Can you explain Acts 2:4? Is it different then 1 Corinthians 14:2…Please need help on this one!!
Jacob F.
Bryant, IL.
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Hi Jacob.
In both cases, the Spirit is moving people to speak a language that they themselves have not learned. In that way, there is no difference between Acts 2:4 and 1Corinthians 14:2. In one case, those who heard God’s saints speaking understood what they were saying, and in the other case, no man will understand what is being said, but that is actually beside the point. For what the Spirit does is God’s choice, not man’s; human will has nothing to do with it.
Don’t be dragged into controversies over such matters. Those who resist the power of the Spirit will never experience either of those two blessings. WE should rejoice that our precious Jesus suffered and died to make such blessings freely available to us, and pray to be counted worthy of them.
Just move on, and stay happy.
Thank you for the question.
Pastor John