Number 10

Question 1

__________ - the supernatural enablement to speak in a human language which the speaker had never learned

Answer 1

Tongues

Question 2

There are ______ views on the nature of the gift of tongues

Answer 2

Two

Question 3

The first view on the nature of the gift of tongues is the heavenly ______ language

Answer 3

Prayer -  this view sees tongues as ecstatic, angelic, heavenly utterances above mere human speech

Question 4

The second view on the nature of the gift of tongues is the _______ _________ languages view

Answer 4

Unlearned human languages - this view teaches that all accounts of Bible tongues were the supernatural enablement to suddenly be able to speak the message of God in a human language of which the speaker had no prior knowledge .

Question 5

Arguments proving the unlearned human language view 1

Answer 5

1) Pentecost tongues were obviously human languages and this is beyond debate Acts 2:5-11

Question 6

Arguments proving the unlearned human language view 2

Answer 6

 scripture never redefined, or clarifies any distinction between tongues at Pentecost and later tongues

Question 7

Arguments proving the unlearned human language view 3

Answer 7

The Bible uses the exact same wording to describe the tongues and Acts and in first Corinthians 12 through 14, the only instances of tongue speaking in the New Testament.

Question 8

Arguments proving the unlearned human language view 4

Answer 8

Peter said the later tongue speaking at Caesarea was identical to Pentecost

Question 9

Arguments proving the unlearned human language view5

Answer 9

Ecstatic utterances would not be a miraculous sign to unbelievers, especially in Corinth, where ecstatic utterances were common among the pagan mystery religions

Question 10

Arguments proving the unlearned human language view 6

Answer 10

First Corinthians 14:21 quotes Isaiah28:11,12 as prophesying and explaining the sign of tongues that Isaiah definitely refers to human languages is beyond debate

Question 11

Arguments proving the unlearned human language view 7

Answer 11

Jesus warned against non-thought out prayer, our tongue babbling in prayer