonic manifestation when He has asked for a promised gift. When we ask for
the infilling of the Holy Spirit then, as Luke states in Acts 2:4, it is He who
gives us the utterance to speak in tongues. He will not force us to do it. We
will speak in tongues as an act of our free-will. But it is the Holy Spirit who
provides the supernatural ability to do it. Therefore, if you have not received
this precious gift from God, ask Him for it. It’s a demon-free gift.
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